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Honor  to  them  thy  lights  have  led; 
Rich  in  the  toil  of  thousands  living, 
Proud  of  the  deeds  of  thousands  dead. 

We  who  have  felt  thy  power  and  known  thee, 
We  in  whose  work  thy  gifts  avail, 
High  in  our  hearts  enshrined  enthrone  thee, 
Mother  of  Men,  Old  Yale. 

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A  WORD  OF  PRAISE 

The  friends  who  have  aided  me  are  so  numerous 
and  their  assistance  so  invaluable  that  it  is  impossible 
to  find  sufficient  space  to  properly  thank  all  of  them. 
I  must,  however,  single  out  a  few  as  especially  deserv- 
ing of  praise. 

Edwin  Rogers  Embree,  Alumni  Registrar  of  Yale 
University,  with  his  Class  Secretaries  Bureau  so 
splendidly  directed  for  handling  detail  construc- 
tion work,  and  a  very  conscientious  factor  in  his 
system.  Miss  Lottie  G.  Bishop. 

E.  Byrne  Hackett,  of  the  Yale  University  Press,  who 
has  shown  his  personal  interest,  both  as  printer 
and  friend. 

John  A.  Callender,  whose  humorous  comment  and 
constant  interest  guided  throughout. 

Huc-Mazelet  Luquiens,  prompt,  obliging  and  genial 
artist. 

Brian  Hooker,  Prince  of  Poets,  with  a  lyrical  attach- 
ment. 

Porter  Steele,  The  Master  Musician. 

Contributors  of  the  Articles  and  Photographs,  all 
home  talent,  including: 

E.  Carleton  Granbery,  my  relieved  predecessor,  and 

The  Class,  who  have  responded  better  even  than  I 
hoped. 
Last  and  most  important,  to  whom  I  have  devoted  a 
special  page, 

My  Wife  and  My  1902  Wives. 


PAGE 


12 

15 
32 

35 


CONTENTS 

Some  Points  of  View  : 

A  Condition,  or  The  Tired  Business  Man.    By  Brad- 
ley Agard  Welch  ......         3 

A  Remedy.    By  William  Gilbert  Anderson,  M.D.     .         6 
Verse,  "Westward."     By  Benjamin  R.  C.  Low     .       11 
1902  in  the  West.    By  Paul  Jones  . 
Searching  the   South   for  Photographs.     By  Roy 
M.  Mason      .... 

A  Trip  Abroad.    By  Jim  Donnelly 

Alumni  Fund.     By  Courtlandt  D.  Barnes 
Reunions  and  Dinners : 

The  Dinner  of  1905 39 

Triennial,  A  Memory.     By  Floyd  W.  Jefferson     .       40 

The  Dinner  of  1906 43 

Sexennial    ........       44 

The  Sexennial  account  comprises:  A  Letter  (un- 
requested,  before  reunion),  by  Red  Heaton; 
Sexennial  Dinner  (by  request),  by  Laurent 
Heaton;  Verse,  Sexennial  Reunion,  by  Floyd 
W.  Jefferson ;  A  Wrangle  Untangled,  by  James 
R.  Deering ;  Those  Present  at  Sexennial  .         .       65 

The  Dinner  of  1911 66 

Decennial    ........       70 

The  Decennial  account  comprises :  A  Sweet  Acrostic, 
by  Wells  S.  Hastings;  Story  of  Decennial,  by 
John  A.  Callender ;  Sidelights  on  Decennial,  by 
Howard  G.  McDowell ;  Memorial  Service ;  Verse, 
The  Gods  Were  With  Us  Yesterday,  by  Brian 

Hooker 92 

Letters  from  New  Haven,  including  letters  from 
former  President  Dwight,  Treasurer  Day,  Dean 
Wright  and  President  Hadley  ...       93 


CONTENTS 


PAGE 

Golden  Treasury  of  1902  Songs  and  Lyrics  ...       99 
Contents  of  the  Golden  Treasury  is  printed  in  the 
text. 

Changes  at  Yale : 

A  View :  New  Buildings  and  a  new  University  Ideal 

that  has  come  since  1902.     By  Edwin  Rogers 

Embree,  1906 

Athletic  Recitations  and  the  new  Yale  Field.     By 

A.  Man 

On  Class  Spirit:  Reveries  of  a  Bachelor  (one  of  the 

last  left) .    By  Alfred  M.  Cressler  . 

Autobiographies : 

Graduates  ........ 

Non-Graduates     ....... 


Verse :  A  Parting  Word.  By  Lyttleton  Fox  . 
Bibliographical  Notes  .... 

Financial  Reports : 

Sexennial    ...... 

Decennial    ...... 

Class  Secretary  ..... 

Class  Fund 

Statistics : 
Income 

Marriages  and  Children 
Occupations 
Locality  Index     . 

Roll  of  the  Class 

Final  Word.    By  James  Wright,  Class  Secretary 


119 
129 
132 

141 
624 

663 

667 

685 
686 
687 

688 

691 
695 

700 
702 

707 

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LIST  OF  ILLUSTRATIONS 


I 


Etching,  by  Huc-Mazelet  Luquiens      .         .         Frontispiece 
Sexennial  Scenes: 

On  the  Campus  at  Sexennial  ....  52 
The  Swiss  on  the  way  to  the  Commencement  Yale- 
Harvard  ball  game  .....  52 
Secretary  of  War  William  Howard  Taft,  78  .  .  54 
Sexennial  parade  at  the  Field  ....  54 
Effect  of  Squadron  A  Band  upon  the  Sexennial 

Swiss  lion     .......  58 

Decennial  Scenes: 

Class    group        .......  368 

The  whole  flock  of  ships  of  the  desert  ...  70 

Some  drivers  of  the  pen  in  prose,  poetry  and  music  74 

Marching  to  lunch  at  the  Yale  Dining  Hall    .          .  80 

A  few  moving  memories  of  the  Decennial  ball  game  82 

"Yes,  there  is  rest!" 84 

Passing  Class  tent,  headquarters  during  Tuesday 

evening  Campus  festivities     ....  84 
Decennial  dinner  in  the  President's  room,  Woolsey 

Hall 86 

Out  of  the  oasis    .......  88 

Just  before  calling  the  caravan  to  prayer  on  the 

Field 112 

' '  Bingle ! "  by  a  future  Yale  batsman      .         .         .  128 

Allah  be  praised ! 128 

Class  boy  (three  pictures)    .....  272 

One  half  of  the  world 304 

Camels  preparing  for  their  entrance  into  Yale  Din- 
ing Hall 434 

An  unusual  picture      ......  434 

Tablet  in  Hotel  Taft 508 

Camels  by  the  Ledyard  flagstaff    ....  614 
"Hubble  Bubble  or  Mr.  Grunt"  .         .         .         .614 


LIST  OF  ILLUSTRATIONS 


Some  deviltry  being  planned  .... 

The  populace  swarming  after  us  . 

Jim  Donnelly  on  board  S.  S.  Adriatic  .... 

Mory's 

The  Kraut  Club  in  full  session  at  Mory's 
Planting  the  1902  Class  elm  on  Campus 
The  principal  producers  of  "Mona"  at  the  Metropolitan 

Opera  House        ....... 

Mona,  Act  II.    The  Druid  temple  in  the  forest 

Mona,  Act  III.     The  edge  of  the  forest,  fronting  the 

Roman  to\\Ti        ....... 

Mona,  Act  I.    Mona  at  home  in  Arth's  hut,  Briton 
Mona,  Act  II.    Blessing  the  sword       .... 

Photographs  of  Deceased  Graduates: 

Charles  Seiser  Baer 

Louis  Frederick  Boder 

Percy  Bayard  Cochran 

John  Clute  McDowell  . 

Charles  Dean  White     . 

Percy  Gardiner  White 

Photographs  of  Deceased  Non-Graduates 
Frank  Manson  Eastman 
Orrin  Thrall  Higgins  . 
Howard  Olcott  Mather 
Elwood  Luther  Orwig,  Jr. 
Arthur  Almeron  Quinby 


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628 

32 

92 

100 

124 

358 
672 

672 
674 
674 

162 

178 
220 
436 
606 
608 

634 
642 
650 
654 
656 


SOME   POINTS   OF   VIEW 


Some  Points  of  View 


A  CONDITION 

OR 

THE  TIRED  BUSINESS  MAN 

We  are  the  Money  Makers; 
"We  are  the  People  of  "Means"; 
Butchers  and  Brokers  and  Breakers, 
Jingling  the  coin  in  our  jeans: 
Crude  and  commercial,  and  Fakirs, — 
Culture  is  not  in  our  ' '  beans ' '. 
But  bear  with  us,  Music  Makers, — 
We  're  Tceepin '  yersel  's  an '  yer  weans. 

Fellow  business  men,  we  are  very  tired,  so  tired  that 
when  three  o'clock  comes  we  scarcely  have  strength 
to  go  out  and  play  a  decent  game  of  golf.  And  one 
of  the  things  which  makes  us  tiredest  is  a  certain  con- 
descension from  our  more  aesthetic  friends  who  sit 
garlanded  with  laurel  on  the  chariot  of  civilization 
while  we  pull  it  along. 

It  is  a  bad  start, — this  defensive  attitude, — ^but  the 
coat  has  been  made  and  sent  to  us  (express  charges 
collect)  and  we  have  to  try  it  on  just  to  show  that  it 
does  not  fit.  At  the  end  we  shall  find  that  we  are 
bourgeois,  but  nothing  worse.  And  since  ours  is  a 
bourgeois  solar  system  with  regular  hours  and  rational 
behavior,  we  are  in  good  company. 

The  prejudice  against  Trade  cannot  be  essential;  it 
must  be  historical.    Back  in  the  stone  age  some  medi- 


4  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

cine  man  and  lithographer  conspired  to  beat  up  a  mere 
dealer  in  food  stuffs  and  from  this  a  contempt  for  our 
class  has  arisen.  But  in  these  days  of  Big  Business, 
we  may  lift  up  our  heads.  This,  doubtless,  was  Lope 
Fox's  feeling.  Toward  the  end  of  Senior  year  when 
it  appeared  that  the  beetling-browed  Lit  Board,  with 
one  exception,  would  follow  Plato's  example  and  sell 
oil  to  the  Egyptians,  I  said  to  Lope,  ''At  any  rate,  one 
hopes  you  will  not  bow  down  to  Mammon."  ''Bow 
down,"  said  he,  "I'll  bow  down  till  my  forehead 
cracks ! ' ' 

Eod  Potter  was  made  of  sterner  stuff.  When 
informed  that  I  had  gone  to  work  for  a  company  which 
made  very  worthy  shaving  soap,  he  exclaimed,  "What 
an  occupation  for  an  immortal  soul!"  Nevertheless, 
Rod  now  runs  a  real  estate  business,  which  is  more 
immoral  rather  than  more  immortal. 

But  what  say  the  Scriptures?  "First  the  things 
which  are  natural,  and  then  the  things  which  are 
spiritual."  Well,  we  business  men  are  natural,  aren't 
we?  We  deserve  respect  and  we  are  going  to  get  it 
even  if  we  have  to  boycott  Art  into  a  starving  sub- 
mission. 

Who  makes  possible  the  marvelous  peaches  of  Coles 
Phillips  and  the  dreams  of  Robert  W.  Chambers? 
Why,  we  do;  the  lads  who  have  spare  change  to  buy 
the  magazines,  not  to  mention  furnishing  the  im- 
mensely profitable  advertising  pages  (see  me  about 
this — consultation  free). 

Look  up.  Tired  Business  Man,  chin  in  and  chest  out, 
heels  together !  Believe  it  or  not,  you  are  the  corner- 
stone in  the  Temple  of  Art ! 

And  even  if  the  professionals  resent  our  self-respect 
and  walk  out,  what  of  that?     We  can  be  amateurs. 


SOME  POINTS  OF  VIEW  5 

Isaak  Walton  was,  so  was  Pepys.    And  Gains  Julius 
Caesar  is  still  a  good  deal  read. 

And,  speaking  of  Caesar,  isn't  it  a  fact  that  Business 
inherits  the  caste  which  once  belonged  to  War?  We 
have  about  all  there  is  left  of  conflict,  of  strategy,  of 
sustained  and  definitely  aimed  exertion,  of  the  Might 
which  makes  Right!  Quite  without  undergraduate 
bias,  now,  aren't  we  the  people?  Sure  we  are ;  we  hold 
up  the  bally  world  as  truly  as  Atlas  at  his  best — and 
more  cheerfully. 

Rejoice  at  our  "judgment."  Who  would  think  of 
asking  advice  from  a  musician  about  a  divorce — 
(unless  he  wished  to  get  one  the  more  certainly)  ? 
What  good  is  an  artist  to  you  if  you  want  to  know  the 
probable  economic  future  of  England?  (But  I  can  tell 
you,  so  can  Bart  Yung,  or  Bob  Cory!)  And  even  if 
you  don't  want  to  know,  what  good  is  he,  anyhow? 

We  are  the  chaps,  with  balance,  all-round  develop- 
ment, wholesomely  plural  activities.  Our  opinions  and 
acts  are  checked  by  bumping  them  against  real  facts 
and  real  people  and  out  of  the  process  comes  Sense 
and  Proportion. 

If  a  fellow  is  a  Minister,  who  dares  to  tell  him  upon 
occasion  that  he  is  a  damn  fool?  Consider  also  the 
Teacher;  he  becomes  Authority  Avith  the  Magnetic 
Pole  at  the  end  of  his  own  nose.  I  have  heard  at  the 
Graduates  Club  young  instructors  making,  with  pert 
assurance,  statements  on  business  affairs  so  preposter- 
ous that  a  good  office  boy  could  have  routed  them.  Yet 
they  were  not  mentally  inferior,  they  simply  lacked 
training  in  being  smeared  by  a  Boss. 

Man  was  not  meant  to  spend  all  his  days  at  one 
worship,  one  emotion  or  one  ideal.  And  of  all  voca- 
tions (except  farming)  Business  is  the  most  general, 


ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 


the  most  varied,  the  sanest.  For  an  hour  one  would 
rather  be  a  poet — for  a  week,  perhaps,  a  painter,  but 
for  life,  give  us  Business ! 

Bradley  Agaed  Welch. 


A  EEMEDY 

It  was  at  the  close  of  an  ordinarily  hard  day  that  he 
sat  before  the  fire  all  by  his  lonesome.  He  seemed  to 
be  more  than  usually  tired,  yet  he  had  performed  only 
the  routine  duties  of  the  office,  so  it  occurred  to  him 
that  he  would  make  an  effort  to  ascertain  why  his 
inertness  seemed  to  grow  and  his  alertness  to  fade 
away. 

It  was  a  decade  ago  that  he  left  the  chapel  with  his 
sheepskin  tucked  under  the  Senior  robe.  He  went  at 
once  into  business,  had  been  successful,  had  married, 
was  blessed  with  a  small  family,  a  good  home,  and  yet 
he  seemed,  lately,  to  be  dragging  a  bit  in  both  social 
and  business  life;  in  fact,  these  duties  were  becoming 
slight  efforts  to  him. 

Since  graduation  he  had  led  a  decent  life,  worked 
persistently,  if  not  hard,  gone  out  some,  engaged  in  a 
few  of  the  movements  that  led  to  the  uplift  of  the  town 
where  he  located,  was  classed  among  the  ''respected 
citizens";  but  why  should  there  be  the  tendency  to 
slack  up  at  the  age  of  thirty- two  ? 

Thus  sitting  and  pondering  he  took  a  mental  inven- 
tory of  stock,  and  found,  among  other  things,  that  he 
could  not  get  out  of  paying  the  inexorable  fiddler  for 
the  dance.    During  the  four  years  in  the  Nutmeg  town. 


SOME  POINTS  OF  VIEW  7 

he  had  acquired  some  skill  in  postponing  payment  of 
bills,  but  in  this  case  the  account  must  be  closed  up, 
he  would  get,  willy  nilly,  a  receipted  bill,  for  it  always 
comes. 

The  physical  changes  were  easily  pigeonholed — the 
first  gray  streaks,  not  of  dawn  but  of  evening,  were 
glistening  in  the  hair.  This  he  could  easily  account 
for,  because  he  inherited  gray  hair. 

The  lines  in  the  face,  although  slight,  were,  as  Dr. 
Ladd  used  to  say,  ' '  a  matter  of  acquisition,  not  inheri- 
tance"; the  stoop  that  the  doctor  at  the  '^Gym"  called 
his  attention  to  was  more  perceptible  and  the  manly 
chest  had  dropped  about  eight  inches.  This  really 
worried  him.  To  become  aldermanic  in  such  respect, 
without  the  political  honors  that  go  with  the  office,  did 
not  appeal  to  him;  moreover,  his  less  plethoric  co- 
workers twitted  him  somewhat. 

The  internal  machinery  was  sluggish,  he  was  slightly 
constipated,  and  a  certain  sign  in  the  street  car,  that  of 
yore  caused  some  merriment,  now  held  his  attention — 
''it  worked  while  he  slept."  On  the  quiet  he  invested 
in  the  medicine — it  seemed  to  help  him. 

Another  ad  grew  upon  him — it  ran  something  like 
this :  ' '  Groing,  going,  gone. ' '  The  time  had  come  when 
the  circulation  on  top  of  the  head  was  poor  and  the 
hair  could  be  parted  with  a  brush. 

He  preferred  to  ride  when  he  could,  cast  attentive 
glances  at  announcements  of  autos  that  cost  less  than 
a  thousand  dollars. 

He  would  frequently  wake  up  about  midnight  and 
arise  for  a  brief  period. 

Recently  he  attended  a  lecture  by  a  scientific  man 
who  told  of  the  hardening  of  the  arteries,  arterio-scle- 
rosis,  its  cause,  and  its  indication  of  advancing  old  age. 


8  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

As  he,  with  some  awkwardness,  found  the  pulse,  he 
was  sure  the  radial  artery  was  less  elastic. 

His  wife  hints  that  he  is  becoming  irritable,  the 
servants  know  it  and  his  colleagues  notice  that  he  is 
finicky. 

A  little  less  time  for  the  noon  lunch,  a  wee  bit  more 
haste  in  all  business  duties,  he  cannot  spare  the  few 
minutes  after  a  meal  for  rest  and  quiet  smoke,  is  begin- 
ning to  be  obsessed  by  the  worst  form  of  Americanitis, 
"hurry." 

He  manufactures  his  enthusiasm  more  than  he  used 
to.  ''Make  the  coffee  stronger,  or  give  me  two  cups." 
The  afternoon  stimulant  grows  ineffective,  so  the 
amount  of  water  is  diminished  and  the  spirits  f  rumenti 
increased.  A  drinking  man?  Oh,  no!  Never!  The 
physical  machinery  needs  more  oiling  than  ten  years 
ago,  but  he  makes  a  mistake  in  selecting  the  lubricant. 

How  about  the  memory  and  the  power  to  attend? 
Can  he  read  without  wandering?  recall  what  he  has 
perused?  In  short,  is  the  brain  machinery  beginning 
to  show  signs  of  age? 

The  above  are  some  of  the  findings  and  queries. 
They  are,  in  several  cases,  only  slight,  but  they  are 
there. 

He  makes  up  his  mind  he  will  take  regular  exercise, 
his  life  has  been  too  sedentary,  the  musculature  needs 
toning  up.  He  will  join  a  gymnasium  and  renew  his 
youth,  so  with  this  excellent  resolution  as  a  settlement 
of  the  situation  he  reaches  for  his  pipe  and  bowl,  and 
thus,  at  the  very  outset,  makes  two  mistakes:  One  in 
believing  that  exercise  is  the  end-all  and  be-all,  and  the 
other  that  the  nicotine  and  alcohol  mil  rest  him. 

In  thus  cataloguing  the  list  of  noticeable  evidences 
of  deterioration,  of  depreciation,  we  may  not  have  hit 


SOME  POINTS  OF  VIEW  9 

the  bull's-eye  in  every  instance  so  far  as  our  hero  is 
concerned,  but  if  we  have  missed  in  his  case  we  have 
not  in  the  case  of  other  ten-year-old  alumni. 

Before  recommending  the  remedy  for  the  above,  let 
me  say  a  word  about  ''resting." 

The  person  who  lies  down  after  a  big  meal  is  resting 
only  in  part,  the  digestive  machinery  is  working  hard, 
not  a  scintilla  of  rest  there,  so,  strictly  speaking,  he 
is  not  recuperating.  I  said  a  big  meal.  The  Sunday 
dinner  is  often  an  abomination,  and  on  Monday  the 
man  feels  worse  than  on  Saturday,  because  the  vege- 
tative wheels  have  been  buzzing  too  actively  in  fruit- 
lessly trying  to  get  rid  of  surplus  and  unnecessary 
aliment.  There  is  much  waste.  After  muscular,  or  as 
it  is  sometimes  called,  physical  work,  the  blood  is  filled 
with  poisonous  products.  Strange  as  it  may  seem,  this 
condition  is  present  after  mental  effort ;  it  must  now  be 
evident  to  the  layman  that  poisonous  or  tired  blood 
should  not  be  asked  to  perform  the  functions  of  diges- 
tion. There  should  be  a  rest  to  permit  the  fluid  tissue 
to  get  rid  of  the  sarcolactic  acid  and  the  carbonic  acid, 
hence  the  period  of  inactivity  that  should  precede 
eating.  The  same  rule  holds  good  after  a  meal;  the 
blood,  busy  with  its  work  along  the  digestive  route, 
should  not  be  called  away  to  assist  in  muscular  work. 

Of  course  a  man  can  do  these  things,  but  the  nutri- 
tion of  the  whole  physical  machinery  is  less  efficient. 

Of  all  poisons  that  make  a  man's  internal  machinery 
work,  alcohol,  perhaps,  should  have  the  center  of  the 
stage.  The  first  effects  are  exhilaration,  joy  and  free- 
dom from  worry,  hence  the  popularity  of  the  liquid, 
but  the  production  of  these  emotions  is  due  to  the 
breaking  down  of  the  brain  machinery  in  a  most  waste- 
ful manner.    There  is  no  rest,  scientifically  speaking, 


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for  the  drinker,  as  is  evidenced  by  his  tired  feeling  in 
the  cold  gray  dawn  of  the  morning  after.  Even  a 
small  amount  of  alcohol  breaks  down  tissue  and  causes 
the  intestinal  machinery  to  labor. 

Any  poison  that  is  a  sedative  does  not  rest — it  only 
pretends  to.     The  tired  man  will  thus  see  that  exer-, 
cise  per  se  will  not  cure  the  evil  effects  of  over-indul- 
gence in  eating,  drinking  or  smoking. 

A  laxative  makes  the  machinery  work  as  well  as  the 
sedative. 

In  leaving  this  part  of  the  subject,  let  me  ask  for 
moderation  in  every  act,  whether  mental  or  physical, 
whether  in  eating,  drinking  or  taking  drugs.  If  the 
person  is  irrevocably  held  in  the  grasp  of  these  habits, 
I  ask  him  to  learn  to  reduce,  not  to  increase,  and  if  the 
tendency  is  to  add  to  rather  than  subtract,  especially 
in  the  case  of  alcohol,  then  take  copious  draughts  of 
water,  vichy  or  seltzer  first  and  the  call  of  the  poison 
will  be  less  imperative. 

Now,  as  to  exercise,  which  is  important,  if  not  the 
whole  thing.  Let  our  '02  man  indulge  in  a  little  laun- 
dry work,  let  him  wash  out  the  liver,  pancreas,  spleen, 
kidneys  and  intestines  with  fresh  arterial  blood  once  or 
twice  daily  by  the  exercises  he  learned  at  college. 
These  he  can  take  in  his  room ;  they  can  be  executed  in 
two  minutes.  Let  him,  if  his  environment  will  stand 
for  it,  skip  a  rope  a  few  times  twice  a  day.  Better,  if 
he  can  get  some  one  to  work  with  him,  let  him  play 
handball,  squash,  tennis,  bouncing  ball,  but  let  the 
exercise  be  pleasant,  for  this  is  the  law  and  the 
prophets. 

Let  him  remember  that  disagreeable  work  is  bare  of 
benefit  and  that  disagreeable  thoughts  interfere  with 
the   digestive   functions.     The  best  medicine   in   the 


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world  is  laughter,  and  the  keynote  to  delightful  old 
age  is  happiness.  Worry  will  kill,  and  hurry  will  make 
a  young  man  old. 

W.  G.  Anderson,  M.  D.,  1902. 


WESTWAED 

Whether  it  be,  I  know  not,  to  a  land 

Encircled  in  cold  sepulchres  of  mist, 

Or  be  it  that  beyond  this  amethyst 

Are  purple  sun-slopes  regioning  white  sand; 

We  sail,  we  know  we  sail,  and  even  now 

Knocks  the  wide  sea,  unsleeping,  at  our  prow. 

No  more  at  sunrise  do  prophetic  beams 

Find  for  some  seaward  mark  impassioned  place ; 

The  moonlight  falling  slantmse  in  our  face 

Suffers  no  more  the  alchemy  of  dreams : 

The  air  is  less  of  summer  and  soft  trees, 

And  more,  ah,  more,  saddened  with  uncouth  seas. 

The  kindly  littorals  of  long  ago, 

That  loosed  reluctant  arms  and  let  us  pass ; 

The  land-locked  havens  of  unbreathed-on  glass. 

And  estuaries  where  did  use  to  blow 

Warm  perfumes  out  of  hills ; — the  morning  sun 

Dazzled  the  sea  and  burned  them,  one  by  one. 

But  I  would  give  them  all,  and  more  than  they, 
Just  for  the  lift  of  this  unbottomed  sea ; — 
To  feel  the  deck  grow  buoyant  under  me. 
And  on  my  brow,  the  healing  touch  of  spray : 
Comrades,  spread  wide  the  sail,  dip  deep  the  oar ; 
Much  is  behind,  the  best  is  still  before ! 

Benjamin  R.  C.  Low. 


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NINETEEN-TWO  IN  THE  WEST 

There  is  no  place  like  the  West!  Smile  not,  effete 
one ;  this  is  not  the  torrid  vaporing  of  an  overcharged 
chest,  even  if  it  does  come  from  the  land  'Svhere  gush 
the  geysers,"  but  it  is,  rather,  a  refrigerated,  chrome- 
steel,  burglar-proof  fact.  Ordinarily  the  text  of  a 
sermon  is  used  to  prove  the  rest  of  the  discourse ;  but 
in  this  case  the  process  will  be  reversed  and  the  bal- 
ance of  this  discourse  will  be  devoted  solely  to  mar- 
shalling the  evidence  which  demonstrates  the  truth  of 
the  above  text. 

In  the  first  place,  there  were  eleven  men  of  the  Class 
who,  if  the  records  be  correct,  came  to  college  from 
the  Rocky  Mountains  or  beyond,  and  of  these  there 
are  only  two  who  as  yet  have  not  returned  here  to 
live.  Those  who  know  the  West  cannot  keep  away 
from  it.  Fact  number  two  comes  in  when  we  add  that 
seventeen  more  of  the  Class  who  used  to  live  in  other 
parts  of  the  country  have,  since  graduation,  come  West 
and  located,  and  each  year  is  adding  to  the  number. 
Those  who  find  out  about  the  West  are  bound  to  come. 

There  is  a  chance  here  for  the  scoffer  to  scoff  one  or 
two  by  hinting  that  those  who  came  out  were  unable 
to  get  back,  etc. ;  so,  in  order  effectively  to  consign  such 
to  the  xA.nanias  Club,  some  questions  were  sent  out  to 
the  twenty-six  men  who  are  in  the  Rocky  Mountains 
or  beyond,  to  find  out  how  they  are  situated,  and  from 
the  nineteen  replies  that  were  received  come  the 
following  facts: 

The  men  who  replied  are  earning  annually  from 
$900  to  $10,000,  and  the  average  for  the  Western  crowd 
is  $3590!  Choke  on  that,  you  scoffers!  The  average 
for  the  whole  Class  is  not  available  at  this  time,  though 


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you  will  find  it  elsewhere  in  the  book,  but  it  is  safe  to 
assume  that  it  does  not  touch  that  figure,  if  the  returns 
published  in  the  Weekly  for  a  Dartmouth  decennial 
class  are  any  guide.  There,  after  ten  years,  the  men 
averaged  $2097.  Nor  do  the  men  represent  narrow 
lines  of  work.  There  are  five  engaged  in  agriculture, 
fruit  raising  and  ranching,  three  in  the  law,  two  in 
manufacturing,  two  in  mercantile  operations,  two  in 
finance,  two  in  teaching,  two  in  engineering  and  one  in 
the  ministry. 

But  money  isn't  everything,  and  there  is  another 
and  better  indication  that  the  men  in  the  West  are 
getting  the  most  out  of  life.  Of  the  nineteen,  all  but 
three  are  married,  while  for  the  rest  of  the  Class  hardly 
more  than  half  have  left  the  single  estate.  The  moral 
is  obvious.  If  you  want  to  get  a  living,  if  you  want  to 
get  married,  "Go  West,  young  man."  The  returns 
show  an  interesting  connection  between  finances  and 
matrimony,  too;  for  the  three  who  are  unmarried  are 
among  those  who  report  the  smaller  incomes.  Which 
is  cause  and  which  is  effect,  though,  is  hard  to  say. 

So  much  for  the  figures.  Now  let  the  men  speak  for 
themselves.  Asked  whether  they  would  rather  live  in 
the  East,  only  one  was  doubtful,  the  rest  being  unani- 
mous in  saying  no.  And  when  it  came  to  whether  they 
would  advise  other  fellows  to  come  West,  three  said 
that  it  depended  on  the  man,  but  the  rest  agreed  on  a 
decided  "Yes."  And  still  there  are  those  in  the  East 
who  look  with  pity  on  the  ones  who  have  wandered  so 
far  afield. 

The  fact  that  only  eight  out  of  the  number  have 
bought  mining  stock  shows  a  pretty  good  degree  of 
self-control  for  those  who  live  where  there  are  real 
mines,  and  would,  no  doubt,  compare  favorably  with 


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Eastern  ''sucker  lists."    Nine  have  gone  in  for  farm 
lands. 

It  was,  no  doubt,  unfortunate  that  the  replies  were 
sent  in  before  the  political  conventions  of  the  summer, 
for  the  line  up  would  probably  show  changes  since  then. 
However,  as  reported  in  March,  the  Western  crowd 
showed  six  Taft  Republicans,  five  plain  Republicans, 
two  Progressives,  three  Independents,  two  Democrats 
and  one  Socialist:  a  representative  crowd,  alive  and 
thinking. 

Need  more  be  said  to  prove  the  text  with  which  we 
started?  Only  that  loyalty  to  the  Class  and  College 
does  not  become  less  with  distance,  but  rather  grows 
keener  and  deeper.  Eight  of  our  number  made  the 
trip  across  the  country  to  attend  Decennial,  and  it  is 
safe  to  say  that  none  of  the  Class  appreciated  it  more. 

Oh,  you  who  have  never  seen  the  sun  set  in  the  ocean, 
you  who  have  never  cooled  yourselves  on  a  snowbank 
in  midsummer,  you  who  know  not  the  difference 
between  a  sagebrush  and  a  hairbrush,  you  who  imagine 
that  two  bits  is  for  a  horse's  mouth,  you  whose  knowl- 
edge of  ''chaps"  is  confined  to  those  you  see  on  the 
avenue,  you  who  have  not  yet  begun  to  live,  shake  your 
provincialism  and  come  out  and  live  in  a  man's 
country. 

Paul  Jones. 


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SEARCHING  THE  SOUTH  FOR  PHOTOGRAPHS 

The  editors  of  the  Photographic  History  of  the  Civil 
War  had  spread  a  vast  network  of  correspondence  over 
all  of  the  territory  covered  by  the  Civil  War,  both 
where  the  fighting  took  place  and  where  the  men  came 
from  who  fought.  Veterans  referred  them  to  other 
veterans.  Associations,  historical  societies,  museums 
and  publications  all  corresponded  vigorously  and 
manifested  intense  interest.  But  it  was  hard  to  make 
earnest  enthusiasts  understand  that  the  editors  were 
seeking  only  the  truth  shown  by  the  camera,  and  that 
no  dream  of  an  artist,  however  magnificent,  no 
memento,  no  matter  what  its  associations,  came  within 
the  scope  of  the  volumes  in  which  the  war  was  to  be 
seen  and  read.  The  offices  in  New  York  were  deluged 
with  chromos,  sketches  ''made  actually  on  the  field  of 
battle,"  bits  of  bunting,  bullets,  billets  with  bullets 
imbedded  in  them,  part  of  a  balloon,  buttons  and  post- 
bellum  photographs.  The  donors  manifested  some 
irritation  when  these  objects  could  not  be  used  and 
were  returned.  Nearly  all  of  them  stoutly  maintained 
that  the  thing  which  the  editors  sought  did  not  exist. 
The  personal  touch  became  necessary,  the  presence  of 
a  man  on  the  spot  who  could  tell  at  a  glance  whether 
the  photograph  was  one  that  was  wanted,  one  that  the 
history  lacked,  or  a  duplicate  of  the  vast  collection 
already  in  the  hands  of  the  editors.  I  was  fortunate 
enough  to  be  selected  for  this  mission. 

My  visit  to  two  score  cities  in  the  South  was  at  once 
the  most  exciting  and  most  interesting  trip  of  my 
life.  My  quarry  was  any  and  all  photographs  of  war 
scenes  taken  by  Southerners  within  the  Confederate 


16  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

lines  during  the  war,  and  nine  men  out  of  ten  swore 
to  me  that  none  such  existed.  My  restrictions  were 
that  the  photographs  had  to  be  prints  from  the  orig- 
inal negatives,  and  not  ''retouched"  or  altered  in  any 
way,  and  that  they  had  to  be  authenticated — that  is,  I 
had  to  learn  when,  where  and  by  whom  they  were 
taken,  and  what  the  subject  represented. 

Baltimore  was  my  first  stop,  and  here  I  found  in  the 
possession  of  a  distinguished  Confederate  veteran  an 
invaluable  set  of  photographs  of  General  Lee  wliich  he 
gladly  loaned  me  upon  the  furnishing  of  the  proper 
guarantees  for  their  preservation  and  safe  return. 
Throughout  the  South  I  met  with  this  same  sponta- 
neous, enthusiastic  generosity.  Empowered  to  buy,  I 
was  forced  to  borrow,  and  to  accept  the  eager  hospital- 
ity of  those  who  were  anxious  only  that  justice  be  done 
to  the  great  Southern  soldiers  who  laid  down  their  lives, 
wealth  and  happiness  in  the  firm  conviction  that  they 
were  fighting  for  the  right.  I  was  astonished  at  the 
spirit  of  justice  and  tolerance  with  which  I  was 
received.  In  a  war  so  bitterly  and  closely  fought,  it  is 
impossible  to  magnify  the  deeds  of  one  army  without 
bestowing  equal  praise  upon  their  opponents.  If  the 
Union  soldiers  were  brave  and  efficient,  then  the  out- 
numbered Confederates  who  held  them  at  bay  for  four 
long  years  were  brave  indeed.  If  the  Confederate 
regiments  showed  desperate  valor,  how  great  was  the 
courage  of  the  Northern  hosts  who  finally  overcame 
them.  My  greatest  recommendation  to  consideration 
and  confidence  was  that  my  father  was  an  officer  in  the 
Union  army,  twice  promoted  for  bravery  on  the  field  of 
battle. 

"If  he  'fit,'  he  was  all  right,"  was  the  universal 
verdict.     "It's  only  the  'coffee  coolers,'  hangers  on, 


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carpetbaggers,  and  reconstructionists  to  whom  we 
object." 

But  there  were  a  few  whose  experiences  had  been 
so  terrible  that  they  ''could  not  forget."  A  Confed- 
erate veteran  showed  me  a  family  portrait,  an  oil 
painting,  punctured  and  scarred  across  the  face  by  the 
brutal  bayonet  of  one  of  Sherman 's  ' '  bummers. ' '  Acts 
of  vandalism  in  an  invaded  country  are  inevitable,  but 
there  are  some  brutalities  an  ex-parte  recital  of  which 
makes  seem  inhuman.  The  veteran  showed  me  a 
treasured  lacquered  box  presented  to  his  sister  by  a 
sailor  friend  back  in  the  days  when  lacquered  boxes 
with  many  compartments  and  fragile  locks  were  as 
rare  as  they  are  nowadays  common.  The  cover  was 
broken,  the  hinges  torn  off,  and  the  old  warrior  told 
me,  his  voice  trembling  with  the  unstilled  passion  of 
half  a  century,  how  a  Union  soldier  and  the  little  girl 
of  twelve  had  wrestled  about  the  parlor  for  its  posses- 
sion. To  such  tales  as  these,  whether  true  or  apocry- 
phal, there  is  no  answer.  I  saw  two  more  paintings 
scarred  by  Sherman's  ''bummers"  in  the  course  of 
my  trip — unhealed  wounds  of  the  March  to  the  Sea. 

Here  in  Baltimore  I  first  came  in  contact  with,  and 
was  accepted  by,  the  Daughters  of  the  Confederacy, 
who  proved  of  infinite  assistance  throughout  the  trip. 
It  is  this  organization  which  has  preserved  mth  loving 
care  and  assiduity  all  the  relics,  tokens — and  photo- 
graphs— which  the  men,  bravely  busy  at  repairing  their 
broken  fortunes,  had  no  time  to  collect. 

The  work  of  my  quest,  at  first  haphazard  and  follow- 
ing many  blind  leads  to  a  fruitless  end,  soon  system- 
atized itself.  There  were  the  libraries,  the  museums, 
historical  societies,  arsenals,  armories,  private  collect- 
ors, the  oldest  photographers  in  every  city  or  their 


18  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

successors,  memorial  halls  of  the  United  Confederate 
Veterans  and  the  Daughters  of  the  Confederacy,  and 
the  florists.  It  was  in  Richmond,  Va.,  my  second  real 
stop,  since  Washington,  D.  C,  had  already  been  cov- 
ered, that  I  made  the  discovery  that  many  photogra- 
phers made  a  practice  of  selling  the  old  glass  plates, 
which  have  cluttered  up  their  shelves  for  decades,  to 
florists.  The  latter  use  them  to  roof  over  their  hot- 
houses, the  weather  soon  destroys  all  trace  of  the 
chemicals,  and  thus  many  valuable  records  are  lost. 
Why  is  it  that  so  many  photographers  have  suffered 
from  fires'?  Again  and  again  I  found  photographers, 
still  known  as  ' '  daguerreotypists "  during  the  first 
two  years  of  the  war,  although  they  were  already  using 
the  glass  plates  from  which  many  prints  could  be  made, 
who  had  been  burned  out  since  the  war. 

The  object  of  my  trip  excited  general  interest  and  the 
local  newspapers  in  every  city  I  visited  published  inter- 
views with  me,  nicknaming  my  quest:  *' Chasing  a 
shadow  fifty  years  old."  The  shadow  proved  less 
elusive,  however,  than  might  have  been  anticipated, 
and  by  ones  and  twos  and  dozens,  the  tale  of  authenti- 
cated photographs  taken  during  the  war  grew.  In 
Richmond  there  were  two  war-time  photographers, 
Davis  and  Cook.  The  latter 's  main  gallery  during  the 
war  was  in  Charleston,  S.  C.  The  two  Davises,  father 
and  son,  were  Northerners  who  came  to  Richmond  just 
before  the  war  and  remained  there  throughout  the 
four  years  of  conflict.  They  invariably  dressed  in 
Confederate  gray,  and  according  to  old  inhabitants  of 
Richmond  their  gallery  was  very  popular.  I  traced 
the  Davis  collection  to  its  ultimate  possessor,  but  prac- 
tically all  of  the  war-time  photographs  had  disap- 
peared.   Elsewhere  in  Richmond  I  was  more  fortunate. 


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A  famous  sculptor  referred  me  to  one  of  his  friends 
who  was  known  to  be  a  collector  of  war-time  mementos. 
I  called  and  found  the  finest  type  of  an  old  Southern 
gentleman,  who  told  me,  with  a  quiver  of  pride  in  his 
voice,  that  ''Stonewall"  Jackson  had  once  doffed  his 
hat  to  him.  When  I  made  my  mission  known  he 
brought  in  an  armful  of  albums.  A  glance  at  them 
made  me  gasp  with  amazement.  Here  was  truth. 
Here,  indeed,  was  my  mission  fulfilled.  The  house, 
though  richly  and  tastefully  furnished,  showed  signs 
of  the  straightened  circumstances  which  were  common 
to  all  in  the  South  after  the  war.  He  gladly  agreed 
to  loan  the  treasured  photographs,  and  it  would  have 
been  blasphemy  to  offer  him  recompense.  Even  grati- 
tude was  at  a  discount.  He  was  seeing  justice  done  to 
the  South  in  the  history  which  was  preparing. 

One  of  the  many  leads  which  afterwards  came  to 
naught, — a  man  reputed  to  have  been  an  official  photog- 
rapher in  the  Confederate  Signal  Corps  in  1864  and 
1865, — sent  me  scurrying  off  to  Lynchburg,  Va.,  where 
also  dwells  A.  H.  Flecker,  whose  gallery  is  mentioned 
in  the  Recollections  and  Letters  of  General  Lee.  But 
here  I  found  nothing  new. 

Charlottesville,  Va.,  proved  barren,  and  in  Lexing- 
ton I  met  a  ghost.  Here  dwells  Miley,  the  photogra- 
pher who  took  the  famous  picture  of  General  Lee  on  his 
gray  horse,  ** Traveler,"  which  is  known  and  beloved 
throughout  the  South.  A  transparency  of  this  photo- 
graph hangs  in  the  window  on  the  main  street.  Once 
in  a  moon,  when  that  satellite  is  in  a  certain  position, 
it  shines  down  through  the  skylight  so  as  to  project  a 
gigantic  figure  of  Lee  on  Traveler  against  the  white 
board  side  of  a  church  opposite.  Tardy  revelers  have 
been  known  to  accelerate  their  pace  when  they  caught 


20  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

sight  of  the  apparition.  In  Lexington,  too,  I  secured 
a  picture  of  the  ruins  of  the  Virginia  Military  Institute, 
whose  boys  became  the  drill-masters  of  the  Confederate 
army. 

Columbia,  S.  C,  welcomed  me  with  open  arms,  and 
the  Daughters  of  the  Confederacy  and  the  University 
of  South  Carolina  contributed  to  the  gro\ving  list  of 
Southern  war  scenes.  The  University  of  South  Caro- 
lina loaned  me  sad  records  of  the  passage  of  Sherman 's 
army,  contrasting  with  the  photographs  of  young 
Southerners  at  the  outset  of  the  war  which  the  Memo- 
rial Room  of  the  Daughters  of  the  Confederacy  con- 
tributed. The  latter  were  too  faded  to  reproduce,  but 
gave  me  the  clue  which  gradually  led  me  to  duplicates 
of  them  all  elsewhere. 

I  have  not  dwelt,  for  fear  of  being  tedious,  on  the 
hundreds  of  fruitless  visits  I  made,  the  dozens  of 
weary  miles  I  walked,  and  the  many  exciting  clues 
which  proved  empty.  To  determine  from  the  vague 
suggestions  who  had  and  who  had  not  the  material  I 
sought  became  a  sort  of  instinct,  and  yet  an  instinct 
one  dared  hardly  trust.  Hence  the  many  fruitless  vis- 
its. My  impetuous  haste — for  the  first  volume  was 
hovering  over  the  press — also  bewildered  the  many 
people  who  asked  me  to  call  again  next  week,  or  next 
month,  or  next  spring.  ''Youall  are  in  such  an 
almighty  swivet,"  complained  a  veteran  when  I  spoke 
of  an  afternoon  train.  And  yet  a  charming  old  lady, 
who  had  exceeded  the  allotted  threescore  years  and  ten 
by  a  decade,  left  her  sick  room  to  hurry  over  and  get 
the  keys  to  unlock  the  treasures  which  were  to  show 
the  South  as  it  was,  to  the  world.  On  the  other  hand, 
blank  incredulity  often  confronted  me:  **We  were 
too  busy  shooting  Yankees  to  photograph  them," — 


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''Every  able-bodied  man  was  at  the  front," — ''Where 
would  we  get  the  chemicals ? ' ' — "We  were  too  poor, ' ' — 
"No,  no,  there  were  no  photographs  taken  in  the  Con- 
federacy during  the  war." 

This  latter  statement  was  convincingly  disproved 
by  that  intrepid  photographer.  Cook,  of  Charles- 
ton, who  took  a  picture  from  the  parapet  of 
Fort  Sumter  when  the  guns  of  the  monitors  were 
belching  flame  and  long  puffs  of  white  smoke  in  the 
wake  of  the  screaming  shells.  And,  when  ordered  off 
the  parapet,  Cook  caught  the  moment  when  one  of 
those  shells  was  actually  exploding  inside  the  fort. 
Dark  and  dingy,  it  hung  in  Market  Hall,  the  memorial 
room  of  the  Charleston  Chapter  of  the  Daughters  of 
the  Confederacy,  beneath  a  big  oil  painting  of  the  sub- 
ject. It  was  sent  to  New  York  under  heavy  bond  and 
insurance,  where  the  magic  of  the  photo-engravers 
transferred  it  truthfully  to  the  pages  of  history.  In 
Charleston,  also,  I  secured  the  loan  of  the  photograph 
of  a  Confederate  artillery  officer  who  helped  to  repel 
the  famous  Union  cavalry  charge  at  Gettysburg  in 
which  the  gallant  Farnsworth  met  his  death  at  the  head 
of  what  he  knew  to  be  a  forlorn  hope.  In  the  armory 
of  the  Washington  Light  Artillery  of  Charleston  hung 
some  photographs  of  a  Confederate  signal  tower, 
swarming  with  the  men  in  gray,  and  some  of  the  officers 
and  men  who  made  the  siege  of  Charleston  so  pro- 
tracted and  bloody  a  task.  When  the  dust  of  years 
was  wiped  away,  the  photographs  came  out  startlingly 
strong  and  clear. 

In  beautiful  Savannah,  Augusta,  Macon,  Atlanta, 
Columbus,  I  ransacked  Georgia  for  the  prized  photo- 
graphs. In  attics,  outhouses,  battered  albums,  in  halls 
and  armories  and  libraries,  I  delved  for  possible  hid- 


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den  treasures,  and  emerged  with  dusty  and  wrinkled 
garments — and  an  occasional  pearl  without  price.  Lit- 
erally without  price,  for  throughout  the  South  I  never 
met  a  man  or  woman,  who  was  not  a  professional  pho- 
tographer, who  would  accept  one  penny  for  these  visual 
records  of  the  Civil  War.  Many  regarded  the  offer, 
however  delicately  formulated,  as  an  insult,  and  all 
explained  compassionately  that  their  desire  to  see  the 
truth  in  history  outweighed  every  other  consideration. 

Then  came  New  Orleans,  which  at  tirst  received  me 
coldly.  I  went  to  office  after  office  and  found  each  one 
shut,  or  the  men  just  hurrying  away.  "What  is  the 
matter?"  I  finally  exclaimed.  "Doesn't  anyone  ever 
stay  in  his  office  or  home  in  New  Orleans!"  The  reply 
was  enlightening.  "W^hy,  don't  you  know,"  asked  a 
Confederate  veteran,  "that  today  is  Lincoln's  birth- 
day?   What's  the  matter  with  you  Northerners?" 

The  following  day  found  New  Orleans,  and  me,  at 
work.  x\t  a  tiny  second-hand  bookshop  I  found  a 
Scotchman  whose  father  had  been  there  during  the 
war.  "He  was  here  on  his  wedding  trip,"  said  the  sou, 
"and  collected  between  two  and  three  hundred  photo- 
graphs of  war  scenes.  He  took  them  back  with  him  to 
Scotland,  but  I  came  back  here  to  settle  sixteen  years 
ago,  and  brought  them  with  me."  Next  day  two  hun- 
dred of  these  photographs  were  traveling  on  their  way 
to  New  York,  and  the  Scotchman  was  in  possession  of 
a  sum  that  he  had  never  anticipated. 

I  was  explaining  my  mission  to  the  Library  Commit- 
tee of  Memorial  Hall  in  New  Orleans.  Meeting  with 
incredulity  on  the  part  of  a  veteran  member  who  had 
never  seen  a  photographer  during  the  entire  war,  I 
waxed  eloquent,  and  told  of  my  previous  finds,  and  the 
help  accorded  by  the  Daughters  of  the  Confederacy. 


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**You  ought  to  tell  some  of  the  New  Orleans  chap- 
ters," said  the  chairman.  ''They  would  have  photo- 
graphs if  anyone. ' ' 

'*I  should  be  glad  of  an  opportunity  to  address 
them,"  I  replied. 

''There  are  two  hundred  of  them  at  a  meeting  in  the 
next  room,"  said  the  chairman,  and  disappeared. 

I  had  always  rather  despised  the  pious  ^neas,  dur- 
ing my  school  days,  for  the  frequency  with  which  his 
"knees  were  loosened"  and  he  appealed  to  the  gods 
during  his  memorable  trip  home  from  the  siege  of 
Troy.  But  I  am  no  public  speaker — and  ladies !  With- 
in two  minutes  I  found  myself  following  the  chairman 
into  the  adjoining  room,  and  exhibiting  every  symptom 
of  an  advanced  case  of  palsy. 

"You  can't  speak  over  fifteen  minutes,"  whispered 
my  conductor. 

"You're  right,"  I  replied  fervently. 

"L-1-ladies,"  I  began;  and  stumbled  through  an 
explanation  of  the  object  of  my  trip. 

A  woman  epitomized  my  difficulties  with  one  com- 
prehensive sweep  of  her  arm. 

"But  what  about  these?"  she  said. 

The  room  was  draped  with  battle  flags,  and  the  walls 
were  lined  with  sketches,  wood-cuts,  chromos,  litho- 
graphs, portraits,  steel  engravings,  oil  paintings,  draw- 
ings "made  on  the  field  of  battle,"  but  only  two  real 
photographs. 

I  explained  again.  Only  the  truth  as  told  by  the 
photographer's  lens  was  what  I  sought.  The  effect 
was  sudden  and  pitiable.  "Women  came  to  me  and 
drew  forth  envelopes  yellowed  by  time;  the  photo- 
graphs and  daguerreotj'pes  which  they  carried  always 
with  them.     Brave   young  faces   were  those   of  the 


24  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

Southern  captains,  lieutenants,  sergeants,  privates 
which  they  showed  me.  Hallowed  history  flowed  forth 
in  a  be\vildering  stream.  Each  one  had  fought  and 
died  for  his  country.  Each  one  had  been  among  the 
bravest  of  the  brave.  Each  had  its  separate  history 
of  paramount  interest  to  its  stricken  possessor.  But 
these  were  not  the  salient  figures  of  the  Confederacy, 
their  uniforms  and  accouterments  did  not  show.  Each 
one  had  distinguished  himself  in  a  way  which  made 
his  humble  and  brief  career  glorious.  But  the  whole 
story  of  the  war  will  never  be  told.  The  great  battles, 
the  commanding  figures,  are  those  which  attract  the 
historian's  eye.  My  own  eyes  were  dimmed  as  I  put 
them  gently  aside.  They  had  been  offering  me  their 
heart's  blood,  and  breathed  sighs  of  relief  as  they 
took  back  their  treasures. 

The  interviews  in  the  New  Orleans  newspapers 
evoked  a  postal  card  from  a  young  mechanic  in  Baton 
Rouge,  La.,  who  wrote  that  he  had  some  naval  photo- 
graphs. I  took  an  early  morning  train,  and  found  him 
at  work  repairing  the  shaft  of  a  peripatetic  aeroplane. 
I  was  not  popular  with  the  aviators  when  I  lured  him 
away  to  show  me  his  photographs.  Disappointment 
awaited  me.  They  were  woodcuts,  copies,  engravings, 
only  one  original,  which  I  borrowed.  But  he  told  me 
that  A.  D.  Lytle,  a  local  photographer,  had  some 
photographs.  I  called,  and  found  a  veritable  mine. 
Lytle  had  been  a  Confederate  spy,  and  had  sent 
through  to  the  Confederate  secret  service  photographs 
of  every  camp,  battery,  regiment,  headquarters  and 
lookout  tower  of  the  Union  army  of  General  Banks, 
and  of  Porter's  and  Farragut's  fleet  upon  the  Missis- 
sippi. Lytle  still  had  all  the  plates,  but  no  one  in  Baton 
Rouge  would  undertake  to  print  them  for  me  in  less 


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than  a  week.  The  photographer  demanded  a  large 
sum  for  his  treasures,  and  I  wired  to  the  powers  that 
were.  The  sum  arrived,  and  I  departed  with  the 
drama  of  the  Red  River  and  Port  Hudson  expeditions 
on  glass  plates  in  my  arms.  At  the  station  in  New 
Orleans  the  negro  porters  crowded  forward. 

''Heah,  boss.  Ah '11  cairy  dat  foh  yo." 

*'Go  'way  from  me,"  I  ordered  sharply.  ''This  is 
dynamite. ' ' 

They  went  away.  I  drew  a  long  breath  of  relief 
when  I  had  left  the  plates  with  the  photographer  to 
whom  I  had  wired  to  be  ready  for  some  expeditious 
work.  What  condition  were  they  in?  There  was  no 
means  of  telling  till  they  were  printed.  They  looked 
all  right,  but  I  had  bought  a  pig  in  a  poke.  Bright 
and  clear  and  sharp  were  the  prints  when  I  called 
again  that  afternoon.  The  chemicals  had  resisted  the 
ravages  of  nearly  half  a  century.  I  sent  the  prints  and 
plates  to  New  York. 

While  I  was  waiting  for  these  photographs  to  be 
printed,  I  called  upon  the  Washington  Artillery  of 
New  Orleans.  Sergeant  Dan  Kelly,  the  one-armed 
armorer,  said  that  there  w^ere  no  photographs,  but 
consented  to  look  in  the  long  rows  of  dusty  shelves 
which  line  the  sides  of  the  huge,  dark  armory.  From 
almost  the  last  he  drew  forth  a  pile  of  soggy,  limp 
cardboard,  covered  with  the  grime  of  years.  He 
passed  his  sleeve  carelessly  over  the  first,  and  there 
sprang  into  view  a  picture  of  his  father  sitting  reading 
among  his  comrades  in  Camp  Louisiana  forty-nine 
years  before.  The  photographs  were  those  of  J.  D. 
Edwards,  who  had  also  worked  at  Pensacola  and 
Mobile.  Here  were  Confederate  volunteers  of  '61,  and 
the  boys  of  the  Washington  Artillery  which  became  so 


26  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

famous  in  the  service  of  the  Army  of  Northern 
Virginia. 

I  returned  once  more  to  Baton  Rouge  to  get  all  the 
data  I  could  in  regard  to  the  Lytle  photographs,  and 
then  went  up  the  Mississippi  to  Natchez  and  Vicks- 
burg.  ' '  If  we  'd  had  any  photographs  here  during  the 
siege,  we'd  have  eaten  them,"  they  told  me  at  the 
latter  place.  But  I  persisted  and  found  a  man  who  had 
been  on  a  quest  similar  to  mine  for  twoscore  years. 
I  told  him  what  my  troubles  had  been,  and  he  responded 
sympathetically. 

''You  can't  realize,"  he  said,  ''how  the  survivors 
of  the  war  feel  down  here.  In  the  South  there  was 
practically  nothing  but  survivors  after  the  war — not 
a  family  that  had  not  suffered  a  bereavement.  I  have 
gone  to  men  and  women  whom  I  knew  had  photo- 
graphs of  inestimable  value,  and  they  have  burned 
them  before  my  eyes." 

"But  why?"  I  gasped. 

"They  wanted  to  forget.  Their  publication  would 
have  been  the  reopening  of  an  old  wound.  Then,  too, 
they  do  not  think  that  the  partisan  histories  of  the  war, 
even  those  adopted  in  our  schools,  do  justice  to  the 
South,  its  motives,  its  courage,  its  sublime  greatness  of 
soul.  They  do  not  think  that  any  history  published 
in  the  North  will  ever  do  justice  to  the  South.  Rather 
than  have  their  historic  documents  fall  into  the  hands 
of  Northern  publishers  they  \\dll  do  themselves  the 
supreme  injustice  of  destroying  them.  As  a  man  I  have 
respected  the  intensity  of  their  emotions,  but  as  a 
collector  my  heart  has  bled." 

"It's  like  the  story  of  the  shooting  of  the  women  in 
the  Round  Tower  at  Jhansi,"  I  said. 

"Yes,"  he  answered,  "it  was  like  that  to  them — to 


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destroy  those  photographs."  Then  he  showed  me 
those  he  had  succeeded  in  collecting. 

I  had  heard  of  a  photographer  in  Vicksburg  reputed 
to  have  some  war-time  photographs.  Time  and  again 
I  had  seen  photographers,  who  invariably  told  me  that 
they  kept  their  special  treasures  at  their  houses  several 
blocks  away,  and  that  they  could  not  possibly  leave 
their  galleries.  No,  no  one  else  could  find  them.  They 
would  bring  them  down  next  day.  This  involved  a 
delay  of  twenty-four  hours,  and  in  the  majority  of 
cases  they  brought  nothing.  Resolving  to  obviate,  if 
possible,  this  unnecessary  expenditure  of  time  and 
money,  I  decided  to  call  on  the  photographer  that 
night.  He  had  moved  to  the  suburbs,  so  I  hired  a  little 
negro  with  a  big  voice  as  a  guide.  Through  the  pitchy 
darkness,  down  into  the  gullies  and  ravines  which  made 
the  taking  of  Vicksburg  in  1863  such  a  tremendous  task, 
I  followed  my  diminutive  guide.  At  the  end  of  half 
an  hour  we  stopped  at  the  garden  gate  of  the  photog- 
rapher, whom  we  will  call,  for  the  sake  of  history,  Mr. 
Blank.    My  guide  stayed  my  hand  upon  the  latch. 

''Wait  a  minute,  boss,  foh  God's  sake,"  he  ejaculated 
earnestly  in  the  darkness. 

Then  raising  his  curiously  disproportionate,  deep, 
mellow,  resonant  voice,  he  bellowed: 

' '  Mistah  Blank !    Mistah  Blank ! ' ' 

''Hullo-o-o,"  came  a  faint  voice  across  the  garden 
after  an  interval.  It  sounded  like  the  ''warder  in  the 
distance"  in  a  play  with  a  medisBval  setting. 

"Mistah  Blank!    Does  you  keep  a  dawg?" 

"No-o-o." 

I  started  forward  again,  but  my  mistrustful  guide 
with  the  huge  voice  and  the  diminutive  body  was  not 
convinced. 


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**Ali'll  wait  fob  you  heah,"  he  said. 

I  strode  rapidly  forward  along  the  gravel  path 
toward  the  dark  blur  of  the  house  looming  up  in  the 
gloom.  Then  I  stumbled,  the  earth  opened,  and  I 
descended  sprawling  into  its  bowels  for  a  period  of 
time  I  calculated  at  little  less  than  half  an  hour. 
Finally  I  brought  up  with  a  bump,  and  found  myself 
bruised  and  shaken  at  the  bottom  of  a  cistern  or  foun- 
tain, which  I  was  humiliated  to  discover  was  only  about 
six  feet  deep,  I  clambered  out  with  difficulty,  and  much 
noise,  and  heard  the  door  of  the  house  open,  though  no 
light  appeared. 

*' Don't  you  come  any  nearer!  Don't  you  come  any 
nearer,  or  I'll  shoot!"  cried  a  threatening  voice. 

Explanation  and  expostulation  were  alike  in  vain, 
and  I  reluctantly  postponed  my  visit  to  the  morrow. 
The  hunt  for  photographs  was  not  without  its  vicissi- 
tudes. 

I  do  not  remember  what  big  hotel  it  was  or  what 
city.  I  recollect  a  magnificent  dining-room,  a  superb 
orchestra  and  a  very  good  dinner.  A  soiled  and 
crumpled  card  was  brought  to  me. 

*'Ask  the  gentleman  to  come  in  here,"  I  said. 

A  septuagenarian,  shabbily  dressed,  head  back, 
eyes  flashing,  approached  my  table  under  escort  of  the 
immaculate  head  waiter.  I  rose  and  offered  him  a 
chair. 

*  *  Are  you  the  man  I  was  reading  about  in  the  paper 
who's  making  a  history  that  will  show  both  sides!" 
he  asked. 

I  told  him  something  about  my  trip,  and  he  began  to 
unfold  the  picture,  wrapped  in  ancient  newspapers, 
which  he  carried  under  his  arm.  I  had  seen  the  picture 
before.     It  was  a  symbolic  affair  with  a  fallen  oak, 


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representing  the  Confederacy,  and  other  harrowing 
symbolic  details  which  I  do  not  remember.  But  it  had 
not  looked  the  same. 

*  *  This  tells  the  story  as  does  nothing  else, ' '  he  said. 
**You  mnst  put  it  in  your  picture  book." 

He  said  it  resignedly,  as  if  it  were  costing  him  an 
immense  effort  to  part  with  it,  and  yet  with  the  pride 
of  his  ultimate  sacrifice  for  the  Confederacy.  For  a 
moment  I  was  tempted  to  accept  it  and  take  it  away 
with  me,  as  I  knew  it  would  be  a  blow  to  him  that  it 
could  not  be  used  in  the  history.  Then  I  had  a  vision 
of  it  hanging  over  his  bed  during  all  the  years  since 
Appomattox,  and  I  sat  silent,  wondering  what  was  the 
kindest  thing  to  do. 

When  I  looked  at  him  again,  he  was  quietly  wrapping 
it  up. 

' '  I  see  you  do  not  want  it, ' '  he  said. 

I  tried  to  explain,  and  he  listened  to  me  indulgently, 
and  made  a  polite  pretense  of  believing  my  fervent 
assurances  that  the  history  was  going  to  be  as  fair  and 
unbiased  as  the  truth  told  by  the  camera  would  allow, 
that  it  was  to  be  written  in  the  same  impartial  spirit, 
that  many  Southern  historians  were  contributors.  I 
asked  him  if  he  had  dined,  and  if  he  would  not  do  me  the 
honor,  but  he  refused  with  quiet  dignity.  I  begged  him 
at  least  to  take  a  drink  with  me,  but  he  declined  that, 
too.  The  occasion  was  too  big  to  him  for  the  trivialities 
of  hospitality.  He  had  thought  that  he  was  bringing  me 
an  invaluable  accession  to  my  collection.  I  rose  and 
bade  him  a  formal  good-bye,  and  remained  on  my 
feet  until  the  little  old  man  disappeared  through  the 
big  doorway. 

Next  came  Nashville,  Tenn.,  and  Louisville,  Lexing- 
ton and  Frankfort,  Ky.    In  the  course  of  my  trip  I  had 


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visited  four  Confederate  Soldiers'  Homes.  The  stern- 
looking  men  with  their  snow-white  hair  and  beards 
gave  me  a  thrill  to  contemplate.  Here  was  all  that  was 
left  of  the  Southern  part  of  the  "matchless  infantry 
of  Grant  and  Lee."  They  were  mild  enough,  and  not 
one  of  them  bitter  against  any  man  who  had  been  on  the 
firing  line.  ''Them  that  'fit'  was  all  right."  One  aged 
veteran  in  the  Soldiers'  Home  at  New  Orleans  drew 
me  over  to  a  \vindow  overlooking  the  cemetery.  ' '  The 
gravestones  that  stand  up  straight  with  the  angels  and 
urns  on  top  of  them  used  to  be  all  the  rage,"  he  said, 
"but  now  the  flat  ones  you  can  plant  a  lot  of  flowers 
on  are  most  fashionable.  I  love  to  watch  the  folks 
caring  for  their  dead." 

"The  whole  nation  cares,"  I  replied,  "cares  might- 
ily for  their  dead  of  both  the  North  and  the  South. ' ' 

And  we  shook  hands  silently. 

At  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  the  Loyal  Legion  of  the  United 
States  loaned  me  an  invaluable  album  full  of  rare  and 
unique  photographs.  I  attended  the  meeting  at  which 
they  voted  to  allow  me  to  borrow  them.  A  Confederate 
veteran  was  addressing  the  society  of  Union  officers. 
"After  Appomattox,"  he  said,  "an  old  Confederate 
veteran  was  seen  riding  away  on  his  mule,  thanks  to 
the  chivalry  of  General  Grant.  'Whar  yo  gwine?' 
someone  called  out.  'I'm  gwine  back  to  the  old  farm 
to  put  in  a  turn  of  oats,  and  if  any  of  them  Yankees 
comes  adown  thar  botherin '  me,  why,  we  '11  git  together 
and  lick  'em  again!'  " 

A  postal  from  Edwardsville,  111.,  took  me  over  there 
post-haste.  It  was  only  one  photograph,  but  it  showed 
the  great  Union  guns  at  Shiloh,  and,  so  far  as  I  have 
been  able  to  learn  by  a  four  thousand  mile  trip  and 
nearly  a  ton  of  correspondence,  no  duplicates  of  it 


I 


SOME  POINTS  OF  VIEW  31 

exist.  At  Springfield,  111.,  I  borrowed  more  photo- 
graphs. But  this  is  out  of  the  South  and  verging  on 
the  West,  where  I  made  an  equally  interesting  trip. 

Throughout  the  South  I  found  the  same  reverence 
for  the  living  and  dead  of  the  shattered  armies  which 
has  become  a  cult  in  every  state.  Every  city,  town  and 
hamlet  is  teeming  with  sacred  memories  of  those  who 
had  fought  against  the  invaders.  It  may  be  that  some 
of  the  legends  are  distorted — in  fact,  some  of  them  are 
irreconcilable  with  historic  facts — but  no  being  with 
a  human  heart  and  sympathies  would  profane  the 
temples  of  that  simple  faith.  The  chivalry  of  the 
South  lives  in  its  memories  as  the  cavaliers  without 
fear  and  without  reproach,  and  it  is  well  for  the  South, 
well  for  those  who  cherish  the  memories,  and  well  for 
the  nation  of  which  they  are  most  ardent  patriots,  that 
this  should  be  so.  If  the  nation  is  ever  again  plunged 
into  devastating  war  against  a  foreign  power,  the  sons 
of  the  men  who  served  under  the  stars  and  bars  will 
teach  the  invaders  what  it  means  to  meet  the  descend- 
ants of  such  magnificent  fighting  stock. 

Roy  M.  Mason. 


32  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

A  TRIP  ABROAD 

Letter  from  Jim  to  Jim 
My  dear  Jim: 

I  sent  you  a  Yale  ])ook  yesterday;  thought  perhaps 
you  would  like  to  see  one.  I  will  send  you  my  letter 
today,  also  a  picture  that  was  taken  on  board  of  the 
Steamship  Adriatic.  If  you  can  use  it,  all  right.  There 
are  some  prominent  people  in  that  picture.  Hope  you 
can  use  it. 

Now,  Jim,  you  do  just  as  you  feel  like  it  in  every- 
thing. I  am  ready  at  any  time  to  help  you,  no  matter 
the  result.  My  trip  across  the  water  was  the  best  ever. 
I  went  into  nine  different  countries.  I  put  in  twenty- 
six  hours  a  day  while  I  was  away. 

I  hope  you  and  yours  are  enjoying  the  best  of 
everything. 

I  am  always  for  you. 

Sincerely, 

Jim. 

Letter  to  the  Class 

New  Haven,  Conn.,  October  14, 1912. 

My  dear  good  fellows: 

I  must  write  you  something  of  my  trip  abroad  and 
of  the  Olympic  games  at  Stockholm,  Sweden.  I  left 
New  Haven  June  26  and  sailed  from  New  York  June 
27,  on  the  beautiful  S.  S.  Adriatic.  To  tell  you  the 
truth,  I  was  not  much  of  a  sailor  when  I  started  and 
wondered   if  the  captain  knew  his  business,   for  he 


Jim  Donnki.ly  on  Board  S.   S.   Adriatic 

Surrounded,  ;is  usual,  by  friends.  From  left  to  risrlit:  J.  J.  Costilo,  I'rof.  R.  K. 
Nelligan,  Jim  Donnelly,  J.  T.  Sliea,  M.  J.  Gallasrlier,  Mrs.  M.  J.  Gallasrlier, 
Peter  Hagerdy,  Mrs.  Peter  Hagerdy  and  F.  F.  Wilson 


SOME  POINTS  OF  VIEW  33 

could  not  depend  upon  me  for  assistance.  But  after 
being  out  a  couple  of  days,  my  courage  revived  and  I 
wouldn't  have  been  afraid  to  have  taken  charge  of  the 
ship.  My  trip  over  was  very  pleasant  and  I  made 
some  friends  whom  I  shall  always  hold  in  high  esteem. 
To  w^hile  away  the  time  on  board  ship  we  had  concerts, 
track  meets  and  dancing.  They  did  me  the  honor  to 
make  me  a  member  of  the  committee. 

We  arrived  in  Liverpool  July  5;  remained  there 
two  days;  then  on  to  London,  where  we  stayed  three 
days,  visiting  many  places  of  interest.  It  is  a  most 
wonderful  city.  From  there  we  went  to  Copenhagen, 
Denmark,  one  of  the  finest  cities  in  Europe.  From 
there  I  went  to  Stockholm,  where  I  had  the  pleasure 
of  seeing  the  greatest  games  ever  and  the  finest  lot  of 
athletes  in  the  world.  It  was  a  great  treat  to  me ;  more 
than  the  Class  of  1912,  who  sent  me  there,  anticipated 
it  would  be.  And  the  best  of  it  all  was  to  see  the 
Americans  winning. 

From  Stockholm  I  took  that  beautiful  trip  on  the 
Gotto  Canal  to  Gothenburg,  a  distance  of  232  miles, 
three  hundred  feet  above  the  sea  level.  We  went 
through  seventy-five  locks,  which  took  three  days  and 
two  nights.  The  staterooms  on  those  boats  are  not 
very  roomy  and  I  would  like  to  see  a  picture  of  myself 
in  my  dinky  cabin.  I  must  have  looked  cute!  From 
Gothenburg  I  w^ent  to  Hamburg,  Germany,  by  the 
way  of  Korsor  and  Kiel.  A  beautiful  sail.  From 
Hamburg  to  Amsterdam,  where  I  visited  the  quaint 
island  of  Marken ;  from  there  to  the  Hague  and  Sche- 
veningen,  one  of  the  finest  summer  resorts  in  the 
world ;  from  there  to  Antwerp,  Belgium.  I  also  visited 
Brussels,  where  I  saw  the  Palace  of  Justice  and  the 
great  cathedrals;  from  there  to  Paris,  where  I  re- 


34  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

mained  eleven  days,  visiting  the  Louvre,  Luxemburg, 
Napoleon's  Tomb,  Bastile,  Arch  of  the  Triumph,  Eiffel 
Tower,  Boulevard  and  the  Latin  quarters. 

From  Paris  I  went  to  Rouen,  where  I  visited  the 
great  cathedrals ;  from  there  to  Havre,  where  I  crossed 
the  English  Channel.  And  that  was  a  trip  on  the  water 
which  I  mil  not  forget,  as  the  sea  was  so  rough  it  kept 
me  busy  picking  myself  up  and  getting  back  in  my 
berth.    But  I  was  saved  to  tell  my  story. 

From  Southampton  I  sailed  for  home  on  board  the 
beautiful  S.  S.  Olympic,  where  I  met  youug  men  repre- 
senting nearly  all  the  colleges  in  America.  My  trip  was 
a  delightful  one  from  the  first  to  last  and  I  enjoyed  the 
best  of  health.  I  wish  it  were  possible  for  every  Yale 
man  to  take  this  same  trip,  for  it  is  an  education  in 

itself. 

Very  sincerely  yours, 

Jim  Donnelly. 


ALUMNI  FUND 

1902  has  been  a  loyal  supporter  of  the  Alumni  Fund 
since  graduation.  In  ten  years  we  have  given  $6369.76. 
The  aggregate  amount  has  not  been  as  large  as  many 
previous  classes,  but  in  the  number  of  yearly  contribu- 
tors we  stand  well.  In  ten  years  806  have  subscribed, 
or  an  average  of  over  80  each  year.  A  glance  at  the 
annual  report  of  the  board  of  directors  will  show 
how  favorably  this  average  compares  with  the  yearly 
list  of  other  classes.  In  1912  we  had  our  record  number 
of  contributors,  viz.,  130.  The  total  amount  subscribed 
was  $1575.50. 

The  University  has  come  to  depend  on  the  Alumni 
Fund  to  meet  the  necessary  expenses  of  operation,  and 
regular  and  consistent  giving  is,  therefore,  essential. 
Twenty-six  members  of  our  Class  have  an  unbroken 
record  of  annual  subscriptions  since  graduation.  Of 
these,  one  man  gave  $5.00  in  1903,  and  increased  his 
subscription  by  $5.00  each  year  for  nine  years.  Then 
he  married.  His  aggregate  contributions  for  ten  years, 
however,  amounted  to  $235.00.  Another  man  gave 
$15.00  for  eight  years,  $30.00  one  year,  and  $100  one 
year,  making  a  total  of  $250. 

The  largest  single  subscription  was  $269.10. 

The  smaller  subscriptions  are  equally  welcome,  and 
these  figures  help  to  show  how  the  total  mounts  up  over 
a  period  of  years. 

COURTLANDT  D.  BaBNES. 


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REUNIONS   AND   DINNERS 


Reunions  and  Dinners 


THE  DINNER  OF  1905 

(From  the  Alumni  Weekly) 

The  following  notice  was  sent  by  a  member  of  the 
Class : 

"Lost!  All  traces  of  the  Class  of  1902.  Last  seen  at  New  London 
on  June  26,  1902.  The  finder  of  any  remnants  of  the  whole  will  be 
rewarded  by  returning  same  to  30  West  Forty-fourth  Street,  New  York 
City,  before  Triennial.  The  reward  will  be  no  less  than  a  dinner,  if 
committee  of  Yale  'sand'  is  organized  and  affirmatively  decree.  It 
wouldn't  do  to  say  that  the  Class  has  'shystered, '  but  it  looks  that  way. 
There  are  plenty  of  men  in  New  York  and  within  a  short  radius  who 
could  get  together  if  they  would,  and  be  merry.  Follow  the  example  of 
'83,  which  has  two  meetings  a  year,  and  get  into  the  spirit  of  Triennial 
which  is  soon  to  come ! ' ' 

When  this  notice  was  shown  to  the  Class  Secretary, 
he  suggested  that  it  be  *  *  referred  to  the  1902  members 
of  the  New  York  Yale  Club,  with  power  to  act. ' ' 

The  annual  dinner  of  the  Class  of  1902  was  held  at 
the  Yale  Club,  New  York,  Saturday,  March  25,  1905, 
at  7.30  o'clock.  The  price  was  $3.00,  which  included 
everything.  One  of  the  poets  of  the  Class,  called  upon 
to  lend  force  to  the  appeal  of  the  committee  contributed 
the  following : 

Give  ear!     Give  ear! 

All  nineteen-twos : 

Visit  some  haberdashery  and  choose 

A  spotless  shirt  of  milky  white. 

To  wear  on  the  auspicious  night! 


40  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

Bind  the  same  firmly  to  your  chest, 
And  frame  in  a  refulgent  vest! 
Haste  to  New  York,  by  sea  and  land. 
For  now  the  time  is  near  at  hand, 
When  our  undinnered  Class  shall  leap, 
Like  groundhog  from  his  winter  sleep. 
To  hammer  loudly  on  the  board 
And  taste  the  bounties  of  the  Lord. 
A  glittering  long  distance  cup 
Shall  stir  the  distant  Ells  up; 
And  he  who  makes  the  longest  trail 
Shall  carry  off  this  second  grail. 
Up,  scriveners!     Drop  the  rasping  pen. 
Desert  your  offspring,  married  men ! 
Sad-eyed  attorneys,  close  your  tomes, 
And  men  of  leisure,  quit  your  homes! 
Come,  orators,  stern-eyed  and  bold. 
The  sounding  period  to  unfold. 
Bring  all  the  swipe-harmonious  folk 
And  those  who  crack  the  artful  joke — 
Come  all!     Come  all,  from  far  and  wide. 
With  thirst  and  hunger  well  supplied. 

The  dinner  committee  was  J.  R.  Deering,  E.  C. 
Granbery,  J.  R.  Hall  and  Lyttleton  Fox. 

The  evening  was  a  great  success,  but  no  list  of  those 
present  is  extant. 


TRIENNIAL 

A  Memory:  Dedicated  to  the  Class  of  1902  at  its 
Triennial  Reunion,  June,  1905 

Where  rise  in  pride  Yale's  ivy-covered  walls, 
Where  elm  trees  cast  long  shadows  on  the  green, 
Where  on  the  ear  the  voice  of  gladness  falls. 
Here  is  the  garden  spot  of  earth's  demesne. 


KEUNIONS  AND  DINNERS  41 

We  close  our  eyelids,  and  on  quiet  eyes 

A  sense  of  peaceful  beauty  softly  lies ; 

We  gather  here  from  out  the  world's  wide  maze, 

A  mother  love  has  drawn  from  varying  ways 

Her  sons  to  hearken  back  to  golden  days. 

So  let  us,  like  the  Lotus-eaters,  come 

Into  a  land  that  lives  within  our  dreams, 

Where  eyes  are  dim  with  memories,  voices  dumb. 

While  minstrelsy  of  fairies  ever  seems 

To  bid  us  tarry  on  a  silver  strand 

Where  golden  forests  dot  a  golden  land. 

Here  for  a  space  to  live  from  earth  apart. 

Forgetful  of  the  street,  the  city's  mart. 

While,  lost  to  care,  friends  proffer  hand  and  heart. 

When  all  is  told  this  spot  of  Fancy's  owm. 

This  dream-wrought  realm  we  all  have  loved  so  well 

Is  Yale,  dear  spot,  where  friendship 's  seeds  were  sown, 

Within  whose  precincts  countless  memories  dwell. 

The  very  air  and  spirit  of  the  place 

Are  rich  with  gladness  and  are  fraught  with  grace. 

What  wonder  that  we  live  in  rapter  mood ; 

Here  life  began,  here  once  as  boys  we  stood. 

Here  manhood  dawned  as  leaf  from  folded  bud. 

The  years  have  led  our  pathways  far  apart. 
Where  some  have  drunk  of  nectar,  others  myrrh; 
Where  one  walked  blithely  with  a  songful  heart. 
For  others  sadness  came  blue  skies  to  blur ; 
For  some  the  journey  lay  through  peaceful  vale 
Where  all  the  land  was  sweet  with  galingale. 
And  some  have  stumbled  o'er  a  rocky  slope 
Where  thistles  pierce  the  weary  hands  that  grope. 
And  rank  weeds  smother  out  the  flowers  of  hope. 


42  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

Some  knew  no  sorrows,  theirs  a  sunny  wold, 

Until  they  grappled  with  the  bitter  world ; 

Some  tempered  by  privation  manifold 

Their  challenge  in  the  teeth  of  trial  have  hurled. 

We  see  those  here  who  once  our  counsels  moved. 

The  world's  applause  has  our  clear  judgment  proved. 

Here,  too,  who  thwarted  in  unequal  race 

Ambitious  still,  pride  written  on  his  face. 

The  man  who  failed,  but  now  has  won  his  place. 

So,  side  by  side,  drawn  by  a  mutual  love. 

All  sons  of  Yale,  we  gather  from  afar. 

Here,  hand  in  hand,  our  faith  in  her  to  prove. 

Which  faith  nor  space  can  shake  nor  time  can  mar. 

Here  is  a  brotherhood  of  heart  and  mind. 

If  strife  were  once,  be  now  no  thoughts  unkind, 

We  gather  here  old  friendships  to  renew. 

If  envious  thoughts,  or  jealousies  pursue. 

Disperse  them  here,  drink  happiness,  not  rue. 

Drink  deep,  let  song  and  gladness  fill  the  hour. 

Let  all  our  thoughts,  song-scattered,  carry  joy 

As  bright  as  moonlight  on  a  falling  shower ; 

No  tear  or  note  of  sadness  rise  to  cloy 

The  full,  rich  sweetness  of  our  meeting  here. 

Where  friend  greets  friend,  and  heart  to  heart  draws 

near. 
Once  more  ring  out  the  songs  that  can  not  fail, 
Once  more  a  toast  to  friends,  and  mother,  hale. 
Once  more  pledge  love  to  each,  and  brave  old  Yale. 

Floyd  W.  Jefferson. 


REUNIONS  AND  DINNERS  43 


THE  DINNER  OF  1906 


The  Class  of  1902  held  its  annual  dinner  in  the  coun- 
cil room  of  the  Yale  Club,  New  York,  Saturday,  March 
24.  Fox  was  toastmaster.  Barnes  put  things  in 
motion  early  in  the  evening  with  an  inspiring  rendi- 
tion of  ''The  Handicap."  Abbey  spoke  on  the  strenu- 
ous life  in  Kingston  (N.  Y.),  and  Heaton,  Trowbridge 
and  Deering  followed  with  words  of  the  character  fre- 
quently described  as  "burning,"  which  are  not  to 
be  confounded  with  "hot  air."  Deering  was  full  of 
wise  saws  and  apt  similes,  and  the  Class  enjoyed  him 
immensely.  Wylie  and  Callender  added  to  the  joy 
of  the  evening  with  a  vocal  competition  in  popular 
melodies,  and  with  impersonations  on  the  side.  Porter 
Steele,  the  lawyer-musician  of  the  Class,  contributed 
his  share  of  the  entertainment  by  playing  soul-stirring 
melodies  of  his. own  and  Beethoven's  and  doing  digital 
"stunts"  on  the  keyboard  worthy  of  a  Paderewski. 
Joe  Walker  came  up  from  Birmingham,  Ala.,  and  took 
back  the  long-distance  cup  with  him. 

The  following  (53)  were  present:  Abbey,  G.  Abbott, 
E.  Adams,  Barnes,  Beers,  Burrall,  Callender,  Camp- 
bell, Chittenden,  Cory,  Cox,  Davis,  Deering,  Dewey, 
Duell,  Embree,  Evarts,  Fanton,  Fox,  Frisbie,  Gardner, 
Gott,  Granbery,  Guernsey,  L.  B.  Hall,  Hastings, 
Heaton,  Herrick,  Higgins,  H.  S.  Hooker,  Hubbell, 
Hudson,  Humiston,  Keator,  Knox,  Krementz,  Lear, 
Lehman,  E.  Low,  Moore,  Morison,  Rand,  D.  Reynolds, 
H.  A.  Rogers,  Steele,  Stoddard,  Tillinghast,  Tompkins, 
Trowbridge,  Walker,  Welsh,  Wright,  Wylie. 

In  1907  another  dinner  was  held,  the  less  said  about  it 
the  better : 

' '  Oh,  the  little  more  and  how  much  it  is ! " 

Result :  A  Hiatus  until — 


44  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

SEXENNIAL 

A  Letter  Before  Reunion 
(Unrequested) 

Chapter  I 

1.  Now  it  came  to  pass  that  six  years  were  accom- 
plished that  the  Elites  had  gone  out  into  the  promised 
land. 

2.  And  in  the  sixth  year  the  rulers  smote  the  peo- 
ple and  there  was  sore  trouble  among  them. 

3.  For  the  wealth  and  goods  of  them  that  had 
wrought  well  in  the  land  were  taken  away. 

4.  And  it  was  in  this  wise.  For  the  people  had 
followed  the  counsel  of  the  wise  men  who  said:  Put 
not  thy  trust  in  riches  but  put  thy  riches  in  trust. 

5.  And  so  they  did.  They  that  had  gathered  unto 
themselves  a  goodly  store  of  shekels  by  the  sweat  of 
their  brows  and  fair  simoleons  by  the  toil  of  their 
slaves. 

6.  And  the  Chief  Ruler  smote  the  trusts.  Yea, 
mightily  did  he  soak  them. 

7.  And  great  was  the  fall  thereof. 

8.  And  so  it  was  that  the  plenty  that  had  been  in 
the  land  departed  and  the  fullness  thereof. 

Chapter  II 

1.  Now  of  the  Elites  that  had  gone  forth  from  the 
fair  land  of  Nuh-Haven,  there  were  two  that  came 
unto  the  land  of  Goshen  even  Percy  the  son  of  Gott 
and  Redd  the  son  of  Heaton. 


REUNIONS  AND  DINNERS  45 

2.  There  they  took  their  abode  and  wrought  among 
their  fellows. 

3.  And  in  the  year  of  the  sore  trouble  that  was  vis- 
ited upon  the  people  the  Elites  got  theirs. 

4.  For  when  the  time  was  at  hand  that  Redd  should 
go  among  the  Goshenites  and  render  them  the  tale  of 
the  light  that  they  had  burned  and  the  power  greater 
than  the  power  of  a  thousand  horses  the  people  said: 
Goto. 

5.  For  how  is  this  ?  The  hours  that  the  light  burn- 
eth  are  less  and  the  taking  of  power  is  small  and  it 
is  a  bum  light  and  in  sooth  a  bum  power  and  yet  the 
tale  that  thou  renderest  is  no  whit  smaller  than  the 
tale  that  thou  didst  render  of  old. 

6.  But  Redd  said  unto  them:  Thy  wheels,  revolve 
they  not  and  doth  not  thy  light  hold  out  to  burn?  Pay 
me  that  thou  owest. 

7.  But  the  people  said :  Go  to.  For  the  rulers  have 
smitten  the  trusts  and  we  have  not  wherewith  to  pay. 

8.  But  Redd  the  son  of  Heaton  departed  thence  and 
went  away  from  there  and  his  heart  was  sore  within 
him,  if  not  sorer  than  that. 

9.  Now  it  was  even  likewise  with  Percy  the  son  of 
Gott.  He  sate  in  judgment  upon  the  people  and  for 
others  of  the  people  he  did  plead  their  case. 

10.  Now  before  him  were  brought  prowlers  of  the 
night,  pilferers  of  the  vineyard  and  drinkers  of  strong 
drink. 

11.  So  Percy  said  unto  them:  This  one  shall  pay 
shekels  ten  and  that  one  goodly  store  of  simoleons  lest 
he  offend  again. 

12.  But  the  evil  doers  tore  their  hair  and  there  was 
wailing  and  gnashing  of  TEETH !  For  they  too  had 
not  wherewith  to  pay. 


46  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

13.  Then  did  Percy  take  counsel  with  himself  and 
did  pronounce  judgment  even  in  this  wise:  Twenty 
days  for  yours,  for  yours  thirty. 

14.  But  his  heart  was  sore  within  him. 

15.  And  when  he  did  plead  the  cause  of  them  that 
had  been  wronged  by  their  steward,  and  made  demand 
that  the  evil  man  return  that  he  had  taken  and  spake 
long  and  with  great  learning  before  the  twelve  men, 
the  twelve  wise  men  said :  Go  to.  For  he  is  but  a  poor 
man  and  in  very  sooth  are  the  days  evil  in  the  land  of 
Goshen,  wherefore  were  it  well  that  to  him  that  hath 
not  should  be  given  even  from  him  that  hath. 

16.  So  it  was  that  the  hearts  of  the  Elites  dwelling 
in  the  land  of  Goshen  were  sore  within  them.  And  it 
was  in  the  sixth  year  from  the  going  forth  into  the 
promised  land. 

Chapter  III 

1.  Now  in  the  sixth  year  that  the  Elites  had  gone 
forth  from  the  fair  land  of  Nuh-Haven  there  came  the 
Epistle  of  James.  And  the  Epistle  came  to  them  that 
were  in  the  land  of  Goshen,  even  unto  Percy  the  son 
of  Gott  and  Redd  the  son  of  Heaton. 

2.  And  they  rejoiced  and  were  exceeding  glad. 

3.  Wherefore  Redd  reasoned  and  held  converse 
with  himself  and  said :  Of  a  verity  will  I  go  to  the  house 
of  my  brother  that  is  in  Goshen  and  see  in  what  manner 
we  may  encompass  the  journey  to  the  fair  land  of  Nuh- 
Haven. 

4.  So  he  girded  up  such  few  loins  as  he  possessed 
and  journeyed  with  a  caravan  even  along  the  Erie  until 
he  fared  into  the  city  of  Goshen  and  came  unto  the 
market  place. 


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47 


5.  There  sought  he  out  his  brother  Elite  and  went 
with  him  to  his  house  and  Percy  brought  fine  raiment 
and  kissed  his  beard  and  then  made  they  merry  saying, 

6.  Now  six  years  are  accomplished  that  we  went 
out  from  Nuh-Haven  and  it  were  well  that  all  the  Elites 
return  again  to  that  fair  land  even  in  the  Ides  of  June. 

7.  Yea^,  saith  Redd,  for  what  though  the  days  be 
sore  in  the  land?  Yet  fain  would  I  behold  once  more 
our  brothers  that  are  scattered  over  the  earth,  for  from 
the  desert  places  will  come  Bunn  and  Bradd  even  from 
the  City  of  the  Dead. 

8.  And  there  will  come  Rabb  son  of  Line  and  Bus- 
tah  son  of  Gould  and  from  Jersey,  which  is  not  in 
America,  will  come  Cuppy  and  Binnie,  two  men  of 
renown  in  the  market  place. 

9.  And  many  Manhattanites  will  be  there.  Pre- 
eminent among  them  James  son  of  Wright  even  he  that 
hath  need  of  12 — shekels — 12  of  silver  for  early  needs, 
likewise  Court  son  of  Barnes  and  he  hath  need  of  much 
silver. 

10.  And  Mace  son  of  Nevins  and  John  son  of  Cal- 
lender  and  Humm  and  Beers  and  he  that  men  call 
Hell's  Wastings,  he  will  be  there. 

11.  And  the  Hebrews  they  will  be  there.  For  did 
not  the  Epistle  of  James  come  unto  them  also? 

12.  And  Coon  the  great  Rabbi.  For  the  Elites  said 
unto  him:  Coon,  art  thou  a  Rrrrrrrrrrrrabbi ?  And  he 
said  Yea,  that  am  I ! 

13.  And  healers  of  the  sick  will  be  there  even  in  the 
land  of  Nuh-Haven,  Andy  son  of  Packer  and  STUM- 
MICK  son  of  Herrick  with  his  stummickpump. 

14.  And  mighty  prophets — Hoot  son  of  Taylor  and 
Deakin  son  of  Skinnah  and  of  a  verity  Paul  in  his 
Epistle  to  the  Nuh-Havenites  saith  he  will  come. 


48  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

15.  From  many  places  will  come  many  men  of  the 
tribe  of  Eli  even  some  that  were  not  seen  in  the  land 
since  the  Exodus  from  Nuh-Haven,  Stubb  son  of  Pearce 
in  stature  eight  cubits  and  in  girth  one  half  cubit. 

16.  And  hardly  that. 

17.  Yea,  in  very  sooth  my  brother,  saith  Percy  son 
of  Gott,  mil  it  be  a  merry  time.  For  the  Tribe  of  Eli 
will  be  gathered  together  clad  in  fair  raiment  and  the 
loud  brass  and  tinkling  cymbals  of  the  second  legion 
will  sound  aloud  the  Psalm  of  Brian  and  it  will  be  a 
goodly  sight  and  men  will  marvel  even  as  of  old  to 
behold  the  valiant  sons  of  Eli. 

18.  Righto !  saith  Redd  son  of  Heaton  and  we  may 
go  and  return  on  the  Erie  for  few  shekels.  Yea  saith 
Percy  even  according  to  the  fare  and  a  third  certificate 
plan.    The  fare  will  we  give  to  the  conductor. 

19.  But  the  Third  we  will  give  to  the  ERIE. 

TAMAM 

Red  Heaton. 

Sexennial  Dinner 
{By  Request) 

Reader,  let  your  trained  intellect  dwell  upon  history. 
Consider  the  many  banquets  famous  for  the  company, 
the  occasion  or  the  viands,  which  have  been  immortal- 
ized in  song  and  story,  from  the  time  of  that  first,  fru- 
gal, formal  feast  where  Eve  handed  the  chief  invited 
guest  a  luscious  Northern  Spy  and  bade  him  ' '  welcome 
to  our  city." 

The  spread  which  King  Solomon  gave  for  the  Queen 
of  Sheba,  Cassar's  luncheon  party  to  his  centurions  just 
after  flipping  into  the  air  the  momentous  dime  that 
decided  the  crossing  of  the  Rubicon,  Ferdinand  and 


I 


REUNIONS  AND  DINNERS  49 

Isabella's  at  home  to  Christopher  (Columbus,  not 
Mathewson)  when  he  ''came  back"  and  delivered  the 
goods,  and  our  own  George  Washington's  farewell 
breakfast  to  his  officers  at  Fraunce's  Tavern,  were  all 
some  punkins  and  no  doubt  set  back  Solomon  et  al  sl 
considerable  amount  of  the  vulgar  stuff.  All  these 
enjoyable  little  affairs,  however,  fall  into  insignificance, 
no  matter  how  considered,  when  you  compare  them 
with  the  Sexennial  Dinner  of  the  great  and  good  Class 
of  Nineteen  Hundred  and  Twice. 

Never  before  had  there  been  assembled  around  a 
board  one  hundred  and  fifty  real  ones — live  wires — 
balls  of  fire  such  as  sat  down  to  dinner  in  Hari  Kari 
Hall  on  the  evening  of  June  23,  1908.  The  Class  gath- 
ered on  Osborn  Hall  steps  soon  after  the  dust  had 
settled  from  the  march  in  from  the  Field  where  we  had 
watched,  with  feelings  bordering  on  contentment.  Tad 
Jones 's  pets  administer  a  caustic  trimming  to  the  Red 
Bellies.  Then,  led  by  our  high  power  band  (1902 
model,  six  cylinder,  racing  body,  with  extra  large 
rumble)  we  were  conducted  over  this  line  of  march: 
Osborn  Hall  to  the  Campus,  to  College  Street,  to  the 
Green,  to  Elm  Street,  to  the  Green,  to  Church  Street, 
to  the  Green,  to  Chapel  Street,  to  the  Green,  to  Temple 
Street,  to  Crown  Street,  upstairs,  by  Hank  Honk  Stod- 
dard— the  Jolly  Little  Pathfinder,  better  known  as  the 
Sweet  Chorister  of  the  b.  moosers. 

The  old  baronial  dining  hall  was  fittingly  and  hand- 
somely adorned  with  the  1902  colors  and  on  the  ceiling 
was  emblazoned  the  Sexennial  Slogan — ' '  Qui  transtulit 
sustinet" — He  who  comes  by  way  of  Bridgeport  shall 
be  in  at  the  finish. 

Paul  Jones  said  grace  and  we  took  our  chairs  to 
consider  this  that  the  Committee  had  provided : 


50  ACHIEVEMENTS  OP  1902 

Soup  Spitzer 

Eadish  Easton  M«"^° 

Sweinhart,  Pommes  a  la  McAvoy 

(Served  Hull) 

Fresh  Young  Viele 
(Served  with  Hyde  on) 

Punch  Musicians 
Bobbins  Teel  Swan 

Water  Cressler  Salad 

On  the  Side— 
Beers 
Waters 

Champagne  Deering  '02 
Club  Soda  Cast 

At  this  point  a  breathless  messenger  from  the  78 
camp  arrived  in  hot  haste  and  announced  that  Judge 
Taft  would  not  be  able  to  come  up  and  give  his  address 
on  ''The  Eesponsibilities  of  Attending  a  Yale  Class 
Reunion,"  on  account  of  the  narrowness  of  the  stairs, 
so  asked  Toastmaster  Fox  to  read  the  following  mes- 
sage of  good  will:  -Gentlemen  of  1902:  I  say,  with 
Prex  Eoosevelt,  that  constant  irrigation  preserves  the 
natural  resources.  Yours,  Big  Bill  Taft. ' '  Which  pro- 
gressive sentiment  was  received  with  dignified  respect 

and  approval.  ,    i  -77  , 

By  a  coincidence  the  central  idea  of  the  3ndge  s  billet- 
doux  had  been  aptly  caught  by  our  artist,  Huc-Luke- 
wines,  in  his  design  on  the  menu  card,  representing  a 
stalwart  Tyrolese  Excelsior,  the  ascent  accomplished, 
posing  upon  the  summit  above  the  snow  and  cracked 
ice,  alpenstock  firmly  planted  on  the  very  peak,  his 
firm  gaze  fixed  upon  those  faithfully  following  m  his 
footsteps,  to  whom  he  is  beckoning  with  his  stem  with 
its  strange  device— IRRIGATE ! 

The  keynote  of  this  Sexennial  Dinner  was  the  air 


1902 

Sexennial 
Dinner 


New  Haven 

June  Twenty-Third 

1908 

Meoy 


Cover  or  the  Sexennial  Menu 


52  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

of  courteous  dignity,  the  thorough,  quiet  enjoyment 
we  took  in  each  other's  company.  One  could  not  but 
be  impressed,  by  overheard  scraps  of  conversation  here 
and  there  about  the  room,  with  what  diversified  inter- 
ests were  represented  in  this  gathering  of  one  hundred 
and  fifty  cultivated  gentlemen.  At  the  end  of  one  table 
a  group  of  barristers,  Gruernsey,  Stone,  Hyde  and 
Stoddard,  were  lamenting  the  late  deplorable  demise  of 
the  venerable  publisher  of  the  attorneys'  list  and  its 
already  apparent  bad  effect  on  the  business.  In  another 
part  of  the  room  Alton  Farrell  and  Dub  Reynolds  were 
talking  politics.  Dub  was  telling  of  his  wonderful 
whirlwind  campaign  in  Wilkes-Barre  in  the  last  fight 
for  the  mayorality ;  how  he  went  down  into  the  seventh 
ward  and  copped  the  Scandinavian  vote  by  learning 
the  language  in  two  nights  and  a  day. 

Travel  was  well  represented  by  those  seasoned  globe 
trotters.  Ivy  Goddard  and  Rush  Sturges.  Rush  was 
laughing  heartily  at  Ivy's  reminiscences  of  the  time 
when  the  big  he  Bengal  tiger  skidded  out  from  behind 
the  pagoda  making  a  noise  like  dinner-time  and  Rush, 
with  fine  presence  of  mind,  in  view  of  the  trying  dearth 
of  weapons,  put  his  hand  to  his  mouth  and  shouted  back 
over  his  shoulder  into  the  jungle,  ''Here's  another 
great  big  one,  Mr.  Bostock!"  whereat  the  tiger  testily 
took  to  the  tall  timber. 

Our  litterateurs  were  listening  all  agog  to  Brian 
Hooker's  exposition  of  his  famous  method  of  selecting 
rhymes  in  the  third  stanza  of  his  lyric,  ' '  She  Had  Her 
Shoes  on  When  She  Pell,"  which  method  has  since 
been  applied  in  the  book  of  his  metropolitan  success, 
''Mona,"  the  home-brewed  prize  opera  which  brought 
home  the  bacon  ($10,000  worth)  to  our  Brian  and  Prof. 
Horatio  Parker. 


Os  THE  Campus  at  Sexknmai..     Oi'u  Own  Little  Ball  Game 

From  left  to  right:    P.  Jones,  Roraback,  S.  Johnson,  C.  Sanford,  H.  Rogers,  E.  Risley, 
Hudson,  Brainard,  A.  B.  Hall 


The  Swiss  on  the  Way  to  the  Commencement  Yale-IIaiivaud  Hall  Game 

Notice  the  famous  Vodlers  of  "fragrant  memory,"  in  consultation  with  tliat  great 
creator  of  costumes,  Gushing,  "liuttering  in  tlie  bree/e" 


REUNIONS  AND  DINNERS  53 

It  would  have  been  worth  money  to  a  piker  if  he 
could  have  heard  enough  of  what  Binnie  Morison  and 
Bill  Day  were  saying  of  ways  to  beat  the  market.  Said 
Binnie,  **  Yes,  sir,  Reading  was  down  to  ninety-one  and 
my  heart  was  in  my  mouth,  but  I  had  my  nerve  right 
with  me  and  took  another  thousand  shares.  She  went 
as  low  as  eighty-eight  and  then  turned.  I  pyramided 
on  the  way  up  and  salted  away  a  cool  million,  in  which 
I  take  a  justifiable  pride."  One  reads  of  such  doings 
in  stories  of  frenzied  finance,  but  to  hear  one's  friends 
calmly  talking  of  million-dollar  deals  makes  one's 
blood  run  hot. 

1902  should  be  proud  of  her  chirugeons.  Listen. 
Stummick  Herrick  was  telling  this  to  Doc  Thacher — 
*'Yes,  it  was  an  interesting  case,  a  pretty  case.  Seven 
doctors  had  given  him  up.  /  decided  to  operate.  The 
whole  trouble  was  apparent  the  minute  I  got  him 
open — the  starboard  lung  was  loose.  Seemed  to  w^ab- 
ble  a  bit.  I  simply  turned  the  organ  upside  down  so 
that  it  fitted  snugly  into  the  cavity  of  the  corpus  delicti 
and  sewed  the  patient  up.  It  was  a  completely  success- 
ful operation  and  I  feel  sure  that  had  he  lived — " 

Music  is  an  indispensable  adjunct  to  all  our  festivi- 
ties and  from  time  to  time  a  brace  of  imported  Tyro- 
lese,  on  purpose,  with  malice  prepense  and  afore- 
thought did  this : 

The  high  one  (in  Swiss) :         "Hear  the  matin  bell  ring-ing. " 

The  runt  (in  United  States) :    ' '  Yo-le-o-o,  Yo-le-o-o. ' ' 

The  high  one:  "Hear  the  matin  bell  ring-ing." 

The  runt :  ' '  Yo-le-o-o,  Yo-le-o-o. ' ' 

The  high  one :  * '  Fresh  as  morning  light 

Forth  I  sally, 

Wid  me  sickle  bright 

T  'ru  the  valley. ' ' 
Omnes:  "Singing  yo-le-o-o,  yo-le-o-o,  yo-le-oooo!" 


54  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

Neither  did  we  depend  wholly  on  hired  help  for 
harmony.  After  each  course  the  assemblage  gaily 
warbled : 

Old  Nineteen  Two,  we  're  true  to  you, 
Won't  you  let  us  come  and  yodel  in  your  earf 
Way  down  yonder  on  the  old  Campus 
For  you  I  pine. 

Stronger  than  the  holes  in  an  old  Swiss  cheese 
I  love  you !     Just  watch  our  knees ! 
Meet  me  'neath  the  shade  of  the  old  ellum  trees. 
Eli  Yale,  Nineteen  Two-oo. 

The  sounding  brass  and  tinkling  cymbals  were  as 
advertised,  and  to  show  what  they  could  do  rendered  a 
carefully  selected  program: 

I. 

Dixie    .......         Nig  Hammond,  Conductor. 

II. 
The  Merry  Widow  Waltz Danced  by  1902. 

The  tables  were  then  cleared  and  with  demi  tasse  and 
Greneral  Burnsides  (Bunny  Lear  says  General  Burn- 
sides  burn  up  on  one  side  and  down  on  the  other)  we 
settled  back  to  revel  in  the  intellectual  entertainment 
without  which  no  1902  dinner  would  be  considered  com- 
plete. Bill  Godfrey  in  his  ever  new  adaptation  of  the 
hula  hula  dance  was  the  first  offering  in  this  line.  Any- 
body who  thinks  that  the  hula  hula  is  not  intellectually 
stimulating  has  never  seen  our  Bill  operate.  As  an 
exponent  of  the  New  Thought  in  terpsichorean 
endeavor  he  has  Gaby  Deslys  back  where  she  belongs. 
He  finished  midst  thunderous  plaudits.  Mr.  Toast- 
master  Fox,  hero  of  an  hundred  banquets,  then  spoke 
about  as  follows :  "Gentlemen  of  1902 :  You  will  remem- 


Secretarv  of  Wak   William   Howard  Tait,   "78 

Accompanied  by  Mrs.  Taft,  at  the  time  of  his  Triceiinial  Reunion  in  1908,  and  just  after 
his  nomination  to  the  Presidency  of  the  United  States 


Skxenmal  1*aiiai)i:  at  thk   Fikid 
James  Wrijrht  and  Lope  Fox  ^'uardin;,'  the  Swiss  Lion 


REUNIONS  AND  DINNERS  55 

ber  that  at  our  dinner  in  this  hall  three  short  years  ago 
it  was  wittily  said  by  the  Cup  Committee,  in  bestowing 
that  ornate  beaker  upon  Al  Ferguson,  that  '  some  peo- 
ple are  born  the  Class  boy,  some  people  achieve  the 
Class  boy  and  some  people  have  the  Class  boy  thrust 
upon  them.'  I  have  now  only  to  add  that  few  classes 
achieve  two  Class  boys.  Ferg,  Jr.,  is  not  with  us  this 
evening,  being  unavoidably  detained  at  home  by  a  tem- 
porary sinking  spell,  but  we  have  achieved,  for  this  day 
and  date  only,  another  Class  boy.  I  refer,  gentlemen, 
to  String  Hickok,  Esq.,  of  Cleveland  and  South  Nor- 
walk,  who  will  now  say  a  few  words. ' '  String,  however, 
was  nowhere  to  be  found.  He  had  been  seen  about  the 
city  and  surrounding  country  during  the  afternoon  and 
early  evening,  in  the  becoming  costume  of  a  plush  bull- 
fighter and  it  was  alleged  that  he  was  attending  the 
reunion  of  some  class  or  other  in  Sheff.  He  came  into 
his  own  early  in  the  game  and  was  informally  adopted 
as  Temporary  Class  Boy,  a  trying  position  which  he 
filled  admirably,  admirably.  We  ne'er  shall  look  upon 
his  like  again. 

The  long  distance  cup,  that  blue  ribbon  (God  save 
the  mark)  of  Yale  reunions,  was  now  unveiled,  at  once 
the  joy  and  despair  of  mileage  consumers.  For  it, 
there  stood  forth  two  eloquent  claimants  and  bold,  even 
Kanaka  Bill  Godfrey,  valiant  conqueror  of  many  a 
mile  of  humming  steel  and  bounding  billow,  and  Nor- 
man Thorne,  fresh  from  his  dash  across  a  continent. 
These  two  fared  up  and  down  among  the  host,  pre- 
eminent among  the  Elis. 

From  the  nebulous  maze  of  claim  and  counter-claim 
then  unravelled,  three  facts  stood  forth : 

1.  Bill  Godfrey's  address  in  the  "Directory  of  Liv- 
ing Graduates  of  Yale  University"  (may  the  day  never 


H 


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ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  ]902 


come  when  Yale  will  need  a  directory  of  her  deceased) 
was  20  bis  rue  California,  San  Francisco,  Calif. 

2.  Norman  Thome's  address  was  Central  Valley, 
Orange  County,  N.  Y.,  but  he  registered  from  Seattle, 
Wash. 

3.  No  man  who  travels  from  his  happy  home  in 
Orange  County,  over  the  Erie  Eailroad,  should  be 
handed  a  lemon. 

The  whole  matter  was  finally  left  to  the  courts,  Hono- 
lulu Bill  having  retained  as  counsel  Mason  Trow- 
bridge and  Jim  Deering,  while  Thome's  claim  was 
upheld  by  his  fellow  townsman,  George  Albin — the 
boy  Spellbinder  of  the  Pacific  Slope.  The  case  proved 
to  be  an  incorporeal  hereditament  and  worse,  being 
carried  to  the  United  States  Supreme  Court,  where 
the  decision  handed  down  awarded,  like  the  judgment 
of  Solomon,  one  half  the  cup  to  each  of  the  claimants. 
The  beaker  was  sheared  in  twain  in  such  wise  that  by 
the  Machiavellian  cunning  of  Trowbridge  and  the 
hellish  ingenuity  of  Deering  the  Supreme  Court  was 
buffaloed  and  Bill  bore  away  the  South  or  business 
end,  with  the  handle  and  enough  of  the  bowl  in  which 
to  serve  a  Martini  or  so,  while  Norman  got  the  North 
end — the  ornamental  but  otherwise  useless  rim. 

During  the  argument  over  the  cup  business,  Floyd 
Jefferson  read  his  Sexennial  Poem  [which  is  printed 
on  a  following  page],  composed  while  marching  in  from 
the  Field  and  carved  on  his  alpenstock. 

The  Toastmaster:  '*I  now  call  upon  Mason  Trow- 
bridge, who  I  understand  has  something  up  his  sleeve." 

Mr.  Trowbridge :  *  *  Mr.  Toastmaster  and  gentlemen : 
The  success  of  the  two  reunions  which  our  Class  has 
enjoyed  in  New  Haven  is  due  more  to  the  enthusiasm, 


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57 


loyalty  and  hard  work  of  one  man  (cheers)  than  to  any 
other  one  cause.  It  now  gives  me  a  whole  lot  of  pleas- 
ure to  present,  on  behalf  of  the  Class,  this  loving  cup 
to  Jim  Wright  as  an  expression  of  appreciation  and 
affection."    (Tumultuous  applause.) 

In  accepting  the  cup  Jim  spoke  briefly  as  follows : 
' '  Fellows,  this  is  2  mutch.  I  thank  you  from  the  bottom 
of  my  heart." 

Why  continue?  The  dinner  never  did  end.  It  just 
blew  up.  It  was  the  Merry  Widow  waltz  that  did  it. 
The  dirigible  peerade  to  the  Campus,  the  fireworks,  the 
snake  dance  to  the  Second  Connecticut  March  were 
alone  worth  returning  to  New  Haven  for.  Since  then 
the  authorities  have  been  a  studyin'  and  studyin'  about 
"the  problem  of  Tuesday  night  on  the  Campus"  and 
have  evolved  pushmobile  ball;  button,  button,  who  has 
the  Lima  bean?  mth  other  recreation  pier  gamelets, 
but  there  were  giants  in  those  days. 

About  three  g.m.  the  man  with  the  bass  drum  beat  it. 
He  was  followed  by  the  rest  of  the  band  to  the  swift 
steamer  R.  Peck. 

After  a  restless  night  the  majority  of  the  banquetees 
were  feverish  and  begging  nourishment  to  the  tune  of 
"I  Dreamt  I  Slept  on  Marble  Slabs." 


Laurent  Heaton. 


58  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  3902 


Dedicated  to  the  Class  of  1902  at  its  Sexennial 
Eeunion,  June,  1908 

Again,  obedient  to  the  mother's  call, 

That  clarion-clear  has  sounded  through  the  land, 

We  sons  of  Yale  have  come,  in  concord  all. 

To  grasp  and  press  a  comrade's  welcoming  hand; 

To  breathe  again  the  fragrance  of  the  elms. 

To  wander  through  the  well-remembered  realms 

Where  once  we  held  our  undisputed  sway, 

To  drink  again  for  one  brief,  golden  day 

The  joys  of  life,  which  none  may  here  gainsay. 

Six  years  have  flown  since  here  as  boys  we  stood, 

Our  pulses  strong  to  enter  on  Life's  race. 

Look  now  where  stands  this  goodly  brotherhood. 

Success  their  meed,  pride  stamped  on  every  face. 

Though  some  have  traveled  o  'er  a  rocky  way. 

No  stroke  of  Fate  can  their  sure  progress  stay. 

Here  is  a  spirit  foreign  to  retreat, 

Unbent  by  trial,  unyielding  to  defeat. 

That  lives  as  long  as  Yale  hearts  stoutly  beat. 

The  world  is  prone  to  judge  by  wealth  attained. 
For  gold  adds  lustre  and  a  brilliant  sheen ; 
We  value  him  who,  having  loss  sustained. 
Can  rise  again  with  character  serene, 
Strong  to  combat,  and  meet  the  world's  demands, 
Embodying  all  for  which  Yale  spirit  stands. 
This  is  the  secret  strength  of  brave  old  Yale, 
To  stand  rebuffs  and  win  where  others  fail. 
To  struggle  on  till  courage  shall  prevail. 


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REUNIONS  AND  DINNERS  59 

This  is  the  lesson  that  our  mother  gives 

Each  year  to  those  she  starts  upon  Life's  way, 

This  is  the  warning  that  she  softly  breathes, — 

*'Be  brave,  the  dark  is  followed  by  the  day." 

And,  as  her  sons  in  devious  paths  depart, 

This  is  the  message  cheering  every  heart. 

And  this  the  thought  which  in  the  conflict  when 

Defeat  seems  near,  brings  hope  and  strength  again, — 

The  words  of  Yale,  brave  mother  of  brave  men. 

So  upward,  onward,  Yale  men  ever  climb. 

Indomitable,  striving  to  the  end. 

Theirs  is  the  spirit,  tempered  to  the  time. 

Which  neither  joy  can  dull,  nor  sorrow  bend, 

A  spirit  which  the  world  has  learned  to  know 

Means  strength  to  Yale,  confusion  to  the  foe, 

A  spirit  deep  engraved  upon  Life's  scroll. 

Its  teaching  this,  **Be  captain  of  thy  soul. 

Press  on,  yield  not,  and  thou  shalt  win  the  goal." 

But  here,  where  comrade-love  fills  every  heart, 

Grim  visaged  sorrow  shows  his  spectral  face ; 

Our  eyes  grow  dim,  and  hot  tears  blindly  start 

As  sadly  we  remark  the  empty  place. 

Each  year  the  silent  Gardener  takes  His  due. 

Amid  the  rosemary  He  places  rue; 

He  sets  the  myrtle  where  bright  flowers  shine. 

And  plants  the  cypress  while  our  memories  twine 

Their  softest  tendrils  round  the  stricken  pine. 

In  silence  let  our  first  toast  go  its  round 
To  those  who  once  were  dear  to  every  heart. 
And  when  our  love  has  thus  expression  found. 
We'll  bid  the  gladder  memories  freely  start. 


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ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 


So,  comrades,  drink !    I  give  you  as  the  toast 
A  theme  both  old  and  new,  our  constant  boast : 
"To  Yale  and  to  the  spirit  of  old  Yale." 
Lift  high  the  glass,  let  none  in  duty  fail, 
God  hold  her  safe,  God  keep  her  stout  and  hale. 

Floyd  W.  Jefferson. 


Return  of  the  Bedouins 

From  the  four  winds  of  Heaven  they  came,  bearing  tributes  to  Tom  Cushing, 
as  our  costumer 


I 


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A  Wrangle  Untangled 

Re  1902  Sexennial  Long  Distance  Cup 
E.  Carleton  Granbery,  Secretary,  Yale  1902. 

Bear  Gran: 

You  will  recall  that  at  the  Sexennial  reunion  dinner, 
Dorrance  Keynolds  of  Wilkes-Barre,  Pa.,  Alfred  Cres- 
sler  of  Fort  Wayne,  Ind.,  and  myself  were  appointed  a 
committee  to  hear  claims  and  award  the  Long  Dis- 
tance Cup.  Various  claimants  appeared,  but  the  con- 
test narrowed  down  finally  to  the  consideration  of  the 
claims  of  Norman  C.  Thorne  of  Portland,  Ore.,  and 
William  B.  Godfrey  of  San  Francisco,  Calif. 

The  instructions  to  the  committee  were  that  the 
award  should  be  determined  by  calculating  the  longest 
direct  railroad  route  from  the  claimant's  home  city 
to  New  Haven.  After  hearing  various  arguments  on 
behalf  of  the  parties  and  having  received  advice  from 
amici  curice,  it  was  deemed  advisable  to  consult 
experts,  as  the  claims  of  distance  seemed  to  be  some- 
what equal.  In  the  calm  of  the  following  morning  I 
proceeded  with  Mr.  Cressler  to  the  University  Library, 
where,  with  the  aid  of  the  librarian,  we  perused  various 
works  on  geography  and  allied  subjects.  On  a  large 
scale  Mercator's  projection  of  the  land  of  the  free  and 
the  home  of  the  brave,  we  endeavored  to  measure  dis- 
tances as  per  flight  of  birds,  but  the  closeness  of  this 
measure  gave  no  aid  to  our  search.  Thereafter,  upon 
inquiry,  Mr.  Thorne  stated  that  a  mathematical  meas- 
ure, as  per  flight  of  birds,  would  in  his  opinion,  be 
contrary  to  the  rule  adopted  for  awarding  the  cup,  so 
the  university  doctors  were  not  called  into  requisition. 


62  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

Thereupon,  Cressler  departed  for  Fort  Wayne  and 
Reynolds  to  Wilkes-Barre,  while  I  to  New  York.  Vari- 
ous letters  passed  between  the  mem])ers  of  the  com- 
mittee from  time  to  time  until  finally  I  was  requested 
to  make  the  award  alone  on  behalf  of  the  committee. 

I  wrote  to  various  general  passenger  agents  of  large 
railroad  systems  asking  them  for  their  official  measure- 
ments, but  received  answers  from  but  two,  namely, 
Mr.  J.  Buckley  of  the  Erie  system,  and  Mr.  A.  B. 
Smith  of  New  York,  New  Haven  &  Hartford  Railroad 
Company.    Their  calculations  were  as  follows: 

SMITH 

New  Haven  to  Portland 3277  miles. 

New  Haven  to  San  Francisco        .      .      .     3264  miles. 

BUCKLEY 

New  Haven  to  Portland 3257  miles. 

New  Haven  to  San  Francisco        .      .      .     3264  miles. 

Upon  the  receipt  of  these  letters  I  was  thrown  into 
a  sort  of  semi-comatose  condition  from  which  I  did 
not  emerge  for  several  months. 

Upon  the  regaining  of  my  health,  I  wrote  to  Messrs. 
Godfrey  and  Thorne,  explaining  the  delay  in  the  award 
and  gave  the  above  figures.  Soon  after  this  Mr.  God- 
frey called  and  said  that  he  wished  to  remind  me  that 
the  railroad  terminus  for  San  Francisco  was  at  Oak- 
land across  the  bay,  so  that  the  intermediate  water 
must  be  measured.  This  claim  I  rejected,  on  the 
ground  that  it  was  too  late  to  amend  his  pleading,  and 
also  on  the  ground  of  ''surprise." 

At  this  point  in  the  proceedings,  it  might  be  well  to 
state  that  the   routes   of  the  two  contestants   being 


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identical  from  New  Haven  to  a  place  called  Granger, 
the  cup  was  within  some  950  miles  of  the  Pacific,  that 
is,  metaphorically  speaking.  The  corpus  of  the  cup 
had  been  previously  delivered  to  my  care  by  Mr.  Fox. 
On  or  about  the  second  day  of  July,  1909,  after  the 
receipt  of  my  letter,  Mr.  Thorne  wrote  me  enclosing 
a  letter  of  a  Mr.  A.  C.  Jackson  of  the  Oregon  Railroad 
&  Navigation  Company,  in  which  he  says  the  oflScial 
distances  between  Granger,  San  Francisco  and  Port- 
land are  as  follows : 

Granger  to  San  Francisco 940  miles. 

Granger  to  Portland 945  miles. 

He  adds,  however,  **but  perhaps  I  should  explain 
that  the  San  Francisco  distance  has  been  reduced 
forty-seven  miles  as  against  the  official  distance  which 
has  been  published  by  the  Southern  Pacific  Company 
for  the  last  thirty  years.  You  will  understand  that 
the  route  formerly  led  from  Ogden  around  the  north- 
erly end  of  Great  Salt  Lake.  Within  the  last  two  or 
three  years  it  has  been  shortened  forty-three  miles  by 
extending  directly  across  the  lake  on  what  is  known 
as  the  Lucin  Cut-off.  Four  miles  also  have  been  taken 
out  of  the  main  line  in  Nevada  by  reducing  curves, 
turnings  and  one  or  two  cut-offs." 

Touching  the  above,  Mr.  Thorne  says :  "I  went  down 
to  the  office  to  inquire  about  these  changes  that  are 
spoken  of  in  this  letter  and  was  shown  the  old  report 
of  the  distance  from  San  Francisco,  which  corresponds 
with  that  given  by  Mr.  Buckley  of  the  Erie.  Mr.  Jack- 
son explained  to  me  that  for  a  short  time  after  these 
improvements  had  been  made  the  railroads  still  reck- 
oned the  distance  on  the  old  route,  but  the  Interstate 
Commerce  Commission  compelled  them  to  figure  their 


64  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

tariffs  on  the  shortest  route,  which  is  that  quoted  in  the 
letter.  I  tried  to  find  when  these  changes  went  into 
effect  ....  but  he  could  not  say  anything  more  defi- 
nite than  some  time  in  the  last  two  or  three  years." 

It  was  during  a  recurrence  of  the  anaesthetical  con- 
dition above  referred  to  that  Messrs.  Godfrey  and 
Thorne  informed  me  that  they  would  bury  the  theodo- 
lite and  consent  to  a  division  of  the  cup.  Accordingly, 
in  February,  1910,  I  submitted  the  cup  for  dissection 
to  the  original  designers,  Messrs.  Reed  &  Barton  of 
New  York,  who,  in  my  opinion,  performed  a  remark- 
ably satisfactory  operation,  and  placed  each  half  of 
the  cup,  with  suitable  and  identical  inscriptions,  upon 
plaques  and  sent  the  same  westward,  one  to  Norman  C. 
Thorne  of  488  Market  Street,  Portland,  Ore.,  and  the 
other  to  William  B.  Godfrey,  in  care  of  Page,  Mc- 
Cutchen  &  Knight,  Merchants  Exchange  Building, 
San  Francisco,  Calif. 

Envoi 

In  the  course  of  my  duties  I  expended  about  $540,000 
worth  of  energy  and  $17.50  in  real  money  for  the 
changes  to  the  cup  and  expressage,  the  voucher  for 
which  I  enclose.  I  will  waive  the  $540,000,  and  in  the 
event  that  the  Class  treasury  is  low,  I  will  accept  any 
suggestion  as  to  the  $17.50  you  may  make. 

Please  preserve  this  as  a  report  in  the  archives  of 
the  glorious  and  justly  famous  Class  of  1902. 

Very  truly  yours, 

James  R.  Deering. 


EEUNIONS  AND  DINNERS 


List  of  Those  Present  at  1902  Sexennial 


Adams,  Alsop,  Andel,  Babcoek,  Barnes,  Beebe,  Beers,  Bourn,  Brainard, 
Burdick,  Burrall,  Chapin,  Cole,  Colton,  Cory,  Cox,  Cressler,  Cushing, 
C.  W.  Davis,  W,  E.  Davis,  Jr.,  W.  E.  Day,  Deering,  W.  W.  Duncan, 
Embree,  Evans,  Fanton,  Farrel,  Ferguson,  FitzGerald,  Flora,  Foster, 
N.  E.  Francis,  Galpin,  Garvan,  Goddard,  Godfrey,  Gott,  Granbery,  Guern- 
sey, Haines,  A.  B.  Hall,  Hammond,  Hart,  Heaton,  Herrick,  Hitner,  W.  B. 
Hooker,  P.  M,  Howe,  J.  W.  Hubbell,  Hull,  Hudson,  Humiston,  Hyde, 
F.  Jackson,  Jefferson,  Jones,  Kinney,  Krementz,  Laws,  Lear,  B.  Low, 
E.  Low,  Luquiens,  Luther,  Lyon,  McAvoy,  Mandeville,  F.  Mason,  Mellen, 
Merrill,  M.  Miller,  Moore,  Morison,  Norton,  Noyes,  Phelps,  Piatt,  Pritch- 
ard.  Band,  H.  Eeynolds,  Eisley,  Eobbins,  W.  Roberts,  H.  A.  Eogers,  Eora- 
back,  C.  C.  Euss,  Satterlee,  Schwab,  A.  Smith,  C.  Smith,  S.  Smith,  Stone, 
Sturges,  Swan,  Taber,  L.  Talcott,  M.  Taleott,  A.  Taylor,  Thaeher,  Thorne, 
Tillinghast,  Tompkins,  Trowbridge,  Viele,  Walker,  Ward,  Wear,  Wessel, 
Willing,  Wright,  Wylie.    Total,  111. 


66  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

THE  DINNER  OF  1911 
The  Call 

1.  Ye  children  of  1902,  give  ear  to  the  words  of  my 
mouth  and  rejoice  in  the  meditations  of  my  heart. 

2.  Turn  aside  your  minds  from  worldly  matters, 
and  write  large  upon  your  tablets  the  twenty-fifth  day 
of  the  second  month,  even  February, 

3.  Which  is  also  a  Saturday,  and  thereafter  is  the 
Sabbath  when  all  men  may  sleep. 

4.  For  it  shall  come  to  pass  that  on  that  day  there 
shall  be  a  great  rejoicing  among  you,  as  many  as  be 
gathered  together;  yea,  a  time  of  feasting  and  music 
and  drinking  of  strong  wine. 

5.  And  the  place  appointed  thereto  lieth  in  the 
midst  of  the  city,  over  against  the  Pennsylvania  Sta- 
tion :  its  doors  are  open  by  night  and  by  day,  and  many 
there  be  who  go  in  thereat. 

6.  And  the  name  thereof  is  called  Keen's  English 
Chop  House  (which  is,  being  interpreted.  The  Place  of 
Mingled  Spirits)  and  the  sign  thereof  is  written  in 
Babylonian  numbers  70  W.  36. 

7.  Now  these  be  the  ordinances  of  your  rejoicing: 
Take  no  thought  of  what  ye  shall  eat  and  drink,  neither 
of  wherewithal  ye  shall  be  clothed;  array  not  your- 
selves in  a  marriage  garment,  nor  in  purple  and  fine 
linen, 

8.  But  come  each  man  with  his  loins  girded  and  a 
staff  in  his  hand,  even  as  ye  go  daily  upon  your  busi- 
ness. 

9.  Neither  shall  your  food  be  kickshaws  and  pif- 
flings  whereof  no  man  may  know  that  which  he  putteth 
into  his  mouth;  for  after  these  things  do  the  Gentiles 


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67 


seek.    The  Eaters  of  Frogs  take  pleasure  therein,  and 
the  savor  of  them  is  abomination. 

10.  But  ye  shall  be  filled  with  honest  grub  as  your 
fathers  were  before  you :  strong  drink  also  shall  touch 
the  spot  beloved  of  the  Sons  of  Eli,  the  true-hearted. 

11.  It  shall  come  to  pass  moreover  that  six  men 
shall  be  called  a  table  and  eight  men  shall  be  called  a 
table;  there  shall  be  neither  first  nor  last,  but  every 
one  shall  consort  with  whom  he  will. 

12.  And  there  shall  be  skilled  singers  out  of  Ethio- 
pia ;  with  trumpets  also  and  shawms,  with  sackbut  and 
psaltery  and  all  kinds  of  music. 

13.  And  the  price  thereof  shall  be  three  shekels 
and  the  half  part  of  a  shekel. 

14.  And  ye  shall  feast  from  the  seventh  hour  even 
until  the  spirit  moveth  you;  as  certain  of  your  own 
poets  have  said,  The  night  is  for  merriment  and  the 
morrow  for  sobriety.    Selah. 

The  Committee. 


The  Call  was  answered  by  the  following  classmates 
and  guests : 

F.  Abbott,  G.  Abbott,  E.  Adams,  Andel,  Barnes,  Baxter,  Beers,  Board- 
man,  Brainard,  Brush,  Burrall,  Callender,  Collins,  Cory,  Cox,  C.  W.  Davis, 
G.  E.  Davis,  Deering,  Easton,  Embree,  Ferguson,  Fox,  C.  D.  Francis, 
Frisbie,  Gott,  Gould,  Granbery,  Guernsey,  J.  E.  Hall,  L.  B.  Hall,  Jr., 
Hastings,  Heaton,  Herrick,  Higgins,  Holt,  B.  Hooker,  Hubbell,  Hudson, 
Humiston,  Hyde,  Jefferson,  Keator,  Krementz,  Lancaster,  Lear,  Lehman, 
B.  E,  C.  Low,  E.  I.  Low,  McDowell,  Merrill,  C.  D.  MOler,  M.  P.  Miller, 
Moore,  Morison,  Nevins,  Nisbet,  Packer,  Band,  H.  A.  Eogers,  Eoraback, 
Sanford,  Schwab,  SLncerbeaux,  Stoddard,  Swan,  Tenney,  Thacher,  Tilling- 
hast.  Waters,  WUling,  Wright,  Wylie,  Yung.  Guests:  Jim  Donnelly  and 
Mike  Murphy,    Total,  75. 


68  achievements  of  1902 

Account  of  Dinner 

There  was  a  sound  of  revelry  hy  night! 

On  Saturday,  February  25,  1911,  seventy-five  men, 
agreeing  with  the  motto  of  the  place :  *  *  Thinkest  thou 
because  thou  art  virtuous  there  shall  be  no  more  cakes 
and  ale?"  sat  down  to  a  Mory  dinner  and  made  Keen's 
English  Chop  House  (New  York  City)  ring  \vith 
cheers  and  song  to  the  accompaniment  of  the  Eureka 
Trio.  Classmates  came  piling  in  by  every  train,  the 
long-distance  cup  going  to  Carl  W.  Davis  from 
Harrisburg,  Pa.  After  the  dinner  "Walter"  enter- 
tained with  some  sleight  of  hand  tricks  with 
cigarettes,  cards,  etc.,  after  Howard  McDowell  had 
moved  'Hhat  the  utmost  care  be  exercised."  Then 
came  two  bursts  of  eloquence;  first,  Jim  Donnelly, 
resplendent  in  his  uniform  of  office,  and  so  filled  with 
the  old  days  and  college  doings  that  he  brought  out 
shouts  of  laughter.  Jim  is  particularly  near  to  1902. 
Faithful,  joyous  human  nature  radiates  from  him  to 
all  his  Yale  friends  and  that  means  some  radiation! 
Then  came  Mike  Murphy,  and  he  said  that  when  last 
in  New  Haven,  he  saw  a  dray  unloading  what  he  sup- 
posed were  Century  dictionaries,  but  what,  on  closer 
examination,  proved  to  be  the  Revised  Football  Rules, 
with  1750  pages  telling  what  the  officials,  their  friends 
and  relations  cannot  do ;  963  pages  of  penalties  and,  in 
the  rear,  3  pages  on  what  can  now  be  done.  Mike 
swept  on  through  personal  memories  to  a  peroration 
poetic  in  conception  and  delivery.  The  Class  Secre- 
tary announced  that  there  would  be  an  informal 
reunion  at  New  Haven  in  the  spring.  Merritt  Lancas- 
ter renewed  old  memories  with  one  of  his  graceful  cake 


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69 


walks,  and  Charlie  Gould  followed  with  a  song.  It  is 
impossible  to  tell  of  the  shafts  of  wit  which  shot  from 
table  to  table. 


ClASS    5ECRErARlE5 


1 


Nfw  Haven 


The  Spirit  with  Which  Everyone  Hustled  to  Decennial 


70  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

DECENNIAL 

A  Sweet  Acrostic 

Oh,  gentle  Muse,  to  poets  kind, 

iS'end  something  of  thy  quenchless  fire — 
^lone,  I  fail  in  my  desire ; 
Dull  phrases  fall  from  a  dull  mind, 
/mpart,  I  pray,  some  majesty, 
Enthralling  cadences  that  fall 

Like  golden  echoes  from  the  wall 
Of  fairyland's  infinity. 
Oh,  I  would  sing  a  noble  song, 
Z'indle  the  sodden  hearts  of  men — 

^wak'ning  memory  again. 

That  through  the  years  has  slumbered  long. 

Then  could  I  hymn  how  back  we  came, 
How  splendidly  we  burst  on  view, 
Emerging  from  the  desert's  dew, 
Moved  by  the  thirst  of  that  great  game. 

-Brave  Sheiks  in  very  multitude 
Arrayed  in  splendor  for  the  fray, 
Eoaming  along  the  trackless  way 
Enlivened  with — beatitude. 

Loud  rang  the  Moslem  call  to  prayer, 
Elusive,  mystic ;  and  on  high 
Orave  camel  riders  perched  awry 
/Superbly  balancing  in  air. 

Wells  Hastings. 


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EEUNIONS  AND  DINNERS  71 


Story  of  Decennial 


As  for  the  precasting  of  shadows  reputedly  indulged 
in  by  events,  there  is  the  instance  of  the  great  chart 
of  names  in  the  entrance  hall  of  the  Yale  Club  of 
Gotham — whereon,  if  a  red  peg  be  inserted  in  the  hole 
opposite  your  cognomen,  it  is  a  sign  that  you  are  in; 
if  a  white  peg,  that  you  are  out;  if  a  blue  peg,  that 
you  are  out  but  coming  back,  barring  accident.  On  a 
certain  evening,  shortly  before  the  middle  point  of 
June,  those  entering  the  club  saw  a  doorman  who,  far 
from  exhibiting  his  usual  savoir  /aire  in  *' pegging" 
arrivals,  was  positively  distrait,  even  unto  remarking — 
''Good  hell!  I  dunno  if  I'm  in  or  out  myself,  now!" 
Closer  observation  revealed  the  forms  of  McDowell 
and  Waters  planted  firmly  before  the  great  name 
chart,  on  which  they  were  just  completing  a  tremen- 
dous six-cylindered  contest  at  cribbage — McDowell 
even  then  being  in  the  act  of  gravely  pegging  the  last 
of  the  Ws  up  into  the  A's  on  a  run  of  something  like 
15-1000.  ''But  'twas  a  famous  victory" — one  presag- 
ing yet  a  greater.  Indeed,  could  any  event  thus  auspi- 
ciously foreshadowed  prove  less  than  overwhelmingly 
great!  As  to  which — 

To  the  best  of  our  recollection  it  was  this  way : 

And  speaking  of  New  Haven,  there  was  in  the  once 
upon  a  time  a  train  which  drew  into  one  of  the  mam- 
moth terminals  of  London.  It  came  from  Scotland  and 
the  first  hardy  son  of  North  Britain  to  emerge  from 
it  at  once  addressed  himself  to  a  station  porter. 

"Man!  Man!"  he  said.  "But  London  will  hae  a 
busy  day  the  day!" 

"And  wot,"  queried  the  porter,  "mykes  all  the 
row?" 


72  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

''Why!  Do  ye  no  ken  there's  an  excursion  doon 
from  Dunfermline  ? ' ' 

So,  in  the  Grand  Central,  New  York,  on  the  fifteenth 
of  June,  1912,  came  an  excursion  down  from  the 
United  States.  Only — let  alone  its  having  in  its  midst 
the  makings  of  more  than  one  busy  day — this  excur- 
sion disdained  to  waste  its  power  on  a  mere  world- 
metropolis.  A  disdain  recognized  to  be  most  fitting  by 
even  such  a  soul-less  corporation  as  the  New  Haven 
Railroad,  which  humbly  hastened — at  a  word  from 
Jim  Wright — to  acquire  what  reflected  glory  it  could 
by  offering  to  the  disdainers  the  tribute  of  a  private 
car  out  of  town — on  an  express  train.  The  New 
Haven  Railroad  owns  destructible  property  in  Man- 
hattan. 

In  short,  on  this  its  tenth  birthday  in  this  world, 
1902  was  off !  Off  for  the  land  of  its  nativity,  merrily 
bound  for  the  only  place  this  side  of  Gehenna  which 
could  hold  it  for  a  while.  And  yet,  on  second  thought, 
to  say  that  would  be  to  say  somewhat  less  than  the 
truth.  Even  though  the  first  half  of  the  Almamaterian 
motto  would  seem  to  indicate  a  regrettable  belief  in  a 
state  of  being  lit,  the  second  half  virtuously  stands 
against  mendacity.  Therefore,  while  1902  was  indubit- 
ably bent  on  New  Haven,  exactness  demands  the 
recordance  of  said  inclinations,  being  via  Bridgeport. 
And  it  was  at  precisely  half -past  two  of  this  summer 
afternoon  that  Bridgeport  became  aware  of  the  fact. 

Ninety  strong  we  promptly  occupied  that  burg's 
front  street  and  thence  as  promptly  ascended  into  the 
awaiting  fleet  of  'buses  and  autos.  Prominent  among 
which  was  Wells  Hastings'  coat.  Keep  your  seats! 
That  coat  sentence  possibly  breaks  into  the  narrative 
somewhat  abruptly,  but  it  can  not  be  helped.    That's 


EEUNIONS  AND  DINNERS  73 

the  sort  of  a  coat  it  was.  It  was  one  of  those  coats — 
that  is  the  nearest  word  the  language  has  for  it ;  any- 
way, he  wore  its  gigantic  folds  outside  of  everything 
else — it  was  one  of  those  coats  which  do  not  waste 
any  time  about  registering  on  the  human  conscious- 
ness. You  got  it  right  off.  Only  there  emanated  from 
it  an  air  of  mystery  that  baffled  one.  However,  watch- 
ing Wells  sitting  inside  of  it  as  he  swung  his  auto 
through  the  traffic,  one  became  superfinally  convinced 
that  it  was  certainly  going  to  be  a  great  little  reunion. 

The  first  thing  on  the  program — the  getting  of  us 
down  to  Bridgeport's  finest  bathing-beach — was  ac- 
complished without  delay.  But  the  getting  of  us  into 
the  bath  was  a  different  matter.  The  air  and  the 
waters  of  Long  Island  Sound  taken  together  gave  an 
impression  of  chilliness  which  led  us  promptly  to 
clamber  back  into  'buses  and  autos  and  straightway 
trundle  on  to  our  second  objective  point. 

There,  at  the  Brooklawn  Country  Club,  the  courte- 
sies of  which  had  been  kindly  extended  to  the  Class, 
the  afternoon  and  early  evening  were  spent  in  manners 
as  various  as  they  were  enjoyable.  Tennis,  golf,  sand- 
wich eating  and  other  forms  of  exercise  were  taken 
plentifully;  and  at  dinner  in  the  clubhouse  the 
renowned  Whiffenpoof  Quartet  of  New  Haven  and 
Yale  added  emphatically  to  the  joy  of  the  occasion  by 
song  and  tale  and  gained  from  our  worthy  selves  most 
golden  opinions. 

Especially : 

(Tune  of  Winter  Garden  "Sumurun") 

Nine-teen-two !     Nine-teen-two ! 
When  you  let  those  camels  loose 
You  will  hear  the  Whiff  en  poofs 
Sing  Nine-teen-two!     Nine-teen-two! 
You  are  the  finest  Class  alive! 


74  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

(Carefully)  A  camel  can  go  ei-eight  days 
Withou-ou-ou-out  a  drink 

But  it  takes  old  Nine-teen-two  to  put  him  on  the  blink 
Ooh-ooh-ooh!     You  ni-ine-ineteen-two ! 

Whereafter,  before  the  hour  was  yet  too  late  and  our 
enthusiasm  grown  too  large  for  transportation,  Sec- 
retary James  packed  us  skillfully  in  a  special  trolley- 
car  and  rolled  us  safe  at  last  into  Novo  Porto,  where 
Kent  Hall  and  the  near-by  tent  of  our  tribe  awaited  us, 
with  shelter  and  other  things  needful  for  the  night. 
Which,  however,  we  let  await  us  yet  a  little  longer. 
This,  that  and  the  next  old  place  had  to  be  given  a 
look.  And  ever  as  we  roamed  we  met  with  here  a 
new  recruit  and  there  another.  Obviously  the  tribe 
increased,  and  thereby  we  knew  we  were  blessed. 
Blessed  and  happy  after  a  day  great  in  joy  but  greater 
in  promise.  To  those  of  us  at  last  met  in  the  small 
hours  in  the  Tent  of  Kag  appeared  he  known  to 
all  true  believers  as  Teller  the  Romer.  A  moment  he 
lingered  at  the  tent  door,  surveying  one  and  all  with 
a  face  on  which  wondering  was  writ  large;  but  it 
was  the  wonder  of  one  who  beheld  a  great  vision  of 
beatitude. 

"I  just  had  a  long,  long,  green  drink  at  Mory's," 
came  the  voice  of  him  as  from  afar,  "and  I'm  all  con- 
fused. ' ' 

So  came  we  to  the  first  of  our  dreams  on  this  night 
of  our  return  to  the  land  of  our  birth. 

Sunday  dawned  with  gloomy  skies.  But  it  took 
more  than  a  gloomy  sky  to  render  us  sad.  The  day 
started  with  a  bang  about  10  a.m.  with  the  recurrence 
at  the  Fence  of  Hastings '  mighty  and  mysterious  coat, 
inside  of  which  Wells  was  discernible,  still  noncha- 
lantly smiling.  Many  New  Haveners  will  tell  you  there 
was  much  thunder  that  day.    But  we  knew  otherwise, 


Some  Dhivkks  or  thk  Pks   in   Pkosi:,   Poktuv  and  Misic 

Upper  pictures  (left  to  right):     Jim  Wright.  Roy  Mason,  Porter  Steele,  Brian  Hooker.     Center  picture: 
Paul  Jones.    Lower  pictures  (left  to  right):    John  Callender,  Bunnie  Lear,  Wells  Hastings 


\ 


EEUNIONS  AND  DINNERS  75 

and  were  able  to  tell  by  the  nearness  or  farness  of  the 
detonations  approximately  what  part  of  town  Hast- 
ings was  passing  through  at  the  time. 

When  early  in  the  forenoon  a  good  old-fashioned 
New  Haven  rain  filtered  in,  the  wisdom  of  having 
instituted  the  Tent  became  marked.  There  it  was  that 
there  leapt  from  the  towering  front  of  Brian  Hooker 
the  chant  of  the  Moslems.  Having  poured  into  the 
genial  ear  of  Damitt  Brown  (who  said  a  Philadelphian 
could  not  come  back — and  for  Damitt 's  return  praise 
be!)  the  masterful  melodies  and  words,  Brian  and  his 
pianistic  lieutenant  (with  Porter  Steele  to  write  the 
notes  in  four  parts — four,  count  'em!)  they  sank  it 
into  the  assembled  tribesmen  until  they  knew  it  as  they 
knew  their  names.  Before  the  staunch  piano  gracing 
the  midst  of  the  tent  was  quite  demolished,  the  Moslem 
chant  had  become  history.    Eemaal !  Mooyah ! 

As  if  this  were  not  enough  to  set  this  Connecticut 
Sabbath  apart  from  all  common  Sabbaths,  the  day  was 
to  be  enfamed  by  still  one  further  discovery.  Those 
Kngering  in  this  selfsame  Tent  of  Kag  during  the  after- 
noon saw  in  one  moment  Hastings  conversing  pleas- 
antly within  his  resounding  garment ;  and  in  the  next, 
after  no  more  than  the  looking  away  and  back,  observed 
Hastings — now  easefully  recumbent  on  the  grassy 
floor — ^miraculously  to  have  enwrapped  himself  in  an 
equally  boisterous  blanket, — as  one  who  conjured 
clothes  from  empty  air.  One  awesome  moment  of 
fear  of  some  black  art — and  then  it  was  seen  that  the 
blanket  was  the  coat,  the  coat  the  blanket,  one  and 
indivisible.  Then  and  there  the  element  of  mystery 
disappeared  from  that  garment  forever.  It  was 
merely,  as  Wells  explained,  a  little  idea  of  his  own — 
a  twenty-four  hour  coat. 


76  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

At  dusk  was  heard  the  great  beating  of  our  feet 
towards  the  Graduates  Club,  there  in  full  meeting 
assembled  to  feast  our  vitals  with  much  fine  meat 
and  our  souls  with  great  floods  of  music.  At  the  head 
of  our  board  who  but  inexhaustible  Gardner  Abbott! 
And  at  the  other  end  who  but  Buff  Kimball!  Shades 
of  the  Hoffbrau  and  Tontine !  Never  was  such  a  Gar- 
gantuan ''game"  before.  We  allowed  1906  to  sit  in  the 
same  room  mth  us.  At  the  top-height  of  merriment, 
it  was  suddenly  noticed  that  our  incomparable  ivory- 
pounder,  Damitt  Brown,  was  being  eyed  with  a  sus- 
picious amount  of  desire  by  one  George  Day  of  '97,  who 
stood  before  us  in  the  double  capacity  of  Damitt 's 
brother-in-law  and  Ye  Treasurer  of  Yale  University. 
It  appeared  that  he  would  fain  hale  Damitt  to  play 
before  his  own  reuning  cohorts.  But  being  a  good  soul, 
George — lest  our  feelings  be  hurt  by  his  spiriting 
away  our  Paderewski — invited  1902  to  '97 's  headquar- 
ters. We  went  rejoicing  and  at  a  late  hour  the  'skee 
was  running  shallow  at  the  bar,  the  tide  was  going  out. 
Considering  which,  one  is  reminded  how  well  it  was 
that  the  cool,  pellucid  waters  of  Carnegie  Pool  were 
sweetly  available  at  such  times  as  those  showers  in 
Kent  refused  to  give  forth  reviving  moisture. 

This  afternoon  at  five  o'clock  the  Class  met  in  Bat- 
tell  Chapel  in  memory  of  those  of  1902  who  have  died. 

Monday  morning  smiled  fair  upon  us,  our  great 
day  of  nothing  to  do  till  tomorrow.  That  is, — imtil 
night-fall — nothing,  so  to  talk  vigorously  imperative. 
And  one  arose — oh !  no  matter  when  one  arose.  Suffice 
it  that  one  could.  And,  having  done  so,  then  it  was 
that  one  saw  a  wondrous  change  come  o  'er  the  surface 
of  our  dream. 

1902 — now  in  numbers  well  up  towards  our  record 


REUNIONS  AND  DINNERS  77 

roster  of  175  souls  (let  it  go  at  souls,  anyway) — had 
seen  itself  retire,  Sunday  evening  or  Monday  morn- 
ing, as  the  case  may  be,  as  citizens  of  North  America. 
Monday  sunrise — figuratively  speaking — saw  no  such 
body  of  men  extant.  We  had  been  and  lo!  we  were 
not.  As  at  the  wave  of  our  James'  magic  hand  (did 
you  ever  note  its  magnetic  touch?)  there  strode  in  our 
shoes  beturbaned  Sheiks  of  Araby,  men  clothed  in  the 
flaming  splendor  of  the  East,  across  whose  shoulders 
swung  the  long  rifles  of  their  race  wherewith  the  better 
to  kill  dull  care.  Again  had  the  fervent  imagination 
of  Tom  Gushing — Father  of  three  Great  Costumes — 
brought  forth  wondrous  raiment  for  us,  this  time  more 
unique  and  pleasing  than  ever.  And  at  the  head  of  Us 
Reincarnated  stood  High  Sheik  James,  his  robes 
flashing  bravely  about  him ;  and  as  he  cast  his  eye  over 
his  dazzling  band.  High  Sheik  James  proudly  smole 
and  smole  and  smole  again.  For  behold!  the  call  had 
been  heard,  his  labours  had  borne  fruit!  The  Day  of 
Days  was  come!    Eemaal!  Mooyah! 

And  at  the  expense  of  the  rhetoric  and  with  no  intent 
towards  blasphemy,  put  it  right  down  in  your  little 
note  book  that  if  it  had  not  been  for  High  Sheik  James 
it  would  never  have  been  anywhere  near  so  fine  a  day 
as  it  was!  (Can  modesty  here,  Jim,  and  let  it  go 
through  to  the  typesetter  together  with  this  absolving 
parenthesis.) 

So,  then,  shaking  hands  with  one's  self  after  a  reas- 
suring glance  at  the  name  on  one's  turban  badge,  one 
took  a  fresh  start  and  set  forth  to  break  the  fast.  And 
New  Haveners,  as  they  ocularized  the  bright-robed 
Sons  of  the  Desert  who  suddenly  trod  majestically  in 
their  midst,  drew  a  deep  breath  of  admiration,  and  one 
by   one   contentedly   sighed:   '*I,  too,   have   lived   in 


EEUNIONS  AND  DINNERS  79 

Araby."  All  that  glorious  morning  we  drank  in 
admiration  on  all  sides.  If  it  did  not  come  to  us,  we 
went  for  it.  Now  to  Mory's,  now  to  Heub's,  or  eke  to 
the  photographers  in  order  to  let  our  sons,  born  or 
otherwise,  in  on  the  proposition. 

Along  towards  the  middle  of  the  day  we  conde- 
scended to  engage  in  a  combat  at  baseball  on  the  Cam- 
pus with  1906 — ^the  same  being  sons  of  Nippon ;  in  no 
way  so  finely  caparisoned  as  ourselves.  And  yet  they 
combated  passing  well.  Peace  be  with  them — they 
were  fittingly  deferential  to  our  valiant  little  knight, 
Alfred  Ludlow  Ferguson,  Jr.,  who  battled  doughtily  in 
our  ranks ;  w^o  indeed  had,  as  the  pale  Anglo-Saxons 
have  it,  much  upon  us  in  skill,  rapidity  and  other 
things.  The  soaring  bulb  rebounding  from  the  hitter's 
flail  too  often  eluded  our  fierce  grasp  and  so,  oh!  my 
brothers!  was  necessitated  such  runnings  and  shout- 
ings as  were  scarce  congenial  to  Arabic  dignity  or 
wind-power.  No  matter !  The  reward  of  toil  was  near. 
Tabard  Inn  beckoned. 

To  that  hostelry  on  the  cool  shores  of  Lighthouse 
Point  we  rolled  by  expeditious  trolley  about  sunset. 
And  there,  for  the  first  time,  we  saw  ourselves  assem- 
bled in  our  full  power, — the  whole  175  of  us, — and 
trembled.  Again  we  had  1906  with  us  and  anyone 
around  that  part  of  the  Connecticut  border  that  night 
who  did  not  hear  about  the  party  needs  ear  treatment. 
Having  there  taken  in  as  much  good-cheer  and  let  out 
as  much  harmonic  turmoil  as  we  were  temporarily 
capable  of,  we  were  ready  for  the  discovery  by  the 
tribe  en  bloc  of  Savin  Rock.  ''And  you  don't  got  no 
boats,  you  don't  discover  no  Amerika. "  But  we  had  the 
boats  all  chartered  and  sailed  merrily  over  the  bound- 
ing, moonlit  harbor  until  we  sighted  land.    A  perilous 


80  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

voyage.  Ask  the  captain.  But  a  prudent  crew,  who 
averted  danger  by  the  brilliant  expedient  of  keeping 
the  whistle  going  continuously.  And  Savin  was  duly 
discovered  and  exploited.  It  was  some  time  later  when 
we  returned  home,  as  always,  to  the  Tent  of  Kag — 
and  later  still  to  the  Halls  of  Kent. 

And  now,  brothers,  inasmuch  as  ye  have  raised  your 
eyes  trustingly  in  the  evening-time  and  been  greeted 
by  the  vision  of  two  lamp  posts  where  there  was  but 
one  before,  raise  ye  now  on  your  toes!  Are  you  in 
receipt  of  me  ?    Then,  unifiedly — ! 

Ee-e-e-maaal !     Moooooo-yaa- AH ! 

Let  the  bong-hong  sound, 

Let  the  hugag  beat, 

Let  the  Dj  inn -fizz  foam  on  the  bah! 

Let  the  seegah  burn, 

Where  the  Moslems  meet. 

For  it 's  here  once  more  we  are ! 

Ee-e-e-maaal!     Moooooo-yaa -AH! 

Yes,  indeed,  Tuesday  the  Magnificent  was  with  us 
at  last !  Likewise  we  were  with  it — verily  all  the  way ! 
And  though  McDowell,  as  he  rose  from  slumber  and 
let  himself  into  that  part  of  the  Arabian  costume  which 
so  closely  resembles  an  overgrown  shirt,  possibly 
voiced  a  somewhat  widespread  sentiment  when  he  was 
heard  to  murmur  that  he  needed  a  tonic  rather  than  a 
tunic,  nevertheless — well,  maybe  we  are  aging,  Father 
William,  but,  credit  us  this,  it  does  not  take  us  all  day 
to  come  back  yet !    Not  on  this  sort  of  a  June  Tuesday ! 

All  through  the  Hall  of  Kent  the  morning  was  filled 
with  the  beating  of  determined  feet  departing  towards 
breakfast  here  and  breakfast  there,  and  we  soon 
emerged  from  Louis',  from  dairies  and  from  Heub's 
as  good  as  new,  strong  for  the  last  great  march  to 
Mecca.    At  high  noon  our  hosts  gathered  in  the  shade 


► 


A  Band  of  Brothers  in  190i,  Ictl  by  tlie  famous  Seventh  Keisiment  Band  of  New  York. 
The  line  reached  from  Ehn  street,  two  blocks  away 


"Watch  us  Mutter  in  the  breeze' 


Maiuhixg  to  Lvnch  at  the  Yat.k  Dining   Hatx 


EEUNIONS  AND  DINNERS  81 

of  the  Library,  where  issued  from  our  throats  our 
thunderous  psalm  of  conquering  hearts  what  time  our 
likeness  was  being  stored  in  the  magic  box  of  Leopold 
and  in  the  "Movies — every  move  a  picture."  And  as 
the  mighty  hymning  of  us  shook  the  hills,  people  bent 
unto  us  the  knee  of  the  heart,  saying,  "Lo!  Great  is 
the  song  of  Eemaal!    Greater  the  Sons  of  the  Sands." 

So  to  the  great  Board  of  Plenty  at  the  Hall  of  Com- 
mons, by  the  side  of  which  awaited  staunch  ships  of 
the  desert — the  five  mighty  Camels  of  Camels  which 
Sheik  Fox  had  led  unto  us  over  the  waters  of  the  sea — 
concerning  which  Lope  had  reassuringly  but  succinctly 
telephoned  to  Jim  a  few  days  previously  to  the  effect 
of :  "  Listen !  I  Ve  cornered  the  camel  market.  I  've  got 
five  camels  and  seven  humps.    Good-bye." 

Then,  led  by  our  high  Sheiks,  Tom,  Lope  and  Jim, 
aloft  on  these,  on  to  the  Field !  To  the  strains  of  soul- 
stirring  music  by  the  Seventh  Regiment  Band,  our 
glaring,  blinding  column  swung  into  action.  Harvard 
awaited  us  on  the  Plains  of  Derby!  There,  with  the 
roaring  wind  of  our  flaming  robes  as  the  tribe  of  us 
salaamed,  we  blew  ourselves  to  a  pleasing  victory  over 
the  Crimson  Foe,  and  marched  home  ecstatic. 

What  need  to  dwell  on  the  Feast  of  Woolsey  that 
night !  Suffice  it  to  recall  that  on  this  last  time  that  the 
Tribe  of  1902  was  to  be  so  greatly  gathered  together 
for  five  long  years  to  come,  the  Tribe  of  1902  feasted 
as  great  souls  should,  mighty  in  trenchering,  mighty 
in  song — ^mighty  even  unto  turkey-trotting  of  marvel- 
ous home-made  skill,  aided  by  Damitt's  expert  band 
leading.  Note  the  goodly  viands,  which  we  demolished 
in  the  President's  Room  in  Woolsey  Hall — without  in 
the  least  demolishing  the  room;  a  discrimination 
worthy  of  praise. 


82  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

YALE  1902 
DECENNIAL  BEUNION  CLASS  DINNER 

IN 

PRESIDENT'S  ROOM,  WOOLSEY  HALL 

Tuesday,  June  18,  1912 

' '  A  clinking  of  glasses  and  much  joy ! ' ' — The  Bard. 

Menu 

Little  Necks 

Cream  of  Fresh  Asparagus 

Olives  Radishes  Salted  Almonds 

Broiled  Blue  Fish  Maitre  d 'Hotel 

Broiled  (Half)  Spring  Chicken  on  Toast 

French  Fried  Potatoes 

Green  Peas 
Quartered  Tomatoes 

Mayonnaise  Dressing 
Vanilla  Ice  Cream  Strawberries 

Toasted  Bents  "Water  Crackers 

American  and  Roquefort  Cheese 

Cigarettes  Cigars 

Rameses  Coffee  Gareta  Deliciosos 

Champagne  Pol  Roger  1900  (at  $4) 

Dink  Stover 

Antiquary  Scotch  )   Query:  What  Play  of  Shakespeare  contains  this f 

Monogram  Rye       I   "I  think  I  can  stand  six  Scotches  more ! ' ' 

Wurtzburger  Beer 

MUSIC,  WIT  AND  HUMOR 

BY 

THE  ENTIRE  COMPANY 

"Oh,  stay  I     Oh,  stay  I 
Joy  so  seldom  weaves  a  chain 
Like  this  to-night,  that  oh,  'tis  pain 
To  break  the  links  so  soon." 

— Moore. 


A  TEW  Moving  Memokies  of  the  Decennial  Bali. 
Game  (si'ecially  aruanged  eok  by  Lyttleton 
Fox.      Reproduced  through  the  courtesy  ok 

IIIK    KiNESIACOLOR    CoMl'ANY    Of    AmERICa) 


The  films  from  left  to  right  depict:  (1.)  A  conversation  in  Arabic 
between  Jim  Wright,  Brian  Hooker,  Tom  Gushing  and  Lope  Fox. 
(2.)  The  1906  chinks.  (3.)  The  1902  Camels.  (4.)  A  worm  of  the 
1906  S.  variety.  (5.)  Lope  Fox  in  action,  mounted  on  "Hubble 
Bubble,"    or    Mr.    Grunt."     (6.)  The    1902    Banner  appears  above 


REUNIONS  AND  DINNERS  83 

And  there,  in  the  Sacred  Hall  of  Rejoicing,  named 
Woolsey,  we  performed  the  final  and  climacteric  rites 
of  the  traditional  Double  Cupping ;  the  offering,  on  the 
one  hand  of  the  Bowl  of  Many  Miles — split  in  two  equal 
parts — to  Long  Distance  Bill  and  Binny  Albin;  and 
on  the  other,  the  presentment  of  the  Graven  Cup  filled 
with  heartfelt  appreciation  of  unselfish  and  unflagging 
enthusiasm  to  James,  the  wonder-working  Classwright. 

Is  there  anything  more  to  dwell  on?  You  were  on 
the  gleaming  Campus  after  the  supper  that  night, 
ambling  with  a  certain  dry  humor  from  tent  to  tent  and 
sprightly  getting  from  under  that  ever  threatening 
mountainous  pushball.  There  is  a  rumor  that  Walter 
Krementz's  sprained  ankle  resulted  from  a  brave 
attempt  to  punt  it  over  Battell  Chapel.  Just  as  it  is 
rumored  that  Lope  Fox's  one  guiding  road  rule  as 
to  the  chauffeuring  of  a  pushmobile  was  to  push  where 
the  shins  were  thickest.  If  so,  his  efforts  were  attended 
with  more  success  than  were  Walter's.  Still  again, 
we  heard  the  rumor  that  the  great  engine-bell,  which 
Conty  Mellen  borrowed  for  the  night  from  the  New 
Haven  Steam  Car  Corporation,  was  taken  from  us. 
Which  may  be  as  it  was.  At  least,  it  is  no  mere  rumor 
that  it  returned  unto  us — it  is  a  solid  fact. 

As  solid  a  fact  as  that  the  stupendous  Birthday 
Excursion  down  from  the  United  States  was  over. 
One  more  belated  slumbering  in  the  Motherland,  and 
on  Wednesday,  group  by  group,  and  one  by  one,  we 
regretfully  folded  our  tents.  But  not  so  silently  that 
you  could  not  hear  from  each  as  he  went,  ever  the  same 
cry: 

**The  greatest  ever!    See  you  here  in  1917  sure!" 

And  that,  as  well  as  memory  serves,  was  the  way  it 

John  A.  Callender. 


84  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 


Those  at  Decennial 
The  long  list  of  those  present  follows : 

Gardner  Abbott  (Cleveland,  Ohio);  C.  H.  Adams  (Denver,  Colo.); 
Ellis  Adams  (New  York  City);  G.  W.  Albin  (East  Seattle,  Wash.); 
J.  deK.  Alsop  (Avon,  Conn.);  C.  E,  Andel  (New  York  City);  A.  B. 
Arnold  (Boston) ;  E.  H.  S.  Bacon  (Derby,  Conn.) ;  C.  D.  Barnes  (Man- 
hasset,  N.  Y.) ;  F.  B.  Barnett  (Mitchell,  S.  Dak.) ;  L.  B.  Beckwith 
(Toledo,  Ohio) ;  Krebs  Beebe  (Chicago) ;  Eaymond  Bissell  (Buffalo, 
N.  Y.);  DLxon  Boardman  (London,  S.  W.,  England);  W.  G.  Bourn 
(White  Plains,  N.  Y.)  ;  N.  C.  Brainard  (Hartford,  Conn.)  ;  A.  Brown 
(Philadelphia)  ;  J.  W.  Burdick  (Brackenridge,  Pa.)  ;  H.  E.  Burgess  (New 
Haven) ;  Frederic  Burnham  (Chicago)  ;  J.  B.  Burrall  (Waterbury,  Conn.)  ; 
J.  A.  Callender  (New  York  City) ;  Lawrence  Chamberlain  (Montclair, 
N.  J.)  ;  T.  J.  Chapin  (Hartford,  Conn.)  ;  S.  B.  Chittenden,  Jr.  (Chicago) ; 
A.  B.  aark  (Milford,  Conn.) ;  P.  D.  Clark  (Red  Oak,  Iowa)  ;  W.  E. 
Clegg  (Cleveland,  Ohio);  C.  H.  Cochran  (Buffalo,  N.  Y.) ;  R.  H.  Cole 
(Hartford,  Conn.);  C.  H.  Collins  (Pelham  Manor,  N.  Y.)  ;  H.  E.  Colton 
(Washington,  D.  C);  R.  H.  Cory  (Englewood,  N.  J.);  H.  B.  Cox  (New 
York  City) ;  W.  S.  Creevey  (New  York  City) ;  C.  S.  Cashing  (Simsbury, 
Conn.)  ;  G.  E.  Davis  (Hartford,  Conn.)  ;  D.  S.  Day  (Bridgeport,  Conn.)  ; 
W.  E.  Day  (Indianapolis) ;  J.  R.  Deering  (New  York  City) ;  G.  A.  Dewey 
(New  York  City);  R.  B.  Dresser  (Providence,  R.  I.);  W.  W.  Duncan 
(WatertoAvn,  Mass.) ;  H.  S.  Ely  (Cedar  Rapids,  Iowa) ;  H.  C.  Evarts 
(Omaha,  Neb.)  ;  A.  L.  Ferguson  (New  York  City) ;  A.  L.  Ferguson,  Jr., 
Class  Boy;  Edward  FitzGerald  (Derby,  Conn.);  A.  S.  Fleming  (Fair- 
mont, W.  Va.)  ;  C.  P.  Flora  (Watertown,  Mass.) ;  C.  E.  Foster  (Rich- 
mond, Va.)  ;  Lyttleton  Fox  (New  York  City)  ;  C.  D.  Francis  (New  York 
City);  N.  R.  Francis  (New  Haven);  E.  W.  Frisbie  (Hartford,  Conn.); 
H.  L.  Galpin  (New  Haven) ;  S.  W.  Gardner  (Maplewood,  N.  J.) ;  W.  S. 
Garnsey,  Jr.  (Billings,  Mont.);  J.  S.  Garvan  (Hartford,  Conn.);  R.  S. 
Gast  (Pueblo,  Colo.);  W.  B.  Godfrey,  Jr.  (San  Francisco,  Calif.); 
P.  V,  D.  Gott  (Goshen,  N.  Y.) ;  E.  C,  Granbery  (New  York  City) ;  R.  P. 
Griffing  (Riverhead,  N.  Y.) ;  R,  G.  Guernsey  (Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y.) ; 
W.  P.  Haines  (Buffalo,  N.  Y.)  ;  A.  B.  Hall  (Lakeville,  Conn.);  J.  E. 
Hall  (New  York  City);  H.  W.  Hamlin  (Canandaigua,  N.  Y.) ;  J.  B. 
Hart  (Hartford,  Conn.);  W.  S.  Hastings  (Rockledge,  Fla,);  W.  W. 
Herrick  (New  York  City);  T.  B.  Hewitt  (Williamstown,  Mass.);  J.  C. 
Iliggins  (New  York  City) ;  A.  R.  Hill  (Minneapolis,  Minn.) ;  G.  W. 
Hitner  (Pottstown,  Pa.) ;  L.  H.  Holt  (West  Point,  N.  Y.)  ;  Brian  Hooker 
(Farmington,  Conn.) ;  P.  M.  Howe  (Rockville,  Conn.) ;  H.  M.  Hubbell 
(New  Haven)  ;  J.  W.  Hubbell  (Montclair,  N.  J.)  ;  B.  T.  Hudson  (Brook- 
lyn, N.  Y.);  G.  H.  Hull,  Jr.  (New  York  City);  H.  D.  Ilumiston  (New 


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"Yks,  Thkrk  is  Kkst!" 
AUie  Smith  enjoying  repose  in  an  attractive  chamber  in  our  headquarters  at  Kent  Hall 


Passinc;  Class  Tknt,   Headquahtkrs  nri<iNc;  Tiksdav  Evkmnc 
Cam  ITS  Fkstivitiks 

"The  Class  has  not  chansred  mucli  except  that  v\e  have  j,'ainf(l  alxmt  live 
tons." — Datnitt  Brown 


EEUNIONS  AND  DINNERS  85 

York  City);  J.  J.  Hughes  (White  Plains,  N.  Y.);  A.  W.  Hyde  (Hart- 
ford, Conn.);  F.  W,  Jefferson  (New  Brighton,  S,  I.,  N.  Y.);  Stewart 
Johnson  (Winnetka,  111.)  ;  L.  M.  Johnston  (Pittsburgh,  Pa.)  ;  E.  A. 
Jones  (Scranton,  Pa.) ;  P.  Jones  (Logan,  Utah) ;  F.  R.  Keator  (New 
York  City);  J.  C.  Kimball  (Knoxville,  Tenn.);  A.  H.  Kinney  (New 
Haven) ;  H.  W.  Knox  (New  York  City) ;  W.  M.  Krementz  (Newark, 
N.  J.)  ;  W.  P.  Lanagan  (New  Haven) ;  George  Lear,  2d  (Germantown, 
Pa.) ;  B,  H.  Lee  (New  York  City) ;  E.  H.  Lehman  (New  Haven) ;  L.  A. 
Lincoln  (Buffalo,  N.  Y.);  B.  R.  C.  Low  (New  York  City);  E.  I,  Low 
(New  York  City)  ;  A.  C.  Ludington  (New  York  City)  ;  W.  B.  Luther 
(Milton,  Mass.) ;  H.  M.  Luquiens  (New  Haven)  ;  H.  G.  McDowell 
(Cohoes,  N.  Y.) ;  R.  M.  Mason  (New  York  City) ;  H.  S.  Mead  (Dayton, 
Ohio) ;  G.  K.  Mellen  (Brooklyn,  N.  Y.) ;  P.  M.  Merrill  (New  York  City)  ; 
C.  D.  Miller  (New  York  City) ;  M,  P.  Miller  (Denver,  Colo.) ;  Malcolm 
Moore  (Germantown,  Pa.);  R.  W.  Moorhead  (Pittsburgh,  Pa.);  Binnie 
Morison  (Montclair,  N.  J.) ;  F,  W.  Nevins  (New  York  City) ;  R.  B. 
Nisbet,  Jr.  (Richmond,  Va.)  ;  R,  C.  Norton  (Cleveland,  Ohio) ;  G.  W. 
Noyes  (Cincinnati,  Ohio)  ;  A.  D.  Packer  (Brooklyn,  N.  Y.) ;  A.  G. 
Peirce  (Lawrence,  Mass.) ;  B.  J.  Phelps  (North  Plainfield,  N.  J.) ;  W.  W. 
Piatt  (Denver,  Colo.) ;  J.  M.  Pickands  (Cleveland,  Ohio)  ;  L.  B.  Pond 
(Easthampton,  Mass.);  Roderick  Potter  (Buffalo,  N.  Y.) ;  L.  B.  Rand 
(New  York  City) ;  K.  C.  Reed  (Kansas  City,  Mo.) ;  Dorrance  Reynolds 
(Wilkes-Barre,  Pa.);  E.  H.  Risley  (Boston);  H.  M.  Robbins  (St.  Paul, 
Minn.)  ;  W,  F.  Roberts  (Utica,  N.  Y.)  ;  H.  A.  Rogers  (Brooklyn,  N.  Y.)  ; 
H.  P.  Rogers,  Jr.  (New  York  City) ;  A.  E.  Rorabaek  (Brooklyn,  N.  Y.)  ; 
C.  C.  Russ  (Hartford,  Conn.);  R.  R.  Ryan  (Scarsdale,  N.  Y.)  ;  C.  F. 
Samson  (Dobbs  Ferry,  N.  Y.);  C.  A.  Sanford  (New  York  City);  Hugh 
Satterlee  (Rochester,  N.  Y.)  ;  J.  J.  Scanlan  (Brooklyn,  N.  Y.) ;  Gustav 
Schwab,  Jr.  (Scarborough-on-Hudson,  N.  Y.) ;  W.  R.  Sidenberg  (New  York 
City) ;  F.  H.  Sincerbeaux  (New  York  City) ;  F.  J.  Sladen  (Baltimore, 
Md.)  ;  A.  A,  Smith  (St.  Edward,  Neb.)  ;  C.  W.  Smith  (Rochester,  N.  Y.)  ; 
H.  W.  Smith  (Larchmont  Manor,  N.  Y.)  ;  S.  L.  Smith  (Poughkeepsie, 
N.  Y.);  F.  M.  Spear  (Boston);  L.  S.  Spitzer  (Toledo,  Ohio);  E.  A. 
Stebbins  (Rochester,  N.  Y.) ;  Porter  Steele  (New  York  City) ;  H.  B. 
Stoddard  (Bridgeport,  Conn) ;  Harold  Stone  (Syracuse,  N.  Y.) ;  Rush 
Sturges  (Providence,  R.  I.) ;  J.  R.  Swan  (New  York  City) ;  John  Taber 
(Auburn,  N.  Y.);  L.  H.  Talcott  (Rockville,  Conn.);  A.  M.  Taylor 
(Mattapan,  Mass.);  W.  R.  Teller  (Boise,  Idaho);  H.  C.  Thacher  (New 
York  City) ;  R.  B.  Tillinghast  (Orange,  N.  J.) ;  Mason  Trowbridge  (Port 
Washington,  L.  I.,  N.  Y.) ;  J.  A.  Valentine  (Beverly,  Mass.) ;  Dorr  Viele 
(Buffalo,  N.  Y.) ;  G.  B.  Ward  (Hartford,  Conn.) ;  A.  Y.  Wear  (St.  Louis, 
Mo.) ;  P.  H.  Welch  (Duluth,  Minn.) ;  H.  A.  Wessel,  Jr.  (Cincinnati, 
Ohio);  S.  D.  Woodhouse  (St.  Louis,  Mo.);  James  Wright  (New  York 
City) ;  J.  N.  M.  Wylie  (New  York  City).    Total,  174. 


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eeunions  and  dinners  87 

Sidelights  on  Decennial  Reunion 
{A  sample  letter) 

Cohoes,  N.  Y.,  January  21, 1913. 
Dear  Jim: 

Your  night  letter  found  me  away  and  not  until  yes- 
terday did  I  receive  it.  Am  sorry  as  H —  that  you've 
waited  for  me  in  this  as  I've  been  so  busy  all  fall  that 
I've  had  no  chance  to  compose  myself,  to  say  nothing 
of  any  thing.  Besides,  you  ask  for  sidelights  on  the 
reunion.  There  were  no  sidelights  that  I  could  see; 
being  so  far  behind  all  the  time,  all  I  ever  saw  was  the 
tail  light  on  one  of  the  camels,  and  that  was  flickering 
all  the  time  as  you  may  have  noticed.  The  big  head- 
light of  the  whole  thing  was,  to  my  untutored  mind, 
the  return  of  Armitt  Brown,  our  once  and  always 
member ;  the  man  that  put  the  yell  in  Decennial.  ( Don 't 
miss  that  one.)  Also  the  man  that  caused  the  heart 
throbs  in  my  room  with  the  purple  silk  kimono. 
Almost  lewd,  say  we. 

The  real  lights  of  the  whole  affair  for  me  were  lit 
during  the  installation  of  our  self-starter  at  several 
garages  in  New  York  before  the  main  tent  in  Bridge- 
port and  New  Haven  was  opened.  No  one  who  saw 
it,  or  even  heard  of  it,  mil  ever  forget  Waters'  slide 
for  life  down  a  certain  party's  steps,  nor  his  erstwhile 
smiling  countenance  afterward.  Immediately  follow- 
ing that,  we  heard  of  Red  Easton's  defection  because 
of  another  little  thing  at  home.  If  my  memory  serves 
me,  he  was  never  the  recipient  of  the  cup  for  which 
several  of  us  fell  for  one  bean  apiece,  due  to  Lope  Fox 's 
oratorical  powers  on  hearing  what  Red  had  done  for 
the  world.    Then  there  was  the  slaughter  of  the  inno- 


88  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

cents  who  wore  Yale  uniforms  at  American  League 
Park.  This  affair  caused  many  a  wet  eye  and  insides, 
but  my  particular  little  party  that  day  included  Bert 
Roraback,  and  his  reasoning  \vith  us  kept  us  all  in  the 
taxi  on  the  way  home. 

Then  came  the  special  to  New  Haven,  via  Bridge- 
port, and  God  bless  the  man  that  invented  the  Class 
Sheik  buttons.  These  served  not  only  as  sidelights 
but  as  head  and  tail  lights  as  well.  Many  a  renewed 
friendship  occurred  through  their  help  that  never  could 
have  been  begun  had  the  contracting  parties  been 
unable  to  read  the  Zodiac  thereon. 

The  Class  Supper,  Class  Dinner,  Parade,  Savin 
Rock,  the  Tent,  and  Class  Night  on  the  Campus  were 
all  more  or  less  filled  with  back-fires  and  you  know  as 
much  of  them  as  I  do,  more  probably,  for  lots  of  the 
above  are  rather  hazy  with  me,  but  I  hope  you're  able 
to  get  some  material  from  what  I've  given  you.  If 
I  had  a  little  more  time  to  myself  and  had  a  few  con- 
genials  gathered  around  the  table  in  the  grill  room, 
there  would  be  more  of  this,  and  perhaps,  who  knows, 
something  you  couldn't  use,  but  that's  too  late  now. 
I  remember  the  gang  in  that  room  after  we  returned 
from  New  Haven  saying  they  hoped  there  'd  be  nothing 
else  until  1917,  but  those  I've  seen  since  then  are  keen 
for  a  gathering  this  winter  in  New  York  and  here 's  my 
vote  if  you  need  it  to  pull  off  anything  in  the  line  of  a 
Class  gathering. 

Yours  for  1917, 

Howard  G.  McDowell. 


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EEUNIONS  AND  DINNERS  89 

Memorial  Service 

A  memorial  service  with  the  following  program  was 
held  during  Decennial  Reunion 

IN  MEMORIAM 

"And  I  heard  a  voice  from  Heaven,  saying,  Write,  blessed  are  the 
dead  which  die  in  the  Lord  from  henceforth — Yea,  saith  the  Spirit,  that 
they  may  rest  from  their  labors — for  their  works  follow  with  them." 

Battell  Chapel 
Decennial  of  the  Class  op  1902 

june  the  sixteenth 
nineteen  hundred  and  twelve 

Order  of  Service 

Organ  Prelude 

Walter  A.  Allen 
Salutation 
Invocation  and  Lord's  Prayer 

Rev.  Alfred  R.  Hill 
Hymn:  "For  AU  Thy  Saints" 

Scripture  Lesson :  Revelation  xxi :  1-5,  22-25 ;  xxii :  1-5 
Prayer 

Rev.  Francis  B.  Bamett 
Appreciation  of  Charles  S.  Baer 

Rev.  Paul  Jones 
Appreciation  of  John  C.  McDowell 

Rabbi  Eugene  H.  Lehman 
Solo:  "Beyond  the  Dawn" 

George  A.  Dewey 


90  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

Appreciation  of  Frank  M.  Eastman 

Rev.  Alan  M.  Taylor 
Appreciation  of  Percy  G.  "White 

Rev.  Burton  H.  Lee 
Hymn:  "  Nearer,  My  God,  to  Thee" 

Address 

Rev.  Albert  E.  Ror aback 
Prayer 

Hymn:  "The  Son  of  God  Goes  Forth  to  War" 
Benediction 

Deceased  Members 

This  list  includes  not  only  those  commemorated  at  the 
memorial  service,  but  two  others  who  have  died  since  Decen- 
nial. 

Died  While  in  College 

Arthur  Almeron  Quinby 
Born  June  15,  1879 
Died  September  26,  1900 

Howard  Olcott  Mather 
Bom  July  27,  1880 
Died  December  12,  1900 

Elwood  Luther  Orwig,  Jr. 
Born  November  13,  1881 
Died  April  14,  1901 

Thomas  Edward  Wilde 

Born  January  12,  1879 
Died  February  23,  1901 

Charles  Dean  White 
(Post  obit,  degree) 
Born  September  28,  1880 
Died  March  30,  1902 


reunions  and  dinners 

Graduates 

John  Clute  McDowell 

Born  January  1,  1879 
Died  November  18,  1903 

Percy  Gardiner  White 

Born  September  16,  1878 
Died  February  22,  1906 

Charles  Seiser  Baer 

Born  August  18,  1881 
Died  May  8,  1906 

Percy  Bayard  Cochran 
Born  October  10,  1879 
Died  November  14,  1908 

Louis  Frederick  Boder 
Born  July  11,  1880 
Died  October  5,  1912 


91 


Non-Graduates 

Arthur  Peter  Wright 

Born  December  20,  1876 
Died  September  1,  1906 

Sidney  Sewell  Boardman 
Born  December  27,  1878 
Died  March  23,  1908 

John  Wilson 

Born  December  26,  1878 
Died  June  2,  1911 

Frank  Manson  Eastman 
Born  May  30,  1878 
Died  May  4,  1912 

Orrin  Thrall  Higgins 
Born  May  14,  1879 
Died  September  12,  1912 


achievements  of  1902 

The  Gods  Were  With  Us  Yesterday 

Look,  and  remember  well.    Time  was 
When  many  a  charmed  and  chosen  few 

Made  these  bare  chambers  glorious 
For  Bacchus  and  his  retinue, 
When  youth  and  song  and  mystic  brew 

Could  sublimate  the  mellowing  clay 
Till  lights  Olympian  glimmered  through- 

The  gods  were  with  us  yesterday! 

Good  night,  old  Temple !    Even  thus 

Thine  elders  faded  out  of  view: 
Old  sacraments  turn  blasphemous, 

Old  nymphs  allure  where  none  pursue. 

Prophet  and  warrior,  prince  and  Jew 
Gather  to  brush  our  dreams  away; 

The  sciences  are  with  us,  too 

The  gods  were  with  us  yesterday! 

Why  deem  the  heavens  mysterious. 

Or  praise  the  dust  wherefrom  we  grew? 
Wisdom  was  surely  born  wdth  us, 

And  truth  to  prove  our  doubting  true. 

Prodigals  of  the  past,  we  strew 
Her  treasure  in  the  mire,  and  say 

The  gods  are  coming.    Ah,  we  knew 
The  gods  were  with  us  yesterday ! 

Envoi 

Princes  of  Change!    When  all  ye  do 
Fares  better  than  ye  plan  or  pray, 

Someone — perhaps — will  say  of  you: 
''The  gods  were  with  us  yesterday." 

Brian  Hooker. 


Mohy's 

'e  new  buikli,,..  ..„  Vork  street  near  Wall,  organized  in  mi.    Louis  Lin.ier.    The  old  buildin.^  on  Te.nple  street 


Letters  from  New  Haven 

9. 


Acknowledgment  of  Congratulations 
on  his  Eightieth  Birthday,  which 
occurred  November  16,  1908. 


94  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

New  Haven,  Conn.,  June  26,  1912. 

James  Wright,  Esq., 

Graduate  Committee  on  Arrangements. 

Dear  Sir: 

I  believe  that  Dean  Jones  has  already  expressed  to 
you  the  pleasure  of  the  College  authorities  at  the 
management  of  the  Tuesday  night  celebration  on  the 
Campus,  during  Commencement  week,  by  your  Com- 
mittee. It  remains  for  me  to  assure  you  of  the  appre- 
ciation of  the  officers  of  the  University. 

Believe  me,  with  high  regards, 

Faithfully  yours, 

Geo.  Parmly  Day. 


New  Haven,  Conn.,  June  29,  1912. 

James  Wright,  Esq., 

Graduate  Committee  on  Arrangements. 

Dear  Jim: 

Thank  you  for  your  note  of  the  27th  June.  I  heard 
that  the  celebration  on  the  Campus  Tuesday  night  of 
Commencement  week  was  a  great  success.  Our  Class 
stayed  at  dinner  too  long  to  participate  therein  but 
cannot  complain  as  we  had  a  wonderful  time.  It  was 
a  great  Commencement  all  around,  and  a  real  pleasure 
to  welcome  your  Class.  Certainly  you  did  much  for 
us  in  providing  a  musical  entertainment  I 

Looking  forward  to  seeing  you  soon,  believe  me, 

Faithfully  yours, 

Geo.  Parmly  Day. 


EEUNIONS  AND  DINNEKS  95 

New  Haven,  Conn.,  December  24,  1912. 

My  dear  Wright: 

I  appreciate  the  honor  you  do  me  in  asking  me  to 
write  something  for  the  1902  Class  book  on  the  Dean's 
office,  but  I  regret  to  say  that  I  am  not  able  to  do  so. 
My  health  has  hardly  allowed  me  to  do  even  the  work 
that  devolves  upon  me  as  Secretary  of  my  Class,  and 
it  would  not  be  right  for  me  to  add  even  the  little 
which  you  suggest. 

Cordially  yours, 

Henry  P.  Wright. 

New  Haven,  Conn.,  January  2,  1913. 

My  dear  Mr.  Wright: 

I  wish  with  all  my  heart  that  I  found  it  possible  to 
accept  your  kind  invitation  to  contribute  to  the  Decen- 
nial Record. 

Unfortunately,  such  requests  put  me  in  a  rather 
difficult  dilemma.  If  I  accept  them  I  am  compelled 
either  to  say  the  same  thing  to  different  classes  or  dif- 
ferent things  to  different  classes.  The  first  seems  to 
me  inadmissible;  the  second  is  practically  impossible. 
If  your  request  came  alone,  or  if  saying  yes  to  you 
did  not  involve  saying  yes  to  fifty  others,  I  should  be 
only  too  happy  to  comply  with  it.  Under  the  circum- 
stances I  fear  that  I  have  no  choice  but  to  decline. 

Faithfully  yours, 

Arthur  T.  Hadley. 


GOLDEN   TREASURY   OF   1902 
SONGS   AND   LYRICS 


Golden  Treasury  of  1902 
Songs  and  Lyrics 


CONTENTS 


1.  Muskogee Mac  Moore,  by  right  of,  etc. 

2.  March  of  the  Ten  Thousand Author  unknown. 

3.  Long  Cheer G.  W.  Hitner. 

4.  No  i&iding  Place Cuppy  Wylie,  by  right  of,  etc. 

5.  The  Little  Tin  Pail Buflf  Kimball,  by  right  of,  etc. 

6.  Australia Mac  Moore,  by  right  of,  etc. 

7.  Peru Brian  Hooker. 

8.  Grub  Street  Celebration Brian  Hooker. 

9.  Yes,  There  is  Eest Paul  Gilbert,  1901. 

10.  Dirty  Durfee Brian  Hooker. 

11.  Divinity  Hall Brian  Hooker. 

12.  Louis  Linder Brian  Hooker. 

13.  Ivy  Ode S.  N.  Deane. 

14.  Good-bye,  Charlie  Dean Traditional. 

15.  Give  My  Regards  to  Charlie Brian  Hooker. 

16.  Clansmen  of  Old  Eli Brian  Hooker. 

17.  Tammany Lope  Fox. 

18.  Drop  It  and  Come Brian  Hooker. 

19.  Yodle Brian  Hooker. 

20.  Switzers Lope  Fox. 

21.  Prexy  Dear Lope  Fox. 

22.  Father  William Brian  Hooker. 

23.  Loose   Camels Anon. 

24.  Old  White  Bonnet Brian  Hooker. 

25.  Eemaal !  Mooyah ! Brian  Hooker. 


100  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 


GOLDEN  TREASURY  OF  1902  LYRICS 


MUSKOGEE 


{Tune — "Unique") 

'Way  down  south  in  the  southern  land — 
Rocks  and  trees  on  every  hand, 

Rattlesnake  in  every  tree, — 

Lived  the  Cross-Ej'ed  Chief  of  the  Muskogee. 
(WahJ  Wah!  Wah!  Muskogee!) 

One  eye  follows  the  eagle's  flight, 

The  other  keeps  the  trail  in  sight; 

Two  ways  to  once  the  chief  looked  he — 
The  Cross-Eyed  Chief  of  the  Muskogee. 

On  his  back,  so  bare  and  brown, 

The  fleas  went  skipping  up  and  down — 
They  did  not  know  which  way  to  flee 
From  the  Cross-Eyed  Chief  of  the  Muskogee. 

He'd  go  in  Alumni  Hall, 

And  write  up  figures  on  the  wall. 
He'd  have  a  cinch  with  old  Bebee — 
The  Cross-Eyed  Chief  of  the  Muskogee. 

Here  we  march,  a  gallant  band; 

Pippins  watch  from  each  grandstand — 
Both  ways  we  wink  at  all  we  see — 
The  Cross-Eyed  Chiefs  of  the  Muskogee. 

Prexy  Hadley  is  all  right, 

And  so  is  old  Ex-Prexy  Dwight; 

But  how  they  wish  that  they  could  be 
The  Cross-Eyed  Chiefs  of  the  Muskogee! 

"When  we're  done  we'll  give  a  cheer 

And  throw  ourselves  upon  the  beer 
Some  see  two,  but  four  we'll  see — 
The  Cross-Eyed  Chiefs  of  the  Muskogee. 
{Wah!  Wah!  Wah!  Muskogee!) 

Mac  Moore,  by  right  of  discovery;  sung  in  the 

Bicentennial  Parade. 


SONGS  AND  LYRICS  iqi 

II 

MARCH  OF  THE  TEN  THOUSAND 
(Tune— "Up  the  Street") 

EwiKdrovi  Tpo<pat,  atai/  'EttikStovs  rpotpai,  alalf 
EwiKirovs  rpo<f>ai,  alaif  'EiriKbrov^  Tpo<pds,  alai/ 
EiriKbrovi  Tpo(pS.s,  aiai/  'EiriKirovi  Tpo(pdi,  alaif 
0  niyake  Tied  Kal  iroXiovxoi/ 

'EvreOdev  'E^eXativet 

^^rddfiovi  8vo,  TTapaa-dyyai  veyreKaideKa,  r 

'lK6vro  5'  e^s  ^a^vXwvlav — 
#eO,  <pev  AapSdKovi  yivo%f 

Author  unknown.;  sounds  like  Bed  Beaton. 

Ill 

LONG  CHEER  (REVISED  VERSION) 

Ex-Prexy  Dwight,  co-op,  co-op! 

Ex-Prexy  Dwight,  co-ed,  co-ed! 

Pond  Lily!     Sandwiches! 

Huc-Mazelet ! 

YALE ! ! ! 

George  Washington  Hitner. 

IV 
NO  HIDING  PLACE 


Oh,  who's  all  dem  people  dressed  in  redf 

Oh,  who's  all  dem  people  dressed  in  red! 

All  dem  people  dressed  in  red, 

Dey  am  de  folk  what  Moses  fed, 

And  there's  no  hiding  place  down  there! 

Chorus 

No  hiding  place  down  there, 

No  hiding  place  down  there — 

I  went  to  de  Bock  for  to  hide  my  face, 

And  de  Bock  cried  out,  ' '  No  hiding  place 

No  hiding  place  down  there  ! ' ' 


102  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 


Oh,  who's  all  dem  people  dressed  in  white t 
Oh,  who's  all  dem  people  dressed  in  white! 
All  dem  people  dressed  in  white, 
Dey  am  de  chillem  of  de  Israelite, 
And  there's  no  hiding  place  down  there! 


Sinner-man  a-sittin'  on  de  gates  of  hell. 
Sinner-man  a-sittin '  on  de  gates  of  hell — 
Sinner-man  sittin'  on  de  gates  of  hell, 
De  gate  swung  in,  and  de  sinner-man  fell — 
And  there's  no  hiding  place  down  there! 

Cuppy  Wylie,  hy  right  of  discovery. 


V 

THE  LITTLE  TIN  PAIL 


The  Little  Tin  Pail, 

It  goes  without  fail 

To  the  nearest  saloon  when  it 's  dry ; 

'Tis  better  by  far 

Than  five  cent  drinks  are, 

For  seven  cents  eight  drinks  you  can  buy. 

It  is  quite  the  dodge 

For  the  boss  of  a  lodge, 

When  thirsting  for  beer  or  for  ale, 

To  take  in  one  hand 

Your  seven  cents  and 

In  the  other  the  ' '  Little  Tin  Pail. ' ' 

We  lunch  at  our  ease, 

Eat  crackers  and  cheese. 

And  the  moments  they  fly  swiftly  by; 

No  tailors  or  debts 

May  trouble  us;  let's 

Be  merry  for  the  moments  they  fly. 

The  glasses  go  'round 

With  a  musical  sound. 

All  foaming  with  beer  or  with  ale; 

We'll  never  say  stop 

While  yet  there 's  one  drop 

Remains  in  that  ' '  Little  Tin  Pail. '  * 


Buff  Kimball,  by  right  of  discovery. 


SONGS  AND  LYEICS 


103 


VI 


AUSTRALIA 


{Musical  prelude  inexpressible  iy  cold  type,  hut  Jcnown  to  all 
warm  hearts) 


Australia,  my  boys,  is  a  very  fine  place — 

(Heave  Away!    Heave  Away!) 

And  when  we  get  there,  we'll  be  very,  very  glad — 
(We're  hound  for  Australia!) 

Chokus:  Heave  away,  my  honny  hoys — 
Heave  away,  Heave  away! 
Heave  away,  and  don 't  you  malce  a  noise, 
We're  bound  for  Australia! 


Australian  girls  don  't  wear  any  combs — 

(Heave  Away!    Heave  Away!) 

They  comb  their  hair  with  codfish  bones — 

(We're  bound  for  Australia!) 


Australian  booze  is  the  best  kind  of  booze — 

(Heave  Away!    Heave  Away!) 

It  makes  you  as  tight  as  a  new  pair  of  shoes — 
(We're  bound  for  Australia!) 

Mac  Moore,  by  right  of  discovery. 


VII 

PERU 

(Tune — "Ash  the  Man  in  the  Moon") 

Down  south  in  the  tropical  zone, 

Where  the  monkeys  hang  down  from  the  trees, 
Swinging  low 
To  and  fro 
To  the  scent  of  the  sweet  summer  breeze, 
There's  a  sunlit  and  languorous  land 

Where  there  isn't  one  damn  thing  to  do 
But  to  lie  on  your  back  and  absorb  apple-jack, 
In  the  beautiful  land  of  Peru ! 

Chobus 

In  the  beautiful  land  of  Peru, 
There 's  a  sort  of  perpetual  zoo, 
Where  you  lie  on  your  back  and  absorb  apple-jack. 
In  the  beautiful  land  of  Peru! 


104  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

In  this  beautiful  land  of  my  home 

There  are  maidens  of  beauty  supreme — 
Soft  surprise 
In  their  eyes 
And  their  shapes  a  harmonious  dream — 
All  their  garments  are  filmy  as  air — 

Paris  fashions  are  left  at  the  post — 
For  the  garments  they  wear  are  the  kind,  I  declare, 
That  become  their  complexions  the  most. 

Choeus 

In  the  beautiful  land  of  Peru, 
When  you're  weary  of  nothing  to  do, 
You  can  stroll  on  the  beach  with  a  passionate  peach 
In  the  beautiful  land  of  Peru! 

In  this  beautiful  land  when  we  drink, 
We  can  pass  ourselves  calmly  away. 
Softly  snore 
On  the  floor. 
And  be  feeling  like  bulls  the  next  day; 
And  whatever  we  please  we  can  do 

With  a  conscience  both  calm  and  serene — 
Be  it  pippins  or  beer,  we  have  nothing  to  fear — 
In  this  beautiful  land  there's  no  Dean! 

Chorus 

7)1  the  beautiful  land  of  Peru, 
You  can  drink,  smoke,  swear,  gamble  or  chew: 
You  can  do  what  you  please  with  your  conscience  at  ease 
In  the  beautiful  land  of  Peru! 

Brian  Hooker. 


VIII 

GRUB  STREET  CELEBRATION 

{The  lay  of  the  first  cornerstone) 
(Of  the  Sun  Dial) 
1.     GRAND  MARCH. 

Integer  ventri,  capitisque  durus 
Non  eget  aquis  rapidis  Hunyadi, 
Nee  laborosa  populo  somnante, 
Cascaretina. 

Sive  per  Heublein  iter  obviosus 
Sive  facturus  apud  hospitalem 
Linderem,  vel  qua>  loca  favorosus 
Lambit  Anheuser. 

Brian  Hooker. 


SONGS  AND  LYEICS 


105 


2.  Opening  address  by  PEESIDENT  HADLEY.     (J.  W.) 

3.  Spooch  by  Chief  Justice  BREWER.     (I.  P.)     (Also  of  the  police.) 

4.  Hymn  by  Edmund  Clarence  Stedman.     (B.  H.) 

5.  Spooch  by  PRESIDENT  ROOSEVELT.     (W.  H.)     (Of  San  Juan 

and  Santa  Cruz.) 

6.  THE  CEREMONY!!! 

7.  Prayer  by  ANSON  PHELPS  STOKES.     (B.  H.)   (Of  Battell  and 

Bridgeport.) 

8.  OWED  by  Anon. 

The  procession  will   form   at  Jake's  vivarium   at   ten   o'clock   sharp, 
tonight,  and  will  march  in  the  following  order: 

Donnelly  and  Weiser,  with  crossed  bangers 

HADLEY  ROOSEVELT 

The  Good  Gosh  Quartet 

Chief  BREWER 

STEDMAN  STOKES 

The  base  rabble 

"And  the  motto  that  we  use  is,  What  the  HELLf " 


IX 


YES,  THERE  IS  REST 


We  all  are  fond  of  Billy  Phelps — 

We  love  to  hear  him  teach — 
But  his  prayers  in  Chapel  sound  just  like 

An  after-dinner  speech. 

Chorus:  7  tell  you,  Yes,  there  is  rest,  etc. 

2 

Professor  Schwab  is  dear  to  us 

His  learning  is  so  deep ; 
But  the  boys  all  call  him  Casearet 

'Cause  he  works  while  they're  asleep. 


Another  course  that's  always  sure 
Our  hearts  with  joy  to  fill 

Is  Modern  Daily  Newspapers 
With  Oriental  BiU. 


The  Sheff  man  comes  home  late  at  night — 

He  thinks  he 's  going  to  die ; 
For  the  Creme  de  Menthe  and  Pousse  Caf6 

Are  coming  through  the  rye. 


106  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 


Oh,  once  I  knew  a  Vassar  girl 

Ab  thin  as  often  seen: 
Her  classmates  all  decided  that 

They'd  call  her  Vassarline! 

6 

This  English  language  is  the  deuce 

It's  hard  to  get  it  right — 
They  tell  us  that  a  man  lives  loose 

Because  he's  always  tight. 

( Traditional. ) 
And  so  on,  ad  infinitum. 


DIRTY  DURFEE 
(Tune — "Bonnie  Dundee") 


There's  a  place  on  the  Campus,  I  weel  ken  its  name. 
And  the  bra  west  o '  views  may  be  had  f  rae  the  same — 
Gin  there 's  onything  doing  ye  're  wishful  to  see. 
Why,  it's  up  wi'  the  windows  o'  dirty  Durfee! 

Then  pit  on  your  bonnet,  and  pit  on  your  gown — 
And  gather  the  lassies  frae  country  and  town — 
Gin  there's  ony  dom  rough-house  ye're  wishful  to  see, 
Why,  it's  up  wi'  the  windows  o'  dirty  Durfee! 


There's  a  cur  ran  puir  scutts  by  the  door  o'  Battel  1, 
And  there's  hoods  on  the  Profs,  like  the  hinges  o'  Hell; 
It's  time  for  Laird  Kelvin  to  draw  his  degree — 
Sae  it's  up  wi'  the  windows  o'  dirty  Durfee! 


There 's  a  braw  time  on  Tap-Day,  when  down  by  the  fence, 
A'  the  Juniors  gang  buggy,  and  sweat  most  immense — 
When  ilka  Keys  heeler  has  jumps  like  a  flea. 
Then  it's  up  wi'  the  windows  o'  dirty  Durfee! 

Then  pit  on  your  bonnet,  and  pit  on  your  gown — 
Hand  tight  to  the  lassies  for  fear  they  fa'  down — 
Gin  there's  ony  dom  rough-house  ye're  wishful  to  see, 
Why,  it's  up  wi'  the  windows  o'  dirty  Durfee! 

Brian  Hooker. 


SONGS  AND  LYRICS  107 

xr 

DIVINITY  HALL 
(Tune — "The  Low-Backed  Car") 

I'd  rather  be  an  anthropoid,  and  live  up  in  a  tree, 
Than  a  grad-u-ate  with  a  room  of  state  in  West  Divinity; 
'Tis  there  they  keep  a  student  sweep — they  lock  the  doors  at  night — 
And  you  have  to  go  round  by  the  College  Street  way  when  you're  sick 
and  tired  and  tight. — 

Chorus 

When  you  room  in  Divinity  Hall, 
■   You  hang  up  your  clothes  on  the  wall — 

Your  trousers  hang  high 

And  you  wear  a  bum  tie, 
When  you  room  in  Divinity  Hall ! 

The  crowd  that  haunt  this  happy  spot  would  take  your  breath  away — 
They're   a   sort   of   a   cross   between   Noah's   Ark   and  the   Morgue   on 

Judgment  Day! 
There's  some  that  study  Forestry,  and  some  that  study  Law, 
And  graduate  Students,  with  soft  boiled  eyes,  and  a  half  a  yard  of  jaw. — 

Chorus 

When  you  room  in  Divinity  Hall, 
You  never  get  hungry  at  all — 

For  a  look  at  the  hunch 

Is  as  good  as  a  lunch, 
When  you  room  in  Divinity  Hall ! 

Brian  Hooker, 


XII 

LOUIS  LINDER 

(Tune — "In  the  Shade  of  the  Sheltering  Palm") 

'Way  down  on  Temple  Street 

Near  the  Y.  M.  C.  A. 
There  is  a  joint 

Wherein  I  long  to  stay: 
By  the  side  of  the  bar, 

With  a  thirsty  delight. 
Where  the  Senior  is  passed  away, 

And  the  Sophomore  tight ! 
How  can  I  live  far  away 

From  this  cool  and  sweet  oasis? 
Oh,  what  a  burning  thirst  will  soon  be  mine! 

In  this  fairest  of  places, 

Full  of  beer  and  champagne, 
Oh,  Louis  Linder,  there  let  me  sign — 

In  this  valley  of  Eden, 
There  let  me  still  remain! 


108  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

Chorus 

Oh,  Louis  Under, 

Lord  of  the  foaming  stein — 
Bring  me  a  highball, 

Bring  me  a  check  to  sign. 
I  long  for  a  garden  hose, 

For  Henry's  too  slow  by  far — 
So  be  waiting  for  me  where  the  booze  flows  free, 

By  the  side  of  the  Temple  Bar! 

Sausages,  toast  and  eggs; 

Scrambled  or  boiled  or  fried — 
Welsh  rarebit,  too, 

Bad  for  a  man 's  inside. 
And  the  slimy  sardine. 

And  the  thick  mutton  chop — 
When  you  eat  at  this  joint,  I  ween, 

You  don  't  know  w  hen  to  stop ! 
There  all  the  sorrows  of  life 

Are  lost  in  golden  visions, 
Drinking  the  Moccasin  and  rare  Old  Rye — 

We  get  full  of  King  William, 
And  our  woes  drift  away — 
In  song  and  sunshine  long  hours  go  by, 

And  the  generous  Louis 

Doesn't  care  when  we  pay! 

Choeus 

Oh,  Louis  Linder, 

Lord  of  the  foaming  stein — 
Bring  me  a  highball. 

Bring  me  a  check  to  sign. 
I  long  for  a  garden  hose. 

For  Henry's  too  slow  by  far — 
So  be  waiting  for  me  where  the  boose  flows  free, 


Brian  HooTcer. 


By  the  side  of  the  Temple  Bar! 

XIII 
IVY  ODE 

"Integer  Vitae" 

Laudibus  laetae  tibi  saeculorum, 
Artium  nutrix,  hederam  dicamus. 
Quae  virens  votum  pietatis  usque 
Crescat  in  annos. 

Patriae  edoetos  operam  iuvantem 
Deserat  numquam  tua  lux  benigna, 
Derigat  praesens  varium  per  aequor 
Nos  abituros. 

S.  N.  Deanc,  1908. 


SONGS  AND  LYRICS 
XIV 


109 


GOOD-BYE,  CHARLIE  DEAN 


(Tune— "Dolly   Grey") 

We  have  come  to  say  farewell,  Charlie  Dean — 
Send  the  Faculty  to  hell,  Charlie  Dean 

We  have  passed  our  last  exam, 

And  our  books  close  with  a  slam, 

And  we  do  not  give  a  damn, 

Charlie  Dean — 

With  our  sheepskins  in  our  hand,  Charlie  Dean, 
We  will  scatter  through  the  land,  Charlie  Dean, 

And  when  three  short  years  have  passed, 

We'll  return  to  you  at  last. 

And  we'll  lash  you  to  the  mast, 

Charlie  Dean! 

Chorus 

Good-bye,  Charlie,  we  must  leave  you, 
Though  it  breaks  our  hearts  to  go — 

Father  will  no  longer  cough  up. 

And  we've  got  to  scratch  for  dough! 

Four  long  years  we've  labored  for  you — 
We're  the  worst  class  ever  seen — 

Good-bye,  Charlie,  we  must  leave  you, 
Good-bye,  Charlie  Dean! 

Traditional:  probably  by  some  1901  man,  but  sung  most  by  190S. 


XV 


GIVE  MY  REGARDS  TO  CHARLIE 


(Tune — Chorus  to  "Give  My  Regards  to  Broadway") 

Give  my  regards  to  Charlie, 

Remember  me  to  Eddie  Reed, 
Tell  all  the  damsels  down  on  Chapel  Street 

We  have  not  lost  our  speed, 
Mention  my  name  at  Mory's 

And  Heublein  's  across  the  green, 
Three  years  away. 

We're  home  today. 
Remember  me  to  Charlie  Dean. 


110  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

XVI 

CLANSMEN  OF  OLD  ELI 

{Tune — Chorus  to  "I'm  a  Yankee  Boodle  Dandy") 

We're  the  clansmen  of  old  Eli 

Watch  us  flutter  in  the  breeze, 
We  're  the  braw  young  laddies 

In  our  fine  new  plaidies, 
Notice  the  hair  on  our  knees. 

We're  the  pride  of  all  creation, 
Bright  and  beautiful  and  new, 

The  bosom  friends  of  Anson  Stokes, 
The  pride  of  Carrie  Nation, 

Stand  back,  make  way  for  1902. 

Brian  Hooker. 


XVII 

TAMMANY 

(Tune — Chorus  to  "Tammany") 

Nineteen-two,  nineteen-two! 

Now  I  ask  you,  Charlie  Dean, 

Don 't  our  knees  look  nice  and  clean  t 

Nineteen-two,  nineteen-two ! 

Handsome,  winsome. 

And  we  sin  some 

Nineteen-two ! 

Lope  Fox. 


XVIII 

DliOP  IT  AND  COME 

Drop  it,  and  come!  the  time  draws  near 

When  we  assemble  and  appear 

In  garments  marvelous  to  view 

Our  old  acquaintance  to  renew 

And  greet  remembrance  with  a  cheer. 

Let  each  to  this  behest  give  ear: — 
Bring  one-shirt-one,  white,  soft  and  clear; 
Likewise  a  four-in-hand  of  blue. 
Drop  it,  and  come! 


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All  other  things  await  you  here, 

Bed,  board,  and  raiment,  smoke  and  beer. 

In  the  great  name  of  1902 

We  sound  the  summons — this  means  you 

Whatever  else  may  interfere 

Drop  it,  and  come! 

Brian  EooTcer. 


XIX 


YODLE 


(Tune — "Daylight  Is  on  the  Sea") 


Here  we  go  marching  by. 

In  fair  array  of  garments  gay; 
We  dazzle  the  watching  eye, 

And  drive  the  cloudS  away. 
The  sun  that  shines  o  'erhead 

Serene  in  the  blue 
Shall  hide  with  blushes  red 

From  1902 ! 

(Yodle.) 

Back  to  our  home  again 

From  many  a  far  and  foreign  shore — 
Our  memories  bright  remain 

With  lights  of  long  before — 
And  all  that  there  belongs. 

Today  we  renew : — 
The  friends,  the  games,  the  songs 

Of  1902! 

(Yodle.) 

Brian  HooTcer. 


XX 


SWITZERS 

(Tune — Chorus  of  " I  Love  a  Lassie") 

We  are  the  Switzers — 

Our  wisdom  and  our  wit,  sirs. 

Are  richer  than  any  one  can  tell — 

We  don 't  say  we  're  it,  sirs. 

Nor  call  ourselves  a  hit,  sirs. 

But,  thank  you,  we  feel  quite  well! 


Lope  Fox. 


112  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

XXI 

PREXY  DEAR 
(Tune — Chorus  of  "I'm  Afraid  to  Go  Home  in  the  Dark") 

Prexy  dear, 

While  we're  here, 

It  will  never  get  dark  in  this  town ! 

Nineteen-two 

Will  promise  you 

We  won  't  let  the  lamps  go  down : 

So,  if  you're  strolling  by 

Mr.  M-O-R-Y, 

You'll  see  what  the  Swiss  can  do — 

For  there's  no  place  like  Yale 

And  there  is  no  class  like  old  1902! 

Lope  Fox. 


XXII 
FATHER  WILLIAM 

' '  You  are  old,  Father  William, ' '  the  young  grad  said, 

"You  are  feeble  and  fossil  and  frail — 
Do  you  think  you  can  drink  without  having  a  head, 

In  the  way  we  are  used  to  at  Yale  I ' ' 

' '  In  my  youth, ' '  Father  William  replied  with  a  snort, 

"I  toyed  with  a  bottle  or  two, 
In  the  days  when  you  ranked  as  a  Mellen  's  Food  sport — 

Set  'em  up,  and  I  '11  show  you  a  few. ' ' 

'  *  You  are  old, ' '  said  the  youth,  ' '  you  are  sober  and  staid — 

Yet  the  hue  of  your  holiday  clothes 
Leaves  the  lithograph  pale  and  the  poster  dismayed — 

Would  your  family  know  you  in  those?" 

*  *  In  my  youth, ' '  said  the  Father,  ' '  the  garb  of  my  class 

Knocked  the  whole  Bicentennial  silly, 
And  the  rays  of  my  raiment  still  somewhat  surpass 

King  Sol,  and  the  unemployed  lily. ' ' 

"You  are  old,"  said  the  young  man,  "and  scattered  afar 

To  the  uttermost  parts  of  the  earth. 
Will  you  really  come  back  from  wherever  you  are 

For  a  week  of  undignified  mirth?" 

"If  you  think,"  said  the  sage,  with  a  chuckle  profound, 

* '  Friends,  family,  fortune  or  fame 
Can  keep  me  away  when  the  time  comes  around — 

Just  you  wait  till  the  day  of  the  game!  " 

Brian  Hooker. 


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O 


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XXIII 
LOOSE  CAMELS 
(Tune — Chorus  of  " Sumurun") 

1902,  1902,  when  you  set  those 

Camels  loose. 
You  will  hear  the  Whiffenpoof 8 

Sing  1902,  1902, 
You  are  the  finest  Class  alive 

A  Camel  can  go  ei-eight  days  withou-ou-out  a  drink 
But  it  takes  old  1902  to  put  him 

On  the  Blink — 
Oh,  oh,  oh,  you  Nine-ine-ineteen-two. 

Anon. 

XXIV 

OLD  WHITE  BONNET 

{Tune — "Put  on  Your  Old  Gray  Bonnet") 

1 

In  the  days  of  Bicentennial,  at  Triennial  and  Sexennial, 

We  were  quite  some  flossy  breed; 
And  we  look  for  recognition  of  the  simple  proposition 

That  we  still  retain  our  speed. 
Each  member  of  our  number  is  an  enemy  to  slimiber 

And  a  howling,  yowling,  whooping  son  of  song — 
With  a  gentle,  ornamental  set  of  garments  oriental. 

And  a  thirst  just  ten  years  long! 

Chorus:  Put  on  your  snow-white  bonnet, 

With  the  red  ribbons  07i  it, 
Let  the  other  classes  clear  the  way — 
And  we  'II  go  through  New  Haven 
With  our  banners  wavin ', 
On  our  great  reunion  day! 


Though  we  note  some  alteration  in  the  rising  generation. 

As  we  reach  the  well-known  scene, 
Where  a  bunch  too  good  for  Mory's  lives  in  other  dormitories. 

And  obeys  another  Dean, — 
No  time  can  civilize  us,  or  reform  us,  or  revise  us — 

Dionysus  glorifies  us  through  and  through. 
While  the  ancient  elms  are  ringing  with  the  unforgotten  singing, 

And  the  cheers  of  Nineteen-Two ! 

Brian  Hooker. 


EEMAAL! MOOYAH! 

La»go  ^•t**w>S'U"e'iS         ,— --A  (C!HaT£r,  ad  rilr) 


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XXV 
EEMAAL!  MOOYAH! 

(No^o  first  the  multitude  shall  all  cry  aloud  with  an  exceeding  great 

voice,  saying: 

Eemaal!  Mooyah! 
This  represents  the  yodle  of  the  black-eyed  virgins  of  Paradise,  and 

signifieth  in  the  vulgar  tongue.  Oh,  Grand!  Oh,  Fine!     Thereafter 

one  shall  chant  as  followeth:) 


Lo,  a  multitude  exceeding  great,  the  gathering  legions  of  the  faithful ! 
Like  the  sands  of  Savin,  the  drinks  of  McDowell,  the  whiskers  of  Prexy, 
the  epistles  of  James! 


Open  thy  gates,  O  Osborn!  Sway,  and  be  dizzy,  O  Durfee! 

Eejoice,  O  Vanderbilt!     The  keg  is  before  thy  doors,  O  Dwight  Hall! 


I  lifted  up  mine  eyes,  and  beheld  a  solitary  lamppost  on  the  corner; 
I  lifted  up  mine  elbow,  and  behold!    two  lamp-posts  grew  where  one 
grew  before! 

{And  after  every  verse  of  the  chant,  the  multitude  shall  teat  strenuously 
upon  the  tom-tom,  evermore  leaping  and  dancing  and  praising 
Allah,  and  singing  thusly:) 

Let  the  Bong-Hong  sound. 

And  the  Hu-Gag  beat. 
And  the  Djinn-Fizz  foam  on  the  bar; 

Let  the  See- Gar  burn 

Where  the  Moslems  meet. 
For  it's  here  once  more  we  are! 


{And  thereafter  they  shall  cry  out  once  more,  Eemaal!  Mooyah!  as  it 
were  the  sound  of  a  grand  amen :  even  as  it  is  written  upon  the  page 
of  music  over  against  this  page,  in  the  Book  of  the  Ten  Years  of 
1902.) 

Verily,  there  is  no  class  but  1902,  and 
Jimmy  Wright  is  its  Secretary. 

Brian  Hooker. 


CHANGES   AT   YALE 


II 


Changes  at  Yale 

A  VIEW 

New  Buildings  and  a  New  University  Ideal  That 
Have  Come  Since  1902 

''Hello,  hello,  boys,  hello!"  remarks  Jim  Donnelly, 
as  he  sees  a  half  dozen  1902  Arabs  entering  Phelps 
Gateway.  ' '  Want  me  to  show  you  some  of  the  changes 
here  since  you  boys  were  in  college?  All  right,  all 
right,  come  along!  We've  done  some  good  things 
here  since  you  left;  we  have  done  some  not  so  good, 
too.  On  the  Old  Campus  here  the  Old  Brick  Row  was 
standing  when  you  were  in  college.  It's  all  gone  now 
except  South  Middle.  They  call  it  Connecticut  Hall, 
now,  since  it  has  been  remodeled  to  look  as  it  did  a 
hundred  years  ago,  and  the  Dean  has  his  offices  on  the 
ground  floor  of  the  building.  No,  not  Dean  Wright; 
he  is  not  Dean  any  more  and  I  am  sorry;  so  are  you, 
though  there's  a  good  big  man  in  his  place.  That  big 
stone  building  over  there  where  you  boys  remember 
Alumni  Hall,  that's  a  new  dormitory  for  Freshmen, 
built  as  a  tribute  to  Dean  Wright  and  named  after 
him,  Wright  Hall.  There's  a  new  library  building 
over  on  the  other  corner.  Over  the  top  of  Osborn  you 
see  the  Taft  Hotel,  regular  New  York  place — I  liked 
the  New  Haven  House.  The  city's  changing,  too,  as 
well  as  the  college,  new  buildings,  new  business,  new 
ideas.  The  Art  School  building,  next  to  the  library, 
there,  has  a  new  hall  built  a  year  or  two  ago.  There  is 
a  new  wing  to  Kent  Laboratory,  and  now  there  is  a 
grill  room  and  a  billiard  parlor  in  the  basement  of 


120  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

Dwdght  Hall.  That's  about  all  the  changes  on  this  old 
quadrangle  since  your  time,  except  this  red  brick  pave- 
ment in  place  of  the  old  dust  driveway. 

"Come  on  over  toward  Berkeley  Oval,"  Jim  con- 
tinues, leading  the  way  with  pleasant  pomp.  **  There 
are  some  changes  there  and  more  changes  over  Sheff 
and  Prospect  Hill  way.  The  University  has  come  out 
like  a  ribbon.  Some  of  the  old  grads  think  it  begins  to 
lie  pretty  flat,  too.  I  don't,  though.  It's  just  as  good 
now  as  it  was  in  your  time;  it  was  just  as  good  then 
as  it  was  twenty  years  before.  It's  different,  that's  all. 
Things  change;  they  have  to  change;  otherwise  they 
go  stale.  Fayerweather  was  just  finished  as  you  men 
graduated — the  Yale  Station  post  oflSce  is  there  now. 
Fayerweather  is  that  brick  building  across  from 
Durfee.  Beyond  that  is  another  brick  building,  Haugh- 
ton  Hall.  Those  are  both  dormitories.  Berkeley  Oval 
is  reserved  for  the  Juniors  now,  mostly.  At  the  end 
of  the  court,  connecting  with  Berkeley  Hall  is  Lampson, 
a  new  recitation  hall.  On  over  here,  back  of  the  Gym- 
nasium, they  have  put  in  a  couple  of  nice  things.  Mr. 
Carnegie  gave  that  first  building  back  of  the  Gymna- 
sium. That's  the  Carnegie  Swimming  Pool,  one  of  the 
best  in  the  country.  The  Swimming  Team  is  one  of  the 
best  in  the  country,  too.  Back  of  that  is  the  baseball 
cage.  The  fellows  play  baseball  there  right  through 
the  winter,  have  soccer  games  all  through  the  winter, 
too,  and  track  practice.  The  Crew  practices  in  the 
Gym  where  the  old  swimming  tank  used  to  be.  There's 
a  fine  new  boathouse,  too,  down  on  the  harbor,  beyond 
Belle  Dock,  south  of  the  old  boathouse.  There's  a 
hockey  rink  out  by  the  Field,  too,  and  in  a  year  or 
two  we  are  certainly  going  to  have  a  new  stadium  on 
the  new  80-acre  Yale  Field.    We  have  added  athletic 


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121 


buildings  even  if  we  haven't  added  many  souvenirs  to 
the  Trophy  Room.  Here  is  135  Ehn  Street.  No,  it  is 
not  the  Dean's  Office  now.  It  is  the  publishing  house: 
home  of  the  Yale  University  Press  and  the  Yale  Pub- 
lishing Association,  which  publishes  the  Alumni 
Weekly  and  the  new  Yale  Review." 

Thence,  under  the  same  genial  guidance,  the  sight- 
seeing party  comes  down  Elm  Street,  past  the  new  Day 
Missions  Library,  between  the  Divinity  halls,  contain- 
ing what  is  said  to  be  the  most  complete  collection  of 
books  relating  to  Christian  missions  in  the  world. 
Turning  up  College  Street,  they  pass  the  colonial  pil- 
lars of  Franklin  Hall,  one  of  three  new  Sheffield  society 
clubhouses  erected  since  1902  or  in  course  of  erec- 
tion now.  Next  appears  a  quaint  little  house,  white, 
with  colonial  green  blinds,  the  home  of  the  Elizabethan 
Club,  a  new  literary  organization  open  to  faculty, 
graduates  and  undergraduates  who  have  an  interest 
in  literature  and  in  rare  books.  The  nucleus  of  the 
club  life  here  is  the  most  complete  collection  of  early 
and  rare  editions  of  Elizabethan  literature  on  the 
Western  Hemisphere.  A  Yale  theater,  possibly  a  Yale 
publishing  plant — at  any  rate  a  general  headquarters 
for  graduate  and  undergraduate  literary,  dramatic, 
musical,  printing  and  publishing  interests — is  planned 
for  the  old  Hopkins  Grammar  School  lot,  on  High 
Street,  between  Wall  and  Grove,  recently  purchased  by 
graduates  and  held  in  the  name  of  the  University 
Press.  North  of  the  Elizabethan  Club,  beyond  Wall 
Street,  rise  the  Gothic  towers  of  the  two  new  Sheffield 
dormitories,  opening  up  a  new  Sheffield  Campus,  Van- 
derbilt  Square.  On  the  other  side  of  College  Street 
stand  Woolsey  Hall,  Memorial  Hall  and  the  Univer- 
sity Dining  Hall,  the  bicentennial  buildings,  and  beyond 


122  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

them  Woodbridge  Hall,  the  headquarters  of  the  general 
administrative  officers  of  the  University.  Past  'Hhat 
ridiculous  tower  of  South  Sheffield  Hall,  with  its  top- 
hat  of  an  observatory  pulled  down  about  its  ears," 
stand  on  Hillhouse  Avenue,  Kirtland  Hall,  a  Sheffield 
mineralogy  building,  and,  in  beautiful  white  Gothic, 
Leet  Oliver,  the  headquarters  of  the  Sheff  Select 
Course.  Crowding  St.  Mary's  Church  is  one  of  the 
new  engineering  laboratories,  the  Mason  Mechanical 
Engineering  Laboratory.  Across  the  street  is  building 
the  Electrical  Engineering  Laboratory  and  over  on 
Mansfield  Street  stands  the  Laboratory  of  Mining  and 
Metallurgy. 

At  the  head  of  Hillhouse  Avenue  stands  in  lofty 
grandeur  the  Old  Hillhouse  Homestead,  but  the  fields 
all  about  it  no  longer  comprise  Hillhouse  Place  nor 
Sachem's  Wood.  This  property  is  now  Pierson-Sage 
Square,  a  part  of  the  university  holdings,  and  on  it, 
already  completed,  stands  the  great  University  Physics 
Laboratory  and,  still  building,  the  larger  Laboratory 
of  Zoology,  Comparative  Anatomy  and  Botany.  These 
are  destined  for  the  use  of  not  one  but  many  of  the 
University's  departments. 

The  party,  having  concluded  the  tour  of  these  physi- 
cal evidences  of  Yale's  expansion,  departed.  But  the 
1902  Class  Scribe,  still  crying  for  more  information, 
strode  into  Woodbridge  Hall,  hunted  up  him  called  the 
Alumni  Registrar,  and  demanded :  '*Tell  me,  Ned,"  for 
neither  the  dignity  of  the  office  nor  the  officer  over- 
shadowed his  intimacy.  ''Tell  me,"  he  asked,  "what 
all  these  things  mean.  As  many  buildings  have  been 
erected  in  the  last  ten  years  as  there  were  all  put 
together  while  I  was  in  college.  The  place  has  grown 
immensely.     It  has  changed  in  some  ways,  too.    You 


CHANGES  AT  YALE  123 

have  beautiful  Elizabethan  early  editions  and  a  whole 
new  creation  of  magnificent  laboratories,  yet  you  don't 
win  football  games  any  more.  What  about  all  this 
expansion?  Sheif 's  as  big  as  Academic,  now,  and  the 
Graduate  School  seems  to  some  people  up  here  to  be 
more  important  than  either  of  them.  What  does  it  all 
mean  ? ' ' 

**I  can't  tell  you  all  that  this  recent  growth  at  Yale 
may  mean,"  I  replied.  *'A  historian  a  hundred  years 
from  now  may  be  able  to  write  the  whole  philosophy  of 
it.  I  can  tell,  though,  some  of  the  things  that  recent 
developments  at  Yale  seem  to  me  to  signify." 

** Write  it  down,"  he  requested,  ''and  let  me  have 
it  for  my  Class  Eecord." 

Here,  then,  is  the  thought  of  one  graduate  as  to  the 
significance  of  Yale's  recent  growth. 

Certain  great  changes  have  been  taking  place  at  Yale 
during  the  past  ten  or  fifteen  years  in  the  course  of  the 
transforming  of  a  noble  old  college  into  a  great  Ameri- 
can university.  The  signs  which  one  who  runs  may 
read  are  the  building  of  the  great  university  labora- 
tories on  Pierson-Sage  Square,  the  new  engineering 
laboratories,  the  great  university  library,  the  growing 
Graduate  School  and  the  transformation  of  the  profes- 
sional departments  into  graduate  departments  of 
professional  study,  the  establishment  of  the  scholarly 
Yale  Review  and  the  Yale  University  Press.  All  these 
things  are  marks  of  the  great  university,  the  seat  of 
creative  knowledge.  The  undergraduate  College  is  of 
approximately  the  same  size,  the  same  material  wealth, 
the  same  prestige  as  when  the  Class  of  1902  graduated. 
The  University  has  sprung  from  the  beginnings  and 
tendencies  of  a  decade  and  a  half  ago  to  the  magnificent 
reality  of  today. 


124  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

During  the  past  fifteen  years,  chiefly  during  the  past 
ten  years,  Yale  has  developed  a  large  and  strong  De- 
partment of  Graduate  Study,  presided  over  by  scholars 
of  international  fame  and  attracting  students  this 
year  from  182  colleges  and  universities  of  America, 
Europe  and  Asia.  Standards  of  entrance  to  the  pro- 
fessional schools  have  been  raised  so  that  now  both 
the  Medical  School  and  the  Law  School,  as  well  as  the 
Divinity  School,  are  practically  graduate  professional 
schools.  The  Forest  School  has  been  added  to  the 
University  since  1902  entered  college,  and  this  virile 
young  department  is  one  of  advanced  study,  open  to 
college  graduates.  The  departments  of  Music  and  the 
Fine  Arts  are  schools  of  high  rank  with  distinguished 
work  in  these  arts  as  an  aim  and  accomplishment. 
The  Yale  Library  has  increased  in  size  and  importance 
so  that  it  numbers  over  900,000  volumes,  many  of  its 
individual  collections — as  the  Aldis  Collection  of  first 
editions  of  American  literature — ^being  without  rival 
in  the  world.  The  collections  in  natural  history,  in  art 
and  archaeology  are  forming  the  basis  for  authoritative 
original  investigations. 

Yale's  reputation  as  a  seat  of  creative  research  is, 
of  course,  by  no  means  limited  to  recent  times.  Pro- 
fessor Marsh  had  made  his  great  collections  in  natural 
history  and  J.  Willard  Gibbs,  the  physicist,  had  con- 
ducted probably  the  most  notable  scientific  work  that 
has  ever  been  done  at  Yale,  many  years  ago.  There  have 
been  great  creative  thinkers  and  investigators  at  Yale 
throughout  its  entire  history.  The  significant  point  is 
that  the  amount  of  work  of  scholarly  investigation  and 
scientific  research  and  the  equipment  by  which  this 
work  is  done  has  been  greatly  increased  in  the  last 
decade  and  that  the  predominating  note  of  Yale  is 


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changing   from   that   of   the   college   to   that   of   the 
university. 

Here  are  a  few  contrasted  sets  of  figures  for  any  who 
may  care  to  study  them,  showing  the  comparatively 
constant  level  of  the  undergraduate  college  during  the 
years  since  the  Class  of  1902  came  to  Yale,  as  con- 
trasted with  the  rapid  growth  of  the  University: 


1899 

191g 

Enrollment  of  the  College 

1,224 

1,236 

Total  enrollment  of  the  University  . 

2,511 

t3,226 

Bachelor  of  Arts  degrees  awarded    . 

288 

281 

Total  degrees  in  course  awarded 

556 

855 

Teachers  and  officers  of  the  College 

109 

107 

Total  officers  of  instruction  and  administration  of  the 

University        .... 

278 

524 

College  Funds         .... 

$1,568,278.07 

$2,180,083.04 

General  University  Funds 

], 636,975. 79 

8,614,124.38 

Total  funds  of  University,  including 

all  departments 

$4,554,829. 45 

$13, 

824,078.33 

Yale  has  in  her  physical  development  and  in  the 
tendencies  of  her  intellectual  and  spiritual  life  been 
undergoing  rapid  transformation  from  an  undergrad- 
uate college  with  certain  connected  departments  of 
professional  study  into  a  great  university,  a  single 
organization,  emphasizing  not  only  the  undergraduate 
but   also   the   graduate   departments.     Yale   has    be- 

fln  considering  the  figures  of  enrollment,  it  should  be  borne  in  mind 
that  the  increases  in  the  total  university  registration  have  been  made  in 
spite  of  the  fact  that  the  increased  requirements  to  the  Medical  School 
and  Law  School  have  decreased  the  attendance  in  these  departments.  At 
the  same  time,  of  course,  the  growth  has  been  not  all  in  the  graduate 
departments.  The  exceedingly  rapid  growth  of  the  Sheffield  Scientific 
School  during  the  past  decade  has  been  a  large  feature  in  increased 
university  enrollment. 

^Exclusive  of  funds  of  approximately  $700,000  held  at  each  of  these 
periods  by  the  Sheffield  trustees. 


126  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

come  a  great  seat  of  creative  knowledge.  For  two 
centuries  as  a  college  she  taught  the  recognized  fields 
of  truth.  Now,  as  a  great  university,  she  is  laying 
increased  emphasis  on  the  value  of  adding  to  the  fields 
of  human  learning.  She  has  always  stood  for  an 
increase  of  light  on  what  truth  there  was  to  be  illum- 
ined ;  she  is  now  standing  for  an  increase  in  the  knowl- 
edge of  truth  as  well  as  for  full  light  upon  that  truth. 

Such  ideals,  while  particularly  emphasized  in  the 
graduate  departments,  cannot  but  affect  all.  An  active- 
brained  undergraduate  at  Yale  no  longer  is  willing  to 
read  in  a  stated  text-book  an  account  of  the  several 
stages  in  the  editing  and  publication  of  Shakespeare's 
plays ;  he  wants  to  go  over  to  the  Elizabethan  Club  and 
among  these  early  editions  of  seventeenth  century 
literature  actually  see  for  himself  the  stages  through 
which  these  works  have  passed.  The  student  is  getting 
into  the  habit  of  studying  the  Old  English  drama 
through  his  own  performances  as  well  as  by  book;  he 
has  the  opportunity  to  study  art  at  first  hand  in  the 
Yale  galleries  and  under  the  guidance  of  Yale  artists. 
The  tendency  is  to  go  out  and  talk  to  Hue  Luquiens 
about  portrait  painting  and  etching  and  learn  some- 
thing at  first  hand  from  a  master.  The  student  at  Yale 
now  is  feeling  himself  surrounded  by  the  original 
sources  of  knowledge  and  feeling  himself  shoulder  to 
shoulder  with  great  minds  which  are  creating  as  well 
as  recounting  the  domains  of  truth. 

These  tendencies  of  the  modern  student  at  Yale,  both 
graduate  and  undergraduate,  to  gain  his  knowledge 
first  hand  are  certainly  in  the  right  direction,  as  is  the 
whole  increase  in  the  scholarly  interest,  the  scientific 
spirit  and  scholarly  and  scientific  equipment  at  Yale. 
These  advances  toward  a  university  ideal  and  toward 


CHANGES  AT  YALE  127 

the  ideals  of  a  university  have,  however,  to  certain 
minds,  been  accompanied  by  some  lamentable  by-pro- 
ducts in  the  spirit  of  the  undergraduate  college.  It  is 
seldom  that  there  is  great  gain  in  any  direction  with- 
out some  loss  in  another.  A  danger  in  throwing  open 
the  possibility  of  original  investigation  and  wide  indi- 
vidual option  in  the  method  and  field  of  study  is  that 
in  the  pursuit  of  interesting  truth  the  student  may  fail 
to  gain  the  rugged  discipline  of  the  ancient  schoolmas- 
ter. There  is  slight  opportunity  in  a  broad  elective 
system  for  intellectual  competition.  There  is  slight 
opportunity  in  a  large  university  with  many  depart- 
ments for  a  man  to  match  himself  against  all  his  fel- 
lows and  find  his  points  of  weakness  and  of  strength. 
This  problem  of  maintaining  unity  and  the  elemental, 
man-to-man  competition  is  complicated  at  present  at 
Yale  by  the  recent  growth  in  material  prosperity  which 
is  characteristic  of  America  generally.  New  Haven 
now  has  a  metropolitan  hotel,  the  undergraduates  own 
automobiles,  the  frequent  trip  to  New  York  is  taken  as 
a  matter  of  course.  This  increase  of  wealth  adds  to 
the  problem  of  maintaining  a  spirit  of  solidarity  in  the 
undergraduate  world.  Some  fear  that  the  undergrad- 
uate, becoming  on  the  one  hand  so  much  a  scholar, 
and  on  the  other  so  much  a  gentleman,  may  forget  to  be 
a  man. 

The  danger  of  loss  of  esprit  de  corps,  the  possibility 
that  in  ceasing  to  hate  Harvard  we  may  forget  to  love 
Yale  and  thereby  fail  to  get  the  best  from  Yale,  the 
feared  loss  of  the  spirit  of  loyalty  and  the  benefits  in 
training  that  come  from  such  spirit:  these  are  real 
dangers.  Their  presence  has  been  somewhat  exagger- 
ated in  the  minds  of  most  graduates  by  the  fact  that  in 
recent  years  Yale  has  not  had  its  usual  brilliant  athletic 


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ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  ]902 


successes.  "What's  the  good  of  learning  to  appre- 
ciate architecture,"  a  graduate  says,  **if  you  forget 
how  to  win  at  football?"  This  is  a  problem  that 
squarely  confronts  Yale  today.  Not  the  problem  of 
winning  football  games.  Probably  not  even  the  most 
ardent  Yale  supporter  really  cares  for  that  as  an  end 
in  itself.  But  the  problem  of  maintaining  the  spirit 
of  loyalty,  the  spirit  of  keen  competition,  the  spirit  of 
fighting  zest  in  life,  the  habit  of  measuring  one's  self 
against  one's  fellows:  this  is  the  problem  that  con- 
fronts Yale.  If  we  accept  Matthew  Arnold's  definition 
of 'true  education  as  that  which  teaches  one  to  know 
himself  and  know  the  world,  then  Yale's  present  prob- 
lem is  to  make  sure  that  while  her  students  are  learn- 
ing so  well  the  great  fields  of  world  knowledge  they 
are  also  learning  equally  well  to  know  themselves. 

Edwin  Rogers  Embree,  1906. 


"Bingi.k!*"   bv  a  FiTiRK  Yai.k  Batsman 
The  Class  Boy  receivins:  instnictiDH  from  Damitt  Brown,  Walt  Krementz  catchins: 


Ai.i.AH  Be  Fhaiskd! 


Standing:     Bill  Haines,  Bill  Hamlin,  Fienry  Ely 
Kneelinsr:     Harry  Robbins,  Ray  Bissell 


CHANGES  AT  YALE  129 

ATHLETIC  RECITATIONS 

AND 

THE  NEW  YALE  FIELD 

"It  is  not  a  soul,  it  is  not  a  body,  that  we  are  training  up;  it  is  a 
man,  and  we  ought  not  to  divide  him  into  two  parts ;  we  are  not  to  fashion 
one  without  the  other,  but  make  them  draw  together  like  two  horses 
harnessed  to  a  coach." — Montaigne. 

Two  years  ago  a  group  of  Yale  men — the  Yale  Com- 
mittee of  Twenty-One,  appointed  by  the  Alumni  Advis- 
ory Committee  to  the  Corporation  of  the  University, 
undertook  to  provide  Yale  students,  present  and 
future,  with  an  adequate  playground.  Before  this  Com- 
mittee began  its  work  it  made  a  careful  investigation  of 
the  available  field  facilities  at  that  time  and  found,  to 
the  amazement  of  many  of  its  members,  that  Yale, 
advertised  far  and  wide  as  the  foremost  athletic  college 
in  the  country,  possessed  one  football  field,  two  base- 
ball diamonds  (one  convertible  into  a  football  field), 
a  very  poor  running  track  and  a  track  or  field  house, 
scarcely  more  than  a  shed,  which  did  not  properly 
accommodate  more  than  a  hundred  men,  a  small  boat- 
house  and  a  few  tennis  courts.  The  University  cata- 
logues stated  that  ''the  athletic  grounds  of  the  Uni- 
versity, known  as  Yale  Field,  are  open  to  students  in 
all  departments  of  the  University,"  and  that  "the 
Field  has  several  baseball  diamonds  and  football 
fields."  As  a  matter  of  fact,  no  man  not  a  member  of 
the  Freshman  or  University  baseball,  football  or  track 
squads  had  any  chance  to  take  exercise  on  Yale  Field 
and  had  not  had  for  a  number  of  years,  if  a  few 
attempts  at  spring  baseball  on  the  over-crowded  dia- 
monds be  excepted.  Hundreds  of  students  were  eager 
to  take  exercise  in  some  form  or  other,  but  there  was 


I 


130  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

absolutely  no  room  for  them.  There  were  no  tennis 
courts  on  Yale  Field  and  no  vacant  ground  where  even 
a  scrub  game  could  be  held. 

Coming  in  such  a  condition,  it  is  not  too  much  to  say- 
that  the  presentation  to  Yale,  through  these  gentle- 
men's efforts,  of  eighty  acres  of  new  territory, 
opposite  the  present  field,  is  one  of  the  greatest  in 
Yale's  history,  and  will  have  an  incalculable  influence 
for  good.  Many  are  thinking  that  the  efforts  of  the 
Committee  of  Twenty-One  are  concentrated  on  the 
building  of  a  giant  coliseum,  where  all  who  wish  to  see 
the  big  football  games  may  be  accommodated.  But 
while  this  is  important  in  its  way  for  the  graduates  and 
undergraduates  and  their  friends,  it  is  as  nothing  to 
the  gift  of  the  playgrounds  themselves  and  the  ample 
opportunity  they  will  present  for  physical  exercise  of 
one  sort  or  another  to  generations  of  Yale  students. 

When  the  new  field  has  reached  its  complete  devel- 
opment, there  will  be  ten  or  a  dozen  baseball  diamonds, 
eight  football  fields,  a  score  or  more  of  squash  and 
tennis  courts  and  club  house  facilities  for  fifteen  hun- 
dred men.  In  addition  to  the  proposed  plan  for  field 
work,  through  the  generosity  of  certain  Yale  gradu- 
ates, there  has  recently  been  finished  at  the  harbor  a 
large  and  well-equipped  boathouse,  and  still  more 
recently  a  baseball  cage  in  the  rear  of  the  Gymnasium, 
which  practically  doubles  the  capacity  of  that  over- 
taxed building,  for  general  exercise  may  be  taken 
there  by  any  student  of  the  university  except  at  certain 
hours  when  the  floor  is  occupied  by  the  baseball  or 
track  squads.  All  this  is  athletic  development  in  its 
truest  sense. 

The  Yale  authorities  spend  much  time  and  thought 
on  the  morals  and  minds  of  the  young  men  temporarily 


CHANGES  AT  YALE  131 

under  their  care,  but  they  spend  little  or  no  time  or 
thought  on  the  care  of  the  bodies  of  these  same  young 
men.  There  is  a  Gymnasium,  it  is  true,  where  one  may 
pull  chest-weights  and  punch  the  bag  and  take  various 
other  forms  of  exercise  under  a  roof,  and  there  has  been 
some  attempt  here  to  make  certain  forms  of  exercise 
for  the  Freshmen  compulsory.  But  gymnasium  work 
appeals  to  a  small  number  of  men,  and  the  worst  of  it 
is  that  those  who  need  physical  exercise  most  are 
least  inclined  to  take  it  in  the  form  it  is  now  offered. 

When  the  playgrounds  are  completed  would  there  be 
any  serious  objection  to  the  Yale  faculty  requiring  a 
certain  number  of  athletic  ''recitations"?  In  other 
words,  why  shouldn't  athletics  be  made  a  part  of  the 
regular  curriculum,  to  count  on  work  for  a  B.A.  or 
Ph.D.  degree?  There  are  many  things  taught  at  Yale 
today  of  less  importance  than  the  strengthening  and 
building  of  the  body  in  out-of-door  sports.  If  college 
is  a  place  in  which  to  prepare  the  mind  for  the  strug- 
gle of  life,  it  ought  equally  to  be  a  place  where  the 
body  is  trained  and  strengthened.  Too  many  men  who 
go  out  of  Yale  today,  as  out  of  every  other  American 
college,  are  trained  in  mind  for  the  work  they  propose 
to  do  in  the  world,  but  are  hopelessly  deficient  in  bodily 
strength  to  carry  them  through  life's  battle.  Many 
times  they  are  overtopped  in  the  contest  with  men  of 
small  mental  training  who  have  the  bodily  strength  to 
stand  the  pressure  the  world  demands. 

This  is  not  an  argument  for  athletics  of  the  highly 
specialized  sort  of  which  Yale  has  more  than  enough. 
It  is  an  argument  not  for  athletic  building  but  for  man 
building,  for  the  training  of  a  man's  body  as  well  as 
his  mind  to  the  end  that  he  may  be  better  fitted  than 
ever  to  be  a  leader  of  the  world.    College  authorities 


132  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

will  not  discharge  their  full  obligations  to  the  students 
under  their  care  until  they  have  arrived  at  some  fairer 
balance  of  training  between  mind  and  body. 

A.  Man. 


ON  CLASS  SPIRIT 

Reveries  of  a  Bachelor 

{One  of  the  last  left!) 

"Thought  depends  on  the  habitual  exercise  of  the  speculative  faculties: 
action  on  the  determination  of  the  wUl.  The  one  assigns  reasons  for 
things,  the  other  puts  causes  into  acts. ' '    Wm.  Haslitt. 

I  recently  spent  several  days  in  New  Haven,  and 
could  not  but  notice  a  certain  change  in  the  Class  spirit. 
It  seems  that  the  present  tendency  of  the  undergrad- 
uates is  speculative  and  philosophical.  I  found  less 
of  that  quick-deciding,  rush-in-and-do-it  attitude  of 
mind  which  used  to  lead  us  into  performances,  often 
ridiculous  enough  in  themselves,  but  making  for  that 
intimate  fellowship  which  has  always  been  a  particular 
attribute  of  Yale  life.  I  think  the  first  time  our  Class 
really  got  together  was  on  just  such  an  occasion  after 
a  Harvard  debate.  We  knew  nothing  of  the  debate,  of 
course,  but  as  we  were  studying  quietly  in  our  rooms, 
such  being  our  wont,  a  strange  cry  resounded  through 
York  Street.  ** Oh,  Freshmen,  more  wood!"  Up  from 
our  desks,  down  the  stairs,  into  the  street  we  rushed. 
We  looked  for  wood,  we  found  it.    We  bore  it  to  the 


CHANGES  AT  YALE  133 

Campus.  Behind  North  College,  near  the  treasury,  a 
bonfire  roared  and  crackled.  We  had  never  seen 
victorious  bonfires.  We  had  not  known  that  Fresh- 
men were  expected  to  feed  them.  But  we  had  our 
orders  to  bring  more  wood,  and  we  brought  it.  And 
as  we  watched  the  flames,  reddening  the  snow,  and  saw 
the  slender  towers  of  the  Library,  the  square  mass  of 
the  Treasury  building,  looming  through  the  firelit  shad- 
ows, while  the  sparks  whirled  up  through  the  crackling 
branches  of  the  elms,  we  knew  that  our  Class  had  ful- 
filled a  tradition.  And  we  were  better  Yale  men.  Noav 
the  modern  tendency,  as  I  understand  it,  would  have 
been  at  the  cry,  "More  wood!"  to  stop  and  consider. 
What  did  it  mean?  Why  leave  our  comfortable  rooms, 
our  tasks  undone?  Why  bring  wood?  Where  was 
wood  to  be  found?  Would  the  gathering  of  it  not  lead 
to  trouble  with  the  Watch?  Would  the  Faculty  wholly 
approve  ? 

' '  The  profound  judgment  which  soberer  people  pique 
themselves  upon  is,  in  truth,  a  want  of  passion  and 
imagination."  As  I  saw  the  somewhat  too  elegant 
youths  swarming  the  corridors  of  the  new  hotel, 
crowding  the  tea-room,  I  wondered  whether  passion 
and  imagination  were  not  rather  at  a  discount.  We 
needed  both  to  enjoy  as  we  did  the  stained  and  tat- 
tered walls  of  Billy's,  the  muddy  brew  he  served,  the 
reeking  toasted  cheese  on  brown-veined  crockery. 
Your  undergraduate  of  today  needs  neither  to  appre- 
ciate crab-flake  in  silver,  or  the  fragrant  Oolong 
that  he  sips  from  dainty  Sevres.  So,  too,  he  is  quite 
free  from  either  passion  or  imagination  as  he  ponders 
as  to  whether  the  Fence  Rush  is  not  an  outgrown, 
senseless  custom,  harking  back  to  the  days  when  ablu- 
tions were  performed  at  the  college  pump ;  and  whether 


134  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

the  damp  spheroid  of  snow  impinging  on  the  ear  is  not 

an  archaism  of  little  true  worth  or  value.    And  while 

he  reasons  thus,  Washington's  Birthday  comes  and  j) 

goes,  and  with  it  a  tradition  of  Spartan  days,  perished  V 

of  too  much  thought.  | 

It  is  a  part  of  the  graduate's  education  to  learn  how 
much  better  things  were  managed  when  he  was  in  col- 
lege than  at  any  other  time.  He  never  realizes  it  while 
he  is  there,  but  let  him  be  out  five  or  ten  years,  and 
he  knows  that  his  particular  time  was  the  best.  I  am 
glad,  for  my  part,  that  we  had  no  motor  cars,  and  no 
Sunday  exodus;  that  our  tastes  were  simple,  that  we 
could  enjoy  ''Florodora,"  or  ''The  Runaway  Girl,"  | 

as  well  from  Mr.  Bunnell's  dizzy  heights  as  in  the  pit —  i 

"to  be  once  more  struggling  up  those  inconvenient 
staircases,  pushed  about,  and  squeezed,  and  elbowed 
by  the  poorest  rabble  of  poor  gallery  scramblers." 
And  what  would  we  have  done  with  telephones  in  every 
entry?  Has  conversation  come  down  to  a  few  words 
in  a  box?  Has  the  cry,  "Oh,  Bill  Johnson,  stick  out 
your  head,"  passed  into  Limbo?  I  think  that  the 
Pass  of  Thermopylae — that  one  good  licking  for  a 
year's  freshness — ^made  a  better  Omega  Lambda  Chi  ;; 

than  do  the  Whiff enpoofs,  for  all  their  pink  ballet  skirts. 
And  why  have  they  taken  to  tea  ?    Nat  Willis,  in  a  time  ', 

when  light  wines  were  the  thing,  I  make  no  doubt  / 

scorned  the  Yale  men  who  came  before  him,  because  ^ 

they  cared  for  Pirate  Swizzle,  and  the  rum  of  old  Med-  f 

ford.  Even  while  Ik  Marvel  was  recalling  that  "cozy 
sit-down  with  oysters  and  champagne,"  the  fancies  of 
the  undergraduates  were  turning  to  malt  liquor.  And 
Stedman  of  the  '50  's  wrote : 


In  fallow  college  days,  Tom  Harland 
We  both  have  known  the  ways  of  Yale, 


CHANGES  AT  YALE  135 

And  talked  of  many  a  nigh  and  far  land, 

0  'er  many  a  famous  tap  of  ale. 
There  still  they  sing  their  Gaudeamus, 

And  see  the  road  to  glory  clear ; 
But  taps,  that  in  our  day  were  famous. 

Have  given  place  to  Lager  Bier, 

The  great  teetotum  whirls,  and  each  new  generation 
cares  but  little  for  the  opinions  of  those  before  it.  Did 
we  ask  the  ancients  of  1892  whether  they  approved  of 
our  tobys  and  welsh  rarebits  I  Then  why  complain  that 
the  undergraduate  of  today  is  allured  by  jam  sand- 
wiches and  the  innocuous  teapot?  Well,  because  we 
want  no  Yale  men  with  "violets  instead  of  laurel  in  the 
hair."  Because  the  "China  Luxury,"  two  lumps  of 
sugar,  and  a  bit  of  lemon  peel,  are  Corinthian,  because 
they  tend  toward  that  effeminacy  that  Hazlitt  says  is 
the  attribute  of  the  too  speculative  and  philosophical 
temperament,  the  temperament  that  is  threatening  the 
traditions  of  action,  and  the  old  Class  spirit. 

A  curious  thought  comes  to  me.  Are  we  doing  our 
part  to  maintain  the  spirit  of  the  Class?  Are  we  our- 
selves tending  too  much  toward  thought,  too  little 
toward  action?  Looking  for  motes,  have  we  neglected 
to  see  the  beam?  Mere  speculation  is  by  no  means 
enough.  Class  spirit  is  strangely  elusive  and  intangi- 
ble. It  is  like  the  cord  Gleipner  in  the  Norse  Saga, 
which,  though  it  is  so  strong  that  nothing  can  break  it, 
is  yet  as  soft  and  fine  as  a  silken  thread.  Such  is  the 
bond  that  joins  us :  not  to  be  broken,  but  so  delicate  we 
sometimes  almost  forget  its  existence.  We  give  it  a 
mighty  tug  once  in  three  or  four  years,  to  show  how 
fast  it  is  holding.  But  it  is  a  long  time  now  to  Quin- 
decennial — and  probably  a  hard,  rough,  troublesome 
time,  at  that.    Before  we  come  together  again,  we  may 


136  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

have  had  a  dreary  fight  to  keep  undimmed  those  senti- 
ments we  felt  in  the  "May  morning  of  life,  when  we 
only  knew  the  world  through  hooks  and  thought  it  to 
be  all  that  poets  had  painted  it. ' '  We  may  even  grow 
worldly-wise,  and  come  to  believe  sour  Machiavelli — 
that  it  is  better  to  be  feared  than  loved,  seeing  that 
the  generality  of  men  are  ungrateful,  fickle,  false, 
cowards,  covetous  and  wholly  base.  We  shall  feel  the 
need  in  the  next  five  years,  as  never  before,  of  the  old 
memories.  They  will  recall  the  lessons  of  service,  of 
truth,  of  unselfish  endeavor.  They  will  help  us  to  keep 
unchanged  the  ideals  formed  in  our  first  youth.  Yale 
calls  to  us : 

'  *  Failing, — still  feel  the  fire : 

Winning, — still  keep  the  dew : 
Striving, — still  hear  the  lyre: 
This  be  my  prayer  for  you  ! ' ' 

And  as  we  remember,  so  shall  we  hear  her  voice.  Most 
men  are  alone  in  the  battle.  We  have  the  fellowship  of 
the  Class. 

It  is  true  that  we  don't  have  many  opportunities  of 
seeing  one  another  now ;  but  there  is  a  subtile  alchemy 
which  will  bring  us  back  to  an  association  almost  as 
perfect  as  when  we  lived  within  the  Campus  close.  It 
may  be  invoked  by  dipping  one's  pen  in  the  ink  horn. 
No  man  in  the  Class  is  really  farther  away  than  the 
corner  letter-box.  ' '  I  am  insensibly  chatting  to  you  as 
familiarly  as  when  we  used  to  exchange  good-morrows 
out  of  our  old  contiguous  windows."  Thus  Elia,  writ- 
ing to  the  Antipodes.  It  is  as  easy  for  me  to  send  a 
letter  to  Smith  in  Skatchewan  as  it  was  to  walk  from 
my  room  in  Fayerweather  to  his  in  Welch.  But  have 
I  done  it?    All  through  the  four  years  we  were  together. 


CHANGES  AT  YALE  137 

we  walked,  and  talked,  and  smoked  our  pipes,  and  had 
our  glass  at  Louis 's.  We  wrenched  the  meaning  from 
Euripides,  on  wintry  afternoons.  We  heeled  the 
Record,  the  Courant  and  the  Lit.  We  criticised  each 
other's  glo^ving  periods.  Long  evenings  by  the  fire 
we  ''mused  on  what  had  gone  and  what  remained  of 
life." — Does  he  still  live  in  the  days  of  Queen  Anne, 
or  have  Galsworthy  and  Snaith  supplanted  Addison  in 
his  affections  ?  Are  those  seven  volumes  of  ' '  Clarissa ' ' 
finished?  How  likes  he  Strindberg  and  Anton 
TchskoffI  We  discovered  Maeterlinck  and  Stephen 
Phillips,  those  ardent  young  men,  back  in  '99.  I  won- 
der if  he  reads  them  now  when  they  have  grown  so 
great.  We  should  have  kept  together  through  the  last 
ten  years.  Our  lives  had  been  richer.  I've  planned 
many  letters  to  him;  but — for  what  have  I  been  criti- 
cising the  undergraduates? 

Charles  Lamb — than  whom  few  nobler  letter-writers 
lived — gives  this  advice :  ' '  Accustom  yourself  to  write 
familiar  letters  on  common  subjects  to  your  friends, 
....  such  as  are  of  a  good  understanding. ' '  We  have 
the  friends  of  good  understanding,  could  we  but 
accustom  ourselves  to  write.  And  as  we  think  of  a 
familiar  letter  as  a  thing  to  be  approached  prayerfully 
and  with  due  contemplation,  we  avoid  subjects  that  are 
common  and  interesting.  Lost  in  a  haze  of  thought,  we 
fail  of  action.  Come,  let  us  drop  the  speculative  and 
philosophical,  and  like  practical  men  drive  upon  the 
immediate  realities.  I  have  just  read,  in  Arnold  Ben- 
nett's "Mental  Efficiency,"  that  we  can  build  up  our 
flabby  intellects  by  such  simple  calisthenics  as  writing 
a  few  lines  every  day.  I  propose  to  make  the  experi- 
ment, and  to  use  for  my  mental  dumb-bells  short,  famil- 
iar letters  to  the  men  of  1902.    Not  to  undertake  too 


138 


ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 


much  at  the  beginning,  I  will  write  only  three  times  a 
week.  But  by  all  the  gods,  I  will  write  and  I'll  make 
that  useless  half-hour  after  dinner  do  some  work,  on 
Mondays,  Wednesdays  and  Fridays.  Now  suppose 
that  half  of  these  letters  were  answered.  Suppose  that 
even  a  hundred  of  our  three  hundred  should  set  up  a 
like  little  mental-gymnasium  of  their  own.  There  would 
be  a  renaissance  of  letter  writing  quite  without  parallel 
in  the  annals  of  the  Classes.  Old-fashioned  familiar 
letters,  on  the  common  subjects  we  meet  in  the  day's 
work,  would  be  flying  between  us.  Old  interests  would 
reappear,  old  friendships  rally,  new  ones  spring  into 
being.  The  memories  of  our  early  youth  would  quicken. 
The  half -forgotten  dreams  would  come  again.  Through 
the  turmoil,  the  din  of  the  iron-hammered  years,  would 
sound  more  full  and  clear  the  voice  of  the  Class.  Our 
Quindecennial — a  meeting  of  men  who  have  kept 
together — would  show  to  Yale  what  the  old  Class  spirit 
was.  Suppose  it  doesn't  seem  practical.  Don't  stop 
to  argue.  We  have  had  ten  years  of  thought.  Now 
for  some  action ! 

Alfred  M.  Cressleb. 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 


Once  I  saw  Mountains  angry, 

And  ranged  in  battle-front. 

Against  them  stood  a  little  man ; 

Aye,  he  was  no  bigger  than  my  finger. 

I  laughed,  and  spoke  to  one  near  me, 

"Will  he  prevail?" 

"Surely,"  replied  this  other; 

' '  His  grandfathers  beat  them  many  times. ' ' 

Then  did  I  see  much  virtue  in  grandfathers, — 

At  least,  for  the  little  man 

Who  stood  against  the  Mountains. 

Stephen  Ceane. 


I  saw  a  man  pursuing  the  horizon; 

Eound  and  round  they  sped. 

I  was  disturbed  at  this; 

I  accosted  the  man. 

"It  is  futile,"  I  said, 

"You  can  never" — 

"You  lie,"  he  cried, 

And  ran  on. 


Stephen  Crane. 


Autobiographies 


Here  is  the  Request  : 

''The  changing  guests,  each  in  a  different  mood, 
Sit  at  the  roadside  table  and  arise : 
And  every  life  among  them  in  likewise 
Is  a  soul's  board  set  daily  with  new  food." 

Each  tells  his  tale  to  me,  the  Inn  Keeper,  and  passes 
on,  but  the  value  of  the  record  depends  entirely  on  how 
much  of  yourself  you  put  into  your  tale. 

James  Weight, 

Class  Secretary. 

Now  follow  the  answers,  wherein  I  have  tried  to 

"leave  unadorned  by  needless  art 
The  picture  as  it  came. ' ' 


Franklin  Abbott 

Partner  in  the  firm  of  Janssen  &  Abbott,  architects,  Renshaw 
Building,  Pittsburgh,  Pa. 

Residence,  Darlington  Road,  Schenley  Park,  Pittsburgh,  Pa. 

Born  August  24,  1880,  in  Pittsburgh,  Pa.,  the  son  of  Wil- 
liam Latham  Abbott,  who  is  engaged  in  the  steel  business,  and 
Annie    (Wainwright)    Abbott.     He  is  of  English  ancestry. 


142  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

One  brother,  William  Latham  Abbott,  Jr.,  was  graduated  at 
Yale  in  the  Class  of  1904  S.,  and  another,  Wainwright,  is  a 
member  of  the  Class  of  1914  S. 

Prepared  at  Lawrenceville  School  in  New  Jersey  and  at  La 
Chatelaine,  Geneva,  Switzerland.  He  achieved  no  honors  in 
athletics,  but  went  in  rather  for  musical  and  dramatic  clubs 
and  the  Literary  Magazine.  At  Yale  he  drew  for  the  Record, 
was  a  member  of  the  Dramatic  Association  and  of  the  Wran- 
glers, thus  continuing  in  the  line  of  his  earlier  inclination. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  Kraut  Club,  University  Club  and 
Psi  Upsilon. 

He  married  on  June  1,  1907,  in  Bryn  Mawr,  Pa.,  Mary 
Vauclain,  Bryn  Mawr  1904,  daughter  of  Samuel  ]\I.  Vauclain 
of  Rosemont,  Pa.,  They  have  one  daughter,  Mary  Vauclain, 
born  May  6,  1912,  in  Lausanne,  Switzerland. 

Upon  graduation  he  spent  one  year  at  Columbia 
studying  architecture,  and  then  entered  the  office  of 
Alden  &  Hanlon,  architects,  of  Pittsburgh.  In  1904  he 
spent  nine  months  in  Paris,  continuing  his  architectural 
study  and  the  remainder  of  the  year  in  a  Pittsburgh 
architect's  office.  Later  he  went  to  Canada,  built  a 
house  as  an  investment  in  Cobourg  and  then  returned 
to  Paris  for  further  study. 

In  1905,  with  Benno  Janssen,  a  graduate  of  the  Uni- 
versity of  Kansas,  he  formed  a  partnership  for  the 
practice  of  architecture,  and  has  met  with  signal  suc- 
cess. Although  one  of  the  younger  Pittsburgh  firms 
they  have  received  flattering  notices  and  among  their 
contracts  have  numbered  several  large  club  buildings. 
A  Pittsburgh  paper,  in  January,  1911,  announcing  that 
the  firm  had  been  especially  asked  to  be  one  of  twelve 
to  submit  plans  for  the  Northwestern  University  at 
Evanston,  111.,  said,  ''The  firm  entered  into  the  com- 
petition for  the  new  University  of  Pittsburgh  group, 
and  out  of  sixty-five  competitors  from  all  over  the 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  143 

United  States  took  second  prize,  Palmer  &  Hornbos- 
tel's  plans  only  being  considered  better." 

His  politics  are  Republican  and  he  is  an  Episcopa- 
lian by  inheritance,  though  not  a  member  of  any  church. 
His  club  membership  includes  the  Pittsburgh  and 
Pittsburgh  Golf  clubs  and  the  Pittsburgh  Athletic 
Association. 

The  following  storj^  about  Frank  comes  from  a  New 
York  architect.  Frank  was  trying  the  exams  for  the 
Beaux  Arts  in  Paris,  when  he  met  our  mutual  friend : 
''I'm  through  with  studying  in  Paris,"  says  he,  ''I'm 
going  home  to  start  out  for  myself  and  get  married. 
I  don't  suppose  I  can  live  with  a  wife  for  less  than 
$10,000  a  year,  so  of  course  I  must  make  money ! "  This 
conversation,  taken  mth  the  history  above,  shows  that 
"as  a  man  thinks,  so  is  he."  Frank  is  a  loyal  1902 
and  contributed  several  dramngs  of  life  in  Paris. 
They  are  very  effective,  but  unfortunately  would  not 
reproduce  w^ell,  and  had  to  be  omitted.  If  you  want 
to  see  a  sample  of  his  splendid  work,  stop  off  at  Pitts- 
burgh and  look  at  the  Pittsburgh  Athletic  Club;  you 
will  be  well  repaid. 

"My  interests  in  life,"  he  writes,  "are  first,  family; 
second,  professional  success;  third,  painting  and 
collecting;  fourth,  travel." 

Gardner  Abbott 

Lawyer,  practicing  independently  at  1310  ScJiofield  Building, 
Cleveland,  Ohio'f 

Residence,  1935  East  Seventy-fifth  Street,  Cleveland,  Ohio 

Born  December  11,  1878,  in  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  the  son  of 
Major  Willard  Abbott  (died  February  24,  1907),  Rochester 

-{-Italicized  addresses  are  preferred  for  mailing  purposes. 


144  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

University  1858,  who  was  engaged  in  general  business,  and 
Caroline  (Younglove)  Abbott  (died  February  24,  1900).  His 
ancestry  was  English. 

Prepared  at  Andover,  where  he  played  football,  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  glee  club  and  of  P.  A.  E.  At  Yale  he  played  on 
the  Freshman  and  University  Squad  (College)  football  teams 
and  was  on  the  Class  Crew  in  Sophomore,  Junior  and  Senior 
years.  He  held  an  oration  Junior  appointment  and  a  disser- 
tation Senior  appointment.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Wigwam 
Debating  Club  and  a  member  of  He  Boule,  Kraut  Club,  Uni- 
versity Club,  Alpha  Delta  Phi  and  "Wolf's  Head. 

He  married  on  October  16,  1912,  in  Cleveland,  Ohio,  Lois 
Allen,  daughter  of  Mrs.  Luther  Allen. 

On  leaving  college  he  entered  the  Columbia  Law 
School,  where  he  was  a  member  of  Phi  Delta  Phi  and 
business  manager  of  the  Columbia  Law  Review.  After 
graduating  in  1905,  he  at  once  took  a  position  mth 
Blandin,  Rice  &  Ginn,  in  Cleveland.  Since  1909  he  has 
maintained  an  independent  office  for  the  practice  of 
law.  He  is  also  an  officer  or  director  in  the  following 
companies:  the  Pifer  Posetype  Company,  Posetype 
Company,  Ohio  Bates  Valve  Company,  Bates  Valve 
Bag  Company,  Bruce  Meriam  Abbott  Company,  Bruce 
Macbeth  Company,  Abbott  Realty  Company,  etc. 

He  received  the  degree  of  LL.B.  from  Columbia 
University  in  1905.  He  is  a  Republican  in  politics  and 
a  Presbyterian  in  church  affiliation.  He  is  a  member 
of  all  the  desirable  social  clubs  in  Cleveland,  including 
the  Yale  Alumni  Association,  the  University  Club  and 
the  Hermit  Club,  and  has  taken  frequent  part  in  the 
theatrical  entertainments  of  these  clubs. 

Gardner  doesn't  write,  he  sings!  All  the  letters  I 
have  from  him  brim  with  good  fellowship  and  have  a 
businesslike  tone,  too.    He  writes :  ' '  As  an  exponent  of 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  I45 

theatrical  education,  I  have  inculcated :  first,  a  love  of 
home  in  the  Cleveland  Yale  public,  by  appearing  in 
Yale  Club  smokers;  second,  a  knowledge  of  where 
charity  begins,  in  the  appearances  in  charity  shows; 
third,  a  desire  for  the  simple  life,  in  the  general  public, 
by  appearing  in  the  Hermit  Club  performances.  Sic 
transit  gloria  Abbotti." 


Oliver  Sidney  Ackley 

Secretary  to  the  President  of  the  Niles-Bement-Pond  Com- 
pany, manufacturers  of  machine  tools,  111  Broadway, 
New  York  City 

Residence,  1402  Pacific  Street,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Born  November  10,  1879,  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  the  son  of 
Oliver  Smith  Ackley  (died  October  23,  1908),  a  lawyer,  and 
Susan  V.  (Cahoone)  Ackley.  Of  English  ancestry  on  his 
father's  side  and  of  Dutch  on  his  mother's.  Two  relatives 
who  were  graduated  at  Yale  are  Walter  Frederick  Carter  and 
Lewis  Fox  Frissell,  both  of  the  Class  of  1895. 

Prepared  at  the  Boys'  High  School,  Brooklyn,  where  he 
was  a  member  of  all  the  athletic  teams  and  was  also  interested 
in  debating.  At  Yale  his  college  activities  also  manifested 
themselves  along  the  line  of  athletics  and  he  made  both  the 
Freshman  Football  Team  and  the  Freshman  Crew,  the  Var- 
sity Football  Scrub  Team  and  the  Varsity  Crew,  and  man- 
aged the  Gym  Team  in  Senior  year.  He  was  president  of 
the  University  Gymnastic  Association  in  Senior  year.  He 
received  a  second  dispute  appointment  Junior  year  and  a 
colloquy  Senior  year,  and  was  a  member  of  Zeta  Psi. 

He  married  on  April  3,  1907,  in  Dorchester,  Mass.,  Laura 
Augusta  Wood,  Wellesley  1902,  daughter  of  Charles  Francis 


146  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

Wood,  deceased.     They  have  one  son,   Oliver  Brinckerhoff, 
born  September  17,  1910,  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

After  graduation  he  found  some  difficulty  in  secur- 
ing congenial  business  surroundings,  trying  finance, 
the  hop  business,  real  estate  with  E.  A.  Cruikshank  & 
Company,  and  street  railways  with  the  Brooklyn  Rail- 
road Company.  Since  1904  he  has  been  secretary  to 
the  president  of  the  Niles-Bement-Pond  Company, 
manufacturers  of  machine  tools. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Tompkins  Avenue  Congrega- 
tional Church. 

Ack  is  modest  still,  and  does  little  talking,  but  no 
matter  when  you  drop  in  he  has  a  cordial  greeting  and 
is  never  too  busy  to  give  you  a  moment  of  his  time. 
His  ear  is  close  to  the  financial  ground — "for  if  the 
country  doesn't  buy  tools,"  says  Ack,  ''the  country  is 
in  poor  shape. ' '  The  entertaining  point  is  that,  unlike 
most  financial  forecasts,  this  idea  of  his  works,  proving 
that  his  powers  of  observation  have  developed  with  his 
years. 

Clarence  Henry  Adams 

President    of    the    Proudfit-Ormsby    Commission,    wholesale 
produce  merchants,  1547  Market  Street,  Denver,  Colo. 

Residence,  1728  "Williams  Street,  Denver,  Colo. 

Born  October  14,  1879,  in  Black  Earth,  Wis.,  the  son  of 
Frank  Adams,  a  manufacturer  and  merchant,  and  Emma  J. 
(Wilson)  Adams.  He  is  of  English  ancestry.  Alva  Blan- 
chard  Adams,  1896  S.,  is  a  relative. 

Prepared  at  the  Denver  High  School,  where  he  was  lieuten- 
ant of  the  cadet  corp,  and  a  member  of  the  track,  football 


AUTOBIOGEAPHIES  147 

and  basketball  teams.  In  college  he  held  an  oration  appoint- 
ment in  Junior  and  Senior  years  and  a  high  oration  stand  for 
four  years,  receiving  honors  in  history  and  political  economy 
courses.    He  was  a  member  of  the  Corinthian  Yacht  Club. 

He  married  on  August  15,  1905,  in  Denver,  Eugenia  H. 
McFarlane,  daughter  of  William  0.  McFarlane,  an  iron  manu- 
facturer, of  Denver.  They  have  two  sons,  both  born  in  Denver, 
Colo. :  Clarence  Henry,  Jr.,  born  July  23,  1906,  and  Eugene 
Hale,  bom  January  13,  1912. 

On  leaving  college  he  entered  the  Colorado  Ice  & 
Cold  Storage  Company,  becoming  a  director  in  1904, 
and  acting  as  treasurer  from  1904  to  1907.  Since  1903 
he  has  been  secretary  and  a  director  of  the  Adams 
M.  &  M.  Company,  and  since  1905,  director,  treasurer 
and  manager  of  the  Proudfit-Ormsby  Commission 
Company,  of  which,  he  is  now  president. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Denver  Club. 

Shorty  writes:  "Although  from  heredity  afflicted 
with  the  ivanderlust,  I  have  overcome  this  influence 
and  stuck  to  Denver  ever  since  graduation.  Being 
ambitious  after  leaving  college  to  tackle  a  difficult  busi- 
ness in  the  hope  of  quick  rewards,  I  went  with  the 
Colorado  Ice  &  Cold  Storage  Company,  a  company 
owned  principally  by  my  father,  so  that  any  mistakes 
I  made  could  be  charged  against  the  family  exchequer 
without  painful  publicity. 

'  *  In  July,  1905, 1  bought  a  half  interest  in  the  Proud- 
fit-Ormsby Commission  Company,  and  since  that  time 
have  been  engaged  in  the  handling  of  all  kinds  of 
perishable  produce  in  a  wholesale  way.  Such  an  occu- 
pation involves  too  much  work  to  permit  of  much  travel 
and  mine  has  been  limited  to  a  few  trips  to  the  Pacific 
coast  and  the  South.  I  am,  however,  an  optimist  in 
business  and  feel  that  I  shall  soon  be  able  to  take  things 


148  .     ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

easier,  devote  more  of  my  time  to  my  wife  and  two 
boys  and  to  pleasures  which  can  be  forgotten  if  the 
habit  of  long  hours  of  hard  work  becomes  too  fixed. ' ' 

Ellis  Adams 

Associated  with  Payson  McLane  Merrill  in  the  real  estate  and 
insurance  business  at  481  Fifth  Avenue,  New  York  City 

Residence,  30  Hampton  Terrace,  East  Orange,  N.  J. 

Born  March  4,  1880,  in  East  Orange,  N.  J.,  the  son  of 
Hon.  Frederic  Adams,  Yale  1862,  a  lawyer  and  judge  of  the 
Circuit  Court  of  New  Jersey,  and  Ella  (King)  Adams  (died 
in  1897).  He  is  of  Scotch  ancestry.  Some  of  his  Yale  rela- 
tives are  Atherton  Noyes,  1885,  Edward  Parish  Noyes,  1880, 
David  McGregor  Means,  1868,  and  Arthur  Godwyn  King, 
1910. 

Prepared  at  Lawrenceville  School  in  New  Jersey.  In  col- 
lege he  was  a  Wrangler  and  a  member  of  the  Dunham  Boat 
Club,  Delta  Kappa  Epsilon  and  Wolf's  Head. 

He  married  on  December  4,  1905,  Margaret  Potter,  a  grad- 
uate of  the  Misses  Ely 's  School,  daughter  of  Henry  A.  Potter, 
of  East  Orange,  N.  J.  They  have  two  daughters,  both  born 
in  East  Orange:  Frances,  born  August  16,  1907,  and  Mar- 
garet, born  December  29,  1908. 

Adams  was  engaged  in  the  commission  business 
directly  after  graduation,  later  going  into  insurance 
brokerage.  In  January,  1912,  he  became  associated 
with  his  classmate,  Merrill,  who  combines  a  real  estate 
business  with  insurance. 

He  is  a  Republican  and  a  member  of  the  Episcopal 
Church.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Yale  Club  of  New 
York  City  and  the  Essex  County  Country  Club. 

Bruno  throws  some  light  upon  Pete's  life  (more 
than  Pete  himself  does)  and  on  his  own.    He  writes: 


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AUTOBIOGEAPHIES  149 

*'I'm  sure  you  will  make  allowances  for  this,  ray  first 
literary  effort,  when  you  consider  the  difficulties  I 
encounter  in  arriving  at  the  proper  composed 
frame  of  mind  requisite  for  so  momentous  an  under- 
taking as  the  present.  My  now  habitual  and  highly 
nervous  state  of  mind  and  body  has  been  brought  on 
as  the  result  of  my  close  association  for  the  past  year 
with  our  classmate,  Pete  Merrill,  who  has  been  attempt- 
ing to  transform  my  quiet  personality  into  that  of 
associate  news  heeler  for  his  real  estate  and  insurance 
office  at  481  Fifth  Avenue.  Before  enjoying  my  pres- 
ent intellectual  treat  with  the  high-strung  and  fidgety 
Pete,  I  aspired  for  some  three  years  after  graduation 
towards  the  peaceful  existence  of  salesman  in  a  dry 
goods  commission  house.  In  1905,  upon  being  informed 
that  the  life  of  a  much  traveled  woolen  salesman,  while 
affording  one  a  'highly  polished'  and  certainly  very 
economical  existence,  was,  nevertheless,  not  regarded 
favorably  from  a  marriageable  point  of  view  and  being 
very  desirous  to  agree  with  my  informant,  I  conceived 
the  rosy  idea  of  gaining  great  wealth  by  insuring 
rather  than  selling  the  woolens,  and  consequently  de- 
generated into  becoming  a  member  of  that  misguided 
and  impoverished  class  of  society  calling  themselves 
insurance  brokers,  who  in  number  may  be  truthfully 
likened  to  Ford  automobiles  in  that  the  production  of 
both  throughout  the  country  is  the  same,  viz.,  one  in 
every  three.  While  too  poor  to  possess  a  Ford,  I  am, 
nevertheless,  very  rich  in  my  'informants,'  consisting 
of  my  Original  Infallible  and  two  others,  named 
Frances  and  Margaret,  aged  five  and  four,  for  whose 
advice  also  I  have  the  greatest  respect  and  who  now 
tell  me  I  have  bored  you  long  enough. ' ' 


150  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

George  Waugh  Albin 

Secretary  of  the  Seattle  &  Lake  Washington  "Waterway  Com- 
pany, 1610  Hoge  Building,  Seattle,  Wash. 

Residence,  East  Seattle,  Wash. 

Born  August  21,  1879,  in  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  the  son  of  Dr. 
Robert  Albin,  a  graduate  of  the  Missouri  Medical  School  (died 
March  16,  1892),  and  Clarinda  (Ousley)  Albin  (died  August 
24,  1879).     His  father  was  of  Scotch-Irish  descent. 

Prepared  at  Smith  Academy,  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  where  he 
engaged  in  the  usual  prep  school  activities.  In  Yale  he  was 
a  member  of  the  Gym  Team  for  three  years  and  captain  in 
Senior  year.  He  won  his  Y  for  all-round  gymnastic  cham- 
pionship for  Yale  and  was  also  awarded  the  Heaton  testi- 
monial, and  won  second  all-round  gymnastic  champion- 
ship of  the  Intercollegiate  Gymnastic  Association  in  1901  and 
1902. 

He  married  on  August  26,  1903,  Clarice  Effie  Bruns,  daugh- 
ter of  Louis  David  Bruns,  deceased,  formerly  of  Seattle. 
They  have  four  children,  all  born  in  Seattle,  Wash. :  Clarice 
Virginia,  born  December  27,  1904;  Robert,  born  March  3, 
1907 ;  Thomas  Bruns,  born  April  11,  1909,  and  George  Waugh, 
Jr.,  born  December  18,  1911. 

He  left  college  with  the  intention  of  entering  the  lum- 
ber business  and  was  first  connected  with  the  Weyer- 
hauser  Timber  Company  of  Everett,  Wash.  Later  he 
engaged  in  lumber  brokerage  until  February,  1904, 
when  he  became  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  Seattle- 
Everett  Railway  Company,  having  charge  of  the  con- 
struction of  seventeen  miles  of  electric  railroad. 

In  1908  he  resigned  and  began  an  independent  busi- 
ness in  real  estate  investments,  dealing  chiefly  with 
the  lands  opened  up  by  the  railroad  with  which  he  had 
previously  been  connected.    In  February,  1910,  lie  ac- 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  151 

cepted  an  invitation  to  enter  the  Seattle  &  Lake  Wash- 
ington Waterway  Company  as  assistant  secretary, 
later  becoming  secretary,  his  present  position. 

He  is  a  Eepublican  in  politics  and  in  1908  ran  for 
County  Commissioner,  winning  second  place  in  a  field 
of  nine.  He  is  a  member  of  the  University  Club  of 
Seattle. 

Here  is  an  exchange  of  compliments.  It  was  the 
Secretary's  good  fortune  to  visit  Seattle  in  the  spring 
of  1910.  Emerson  said  the  only  thing  in  the  West 
that  was  up  to  the  ''Blow"  was  the  Yosemite,  but 
I  cannot  agree  with  him.  Not  only  is  there  marvel- 
ous scenery,  but  good  fellowship  keeps  pace.  Binnie 
gave  up  business  and  entertained  me,  and  I  advise 
everyone  to  drop  in.     [Ed.  comment.] 

"The  'Halved  Trophy'  awarded  me  as  a  long  dis- 
tance traveler  reached  here  during  the  latter  part  of 
last  week  and  I  was  more  than  delighted  to  see  the 
result  that  had  been  obtained  by  dividing  this  cup.  No 
sooner  had  I  placed  this  trophy  in  a  prominent  position 
in  my  office  when  in  walks  Bill  Godfrey,  who  is  on  his 
way  home  to  'Frisco.  He,  too,  was  delighted  ^vith  the 
effect,  and  we  both  feel  as  if  we  had  done  the  right 
thing  in  dividing  this  trophy — in  fact,  it  makes  the  win- 
ning of  it  rather  unique. 

' '  Permit  me  to  say  to  you  what  I  have  said  to  dozens 
of  our  classmates,  our  Secretary  is  a  real  live  wire  and 
is  endowed  with  that  spirit  which  is  indescribable  and 
can  only  be  compared  to  the  Seattle  Spirit.  The  suc- 
cess of  the  1902  Decennial  is  your  glory.  I  will  move 
mountains,  if  necessary,  to  get  to  Quindecennial. 

"P.  S.  I  had  to  move  part  of  a  mountain  in  order 
to  get  to  Decennial.  I  believe  I  pointed  out  where  the 
mountain    was."      The    mountain    referred    to    was 


152  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

washed  down  from  the  middle  of  the  city  into  Puget 
Sound  and  sold  for  shore  front  property.  It's  a  way 
they  have  in  the  West. 


John  deKoven  Alsop 
Avon,  Conn. 

Born  April  7,  1879,  in  Middletown,  Conn.,  the  son  of  Dr. 
Joseph  Wright  Alsop,  Connecticut  State  senator  and  repre- 
sentative, and  lieutenant  governor  in  1890  (died  in  June, 
1891),  and  Elizabeth  Winthrop  (Beach)  Alsop  (died  m  1889). 
His  father  attended  the  Sheffield  Scientific  School  in  1858; 
a  great-great-uncle  and  two  brothers  were  graduated  at  Yale : 
Hon.  Samuel  Whittelsey  Dana,  1775;  Joseph  Wright  Alsop, 
Jr.,  1898  S.,  and  Francis  Johonnot  Oliver  Alsop,  1903. 

Prepared  at  Groton  School  and  in  college  was  a  member  of 
the  Corinthian  Yacht  Club,  University  Club,  He  Boule,  Delta 
Kappa  Epsilon  and  Scroll  and  Key. 

He  is  unmarried. 

On  graduation  he  entered  the  publishing  firm  of 
R.  H.  Russell  in  New  York  City  and  upon  the  dissolv- 
ing of  this  firm  in  1903  remained  Avith  Mr.  Russell, 
who  became  the  publisher  of  the  Metropolitan  Maga- 
zine. He  worked  in  the  editorial  department  of  this 
paper  until  his  resignation  in  1910,  since  which  time 
he  has  not  engaged  in  business,  spending  most  of  his 
time  in  travel,  having  been  around  the  world  via  Japan 
and  Siberia.  He  is  an  Episcopalian.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Progressive  party. 

John  writes:  **I  have  no  excuse  for  sending  this, 
my  life  history,  so  late,  save  that  my  life  history  is  so 
slow." 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  153 

Coleman  Emanuel  Andel 

Lawyer,  practicing  independently  at  1  Liberty  Street, 
New  York  City 

Yale  Cluh,  30  West  Forty-fourth  Street,  New  York  City 

Born  August  28,  1879,  in  Belleville,  111.,  the  son  of  Col. 
Casimir  Andel,  a  banker,  and  Louise  (Kircher)  Andel.  He  is 
of  German  ancestry  on  his  father's  side  and  of  French  on  his 
mother's.  His  Yale  relatives  are  Joseph  Casimir  Andel,  1907, 
and  Theodore  Engelmann  Andel,  1907  S.,  cousins. 

Prepared  at  the  Belleville  High  School,  where  he  served 
his  class  as  president,  and  with  tutors.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  Gym  Team  in  1901  and  1902  and  received  a  dissertation 
appointment  in  Junior  and  Senior  years. 

He  is  unmarried. 

He  completed  his  education  by  taking  the  course  in 
the  Yale  Law  School,  where  he  was  a  member  of 
Corbey  Court.  He  received  the  degree  of  LL.B.  in 
1904  and  commenced  his  business  life  shortly  after- 
wards in  Pittsburgh,  working  for  the  Potter  Title  & 
Trust  Company.  In  September,  1905,  he  went  to  Wash- 
ington, Pa.,  working  for  the  Union  Fidelity  Insurance 
Company  of  Pittsburgh,  but  in  December  of  the  same 
year  he  returned  to  Pittsburgh,  entering  the  law  office 
of  Mr.  Arthur  0.  Fording,  where  he  remained  until 
September,  1907.  In  1906  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar 
of  Pennsylvania.  Six  months  of  enforced  leisure  in 
1907  and  1908  were  divided  between  the  Battle  Creek 
Sanitarium  and  a  Connecticut  farm,  and  in  March, 
1908,  he  resumed  his  law  work  with  Brooks  &  Eckley, 
la^vyers,  of  New  York  City.  He  is  now  engaged  in 
independent  practice  in  New  York  City. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Yale  Club  and  the  Northport 
Yacht  Club. 


154  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

Dutch  writes :  "You  will  realize,  of  course,  that  on  so 
short  notice,  especially  as  I  am  weary  from  a  long  day 
of  arduous  work — I  can  give  but  the  barest  outline  of 
my  astonishing  career.  Yet,  as  its  glory  flowered  and 
flourished  during  the  four  years  we  spent  together 
under  the  choicest  of  old  elms,  as  at  no  time  before  or 
since — for  was  I  not  the  attic  recluse  of  Library  Street 
in  Freshman  year  and  room  fellow  to  the  Humiston  in 
Senior  and  so  need  no  chronicle  at  this  late  day? — a 
simple  recital  of  my  origin  and  peregrinations  is  all 
that  logically  has  place  in  this  document. 

''Aside  from  that  ^BlumenzeW  already  referred  to, 
then,  it  may  be  said  that  there  have  been  no  momentous 
facts,  excepting  always  'the  strange  and  silent  tragedy 
of  being,'  in  which  we  all  play  leading  parts. 

"Belleville,  111.,  admits  its  being  the  geographical 
locus  of  my  birth  and  my  parents  love  me  well.  Around 
that  fair  city  cling  the  associations  of  my  childhood  and 
youth.  In  fact,  I  seldom  strayed  beyond  her  purlieus 
until  the  call  to  Yale  stirred  me  forth  in  1898.  At  that 
time  it  was  not  a  common  thing  for  the  youth  of  the 
town  to  go  East  to  college  and  I  had  no  plans  for  such 
a  move  when  I  finished  the  local  high  school. 

"Yet  my  indulgent  father  scented  in  me  some  taste 
for  a  little  further  schooling,  and  not  wishing  to  influ- 
ence me  directly,  allowed  me — as  I  confessed  a  will- 
ingness when  he  suggested  it — to  become  tutoree  to  a 
friend  of  his  learned  in  the  classics.  It  chanced  that 
at  the  same  time  I  had  a  neighbor,  David  C.  Thomas 
(1900),  at  Yale  whom  I  had  seen  during  vacations  and 
whom  I  saw  again  the  first  Christmas  after  entering 
my  desultory  tutorings.  Somehow  I  shortly  thereafter 
decided  to  enter  Yale  and  was  able  to  do  so,  by  dint  of 
excessive  hard  work  and  careful  tutoring,  the  next  fall. 


AUTOBIOGEAPHIES  155 

**It  was  easy  to  stay  in  New  Haven  and  I  studied 
law.  Then  I  vacationed  on  the  ancestral  domains  for 
a  few  months  and  went  to  Pittsburgh,  where  I  worked 
at  titles  and  prepared  for  admission  to  the  bar.  I  was 
admitted  and  took  an  apprenticeship  in  the  office  of 
Mr.  A.  0.  Fording ;  but  three  years  of  Pittsburgh  was 
as  much  as  I  could  stand  on  account  of  the  barbarities 
of  the  climate.  Ensued  a  vacation  during  which  I 
visited  Battle  Creek  Sanitarium  on  account  of  nerve 
sickness  and  general  run  down  condition,  and  served 
a  short  term  during  the  panic  of  1907-08  in  the  First 
National  Bank  of  Belleville  (of  which  papa  is  now 
president;  but  I  am  not  sure  enough  that  it  was  my 
influence  that  procured  him  the  position,  to  aver  it) 
as  chief  pacifier  of  irate,  lachrymose  and  clamorous 
depositors.  Then  I  came  East  again  and  after  a  few 
months  on  a  Connecticut  farm,  the  said  Humiston 
lured  me  to  New  York  and  thrust  me  into  a  clerkship 
in  a  law  office  that  he  had  recently  left  to  go  into  prac- 
tice for  himself.  I  served  my  apprenticeship — as  you 
can  readily  imagine  (sound  of  clearing  the  throat) 
with  distinction;  and  am  now  engaged  independently 
in  the  general  practice  of  the  law  at  1  Liberty  Street, 
New  York. 

''And  further  affiant  sayeth  not,  being  now  smitten 
with  a  pain  in  the  medulla  and  palsied  withal." 

William  Gilbert  Anderson,  M.D. 

Professor  and  Director  of  the  Gymnasium,  Yale  University, 
New  Haven,   Conn. 

Residence,  1151  Chapel  Street,  New  Haven,  Conn. 

Born  September  9,  1860,  in  St.  Joseph,  Mo.,  the  son  of 
Edward  Anderson,  a  Congregational  minister,  who  served  as 


156  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

colonel  in  the  Twelfth  Indiana  Cavalry,  and  Harriet  F. 
(Shumway)  Anderson.  He  is  of  Scotch- Irish  ancestry.  His 
Yale  relatives  are  Henry  Burrall  Anderson,  1885,  and  Henry 
Hill  Anderson,  1916. 

Prepared  at  the  Roxbury  Latin  School,  Boston,  Mass.,  and 
received  the  degree  of  M.D.  at  Adelbert  College,  Brooklyn, 
in  1883.  He  taught  seven  years  at  the  latter  school  and 
attended  the  summer  schools  of  the  University  of  Utah,  Uni- 
versity of  California  and  Chautauqua.  While  taking  the 
undergraduate  course  at  Yale  he  was  treasurer  of  the  Minor 
Athletic  Association  and  received  a  Senior  colloquy  appoint- 
ment. 

He  married  in  1881,  in  Pittsburgh,  Pa.,  Grace  Lee  Phillips, 
daughter  of  Charles  Phillips,  a  cotton  broker,  of  Memphis, 
Tenn.  They  have  one  son,  William  Lawrence,  Yale  ex- 
1906  M.,  born  in  December,  1882. 

The  history  of  this  member  of  1902  embraces  not  ten 
years  but  nearly  thirty  since  he  received  his  first 
degree,  and  he  has  devoted  this  period  to  the  direction 
of  physical  education  in  many  places.  He  was  dean 
of  the  Chautauqua  School  of  Physical  Education  from 
1885  to  1904 ;  president  of  the  Brooklyn  Normal  School 
of  Physical  Education,  1885-1892;  president  of  the 
Anderson  Normal  School  of  Gymnastics,  1893-1903. 
His  connection  with  Yale  University  dates  from  1893, 
when  he  became  associate  director  of  the  gymnasium, 
being  advanced  to  professor  and  director  in  1904.  He 
was  the  director  of  the  Physical  Education  Depart- 
ment of  the  Yale  Summer  School,  and  in  the  summer 
school  of  the  University  of  California  in  1912.  He 
is  at  present  a  director  of  the  New  Haven  Y.  M.  C.  A., 
chairman  of  the  State  Board  of  Social  Hygiene,  etc. 

He  received  the  degree  of  M.A.  at  Yale  in  1903, 
M.S.  in  1909,  and  was  one  of  the  first  seven  to  be 
awarded  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Public  Healtli   at 


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AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  157 

Harvard,  receiving  this  degree  in  1912.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Congregational  Church.  He  has  written 
many  articles  on  the  subject  of  gymnastics  and  hygiene 
which  will  be  found  in  the  bibliographical  notes.  He  is 
a  member  of  Chi  Psi,  Alpha  Kappa  Kappa,  and  many 
medical  associations. 

Doc  writes  about  gym  improvements:  "Without 
being  guilty  of  handing  bouquets  to  ourselves  we  can 
rightly  say  that  the  gymnasium  is  to  be  found  in  the 
front  ranks  mth  other  departments  at  Yale  which  have 
made  long  strides  forward  during  the  past  decade. 
The  progress  is  due  quite  as  much  to  the  efficient  help 
of  the  Director  as  it  is  to  any  other  cause,  hence  the 
'associates'  should  receive  their  share  of  thanks. 

"The  beautiful  new  swimming  pool,  which  in  many 
respects  is  the  most  satisfactory  of  all  college  natato- 
riums,  was  made  possible  by  assistance  from  Mr.  Car- 
negie and  Mr.  Reid  of  New  York. 

"The  latest  addition  to  the  plant,  the  large  steel 
cage  for  winter  practice,  enables  the  football,  baseball 
and  track  men  to  carry  on  their  training  during 
inclement  weather.  There  need  be  no  break  in  their 
preparation  now,  they  are  'always  fit.' 

"In  the  gjTQuasium  proper  we  find  four  new  squash 
and  handball  courts,  the  gift  of  Mrs.  Thompson, 
mother  of  John  Henry  Thompson,  Jr.,  of  the  Class 
of  1897,  a  memorial. 

"The  football  and  baseball  teams  have  fine,  spacious 
rooms,  where  the  old  Turkish  baths  were  located,  and 
the  Crew  have  installed  a  new  tank  in  the  old  swim- 
ming quarters.  The  wrestlers  have  two  large  rooms 
in  the  basement,  lighted  by  electricity,  ventilated  by 
fans  and  adjacent  to  the  modernized  shower  baths. 
The  athletes  will  take  an  extra  room  this  winter,  equip 


158  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

it  with  their  own  lockers  and  thus  make  more  efficient 
their  efforts. 

^'A  committee  made  up  of  Treasurer  George  Parmly 
Day,  DeWitt  Cochrane  and  Dr.  W.  G.  Anderson  will 
oversee  the  changes  in  the  Trophy  room.  These 
changes  to  cost  about  twelve  thousand  dollars.  Flags 
will  be  put  in  glass  cases,  pictures  placed  in  the  hall- 
ways, balls  and  trophies  of  all  kinds  better  housed. 
The  entire  building  is  to  be  lighted  by  electricity,  the 
installation  to  cost  about  $4000.  Gas  will  be  a  memory, 
we  trust. 

''Bubbling  founts,  vacuum  cleaners,  hot  air  cabinets 
for  drying  and  sterilizing  clothing,  added  equipment 
for  the  offices  and  main  floor  all  increase  the  efficiency 
of  the  department  of  physical  training.  More  men 
than  ever  use  the  building. 

"Lectures  on  'Right  Living'  are  given  to  the  Aca- 
demic Freshmen  and  compulsory  gymnastics  form  part 
of  the  first  year  curriculum  in  the  college.  We  can 
thus  accurately  report  progress. 

"We  now  wait  for  some  graduate  in  the  Class  of 
1902,  who  has  found  the  key  to  the  strong  box  of 
Midas,  to  come  forward  and  purchase  the  property 
adjoining  the  gymnasium,  and  thus  make  it  possible 
for  us  to  promise  still  greater  progress.  Our  ear  is 
to  the  ground." 

Roseoe  Whalen  Armstrong 

Office  Manager  for  the  C.  E.  Armstrong  Company,  wholesale 

and  retail  hardware  merchants,  235  Fifth  Avenue, 

Clinton,  Iowa 

Residence,  1201  North  Second  Street,  Clinton,  Iowa 

Born  February  2,  1878,  in  Clinton,  Iowa,  the  son  of  Charles 
Emerson  Armstrong,  a  merchant,  and  Ida   (Whalen)   Arm- 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  159 

strong.  He  is  of  Scotch- Irish  ancestry  on  his  father's  side 
and  of  Dutch  on  his  mother's. 

Prepared  at  the  Princeton- Yale  School  in  Chicago,  111. 

He  married  on  October  9,  1907,  in  Clinton,  Iowa,  Ruby- 
Elizabeth  Stone,  daughter  of  Augustus  Lisbon  Stone,  presi- 
dent of  the  Stone-Cook  Lumber  Company.  They  have  two 
sons,  both  born  in  Clinton,  Iowa:  Roscoe  Whalen,  Jr.,  born 
April  22,  1910,  and  Kenneth  Stone,  born  October  8,  1911. 

Since  graduation  he  has  been  associated  in  business 
with  his  father,  at  one  time  serving  as  secretary  and 
now  as  office  manager  of  the  C.  E.  Armstrong  Com- 
pany, wholesale  and  retail  hardware  merchants. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  and  of 
the  Wapsipinicon  Club  of  Clinton. 

Roscoe  writes:  ''After  leaving  New  Haven  in  the 
summer  of  1902  as  a  graduate  member  of  that  re- 
nowned Class,  I  returned  to  my  home  in  Clinton,  Iowa. 
At  once  entered  business  with  my  father,  who  is 
engaged  in  the  wholesale  and  retail  hardware  business 
in  Clinton.  Have  remained  continuously  in  same  busi- 
ness ever  since. 

"Attended  a  Western  Graduates  Association  dinner 
in  Chicago  soon  after  graduation  and  was  present  at 
Triennial  reunion.  Regretted  exceedingly  my  inability 
to  attend  Decennial.  Have  had  the  pleasure  several 
times  of  entertaining  members  of  the  Class  at  my  home. 
Just  recently  had  friend  Nisbet  and  wife  up  for  Sun- 
day dinner.  Nisbet  gave  me  all  the  Decennial  news. 
Also  lots  of  interesting  information  about  a  great  many 
of  the  Class  members.  We  took  the  Class  album  down 
and  took  up  the  entire  Class,  alphabetically,  as  they 
appear  in  the  book.  When  we  finally  reached  Golden 
Bartlett  Yung  it  was  time  to  light  up.  A  very  enjoy- 
able afternoon  in  which  ten  years  receded  into 
yesterday. ' ' 


160  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

Anthony  Brown  Arnold 

In  the  Engineering  Department  of  the  American  Agricultural 

Chemical  Company,  manufacturers  of  fertilizer,  92  State 

Street,  Boston,  Mass. 

Born  March  31,  1881,  in  "Wells,  Maine,  the  son  of  Rev. 
Henry  T.  Arnold,  a  graduate  of  Brown  University,  and 
Amelia  V,  (Leith)  Arnold. 

Prepared  at  Norwich  Free  Academy,  Norwich,  Conn.  In 
college  he  won  a  third  DeForest  prize  in  Freshman  year, 
received  a  dissertation  Junior  appointment  and  a  dispute 
Senior  appointment. 

He  married  on  September  20,  1911,  in  Plainville,  Conn., 
Ruth  Goodrich,  Mount  Holyoke  1907,  daughter  of  Russell 
Treat  Goodrich. 

After  graduation  he  was  for  a  few  months  engaged 
in  work  for  the  Worcester  &  Danielson  Trolley  Com- 
pany, and  then  in  Plainville,  Conn.,  with  manufactur- 
ing interests.  In  the  fall  of  1904  he  entered  the 
Massachusetts  Institute  of  Technology,  where  he  was 
graduated  in  1907.  Since  the  latter  date  he  has  been 
with  the  American  Agricultural  Chemical  Company, 
serving  as  a  field  engineer. 

He  received  the  degree  of  B.S.  from  Massachusetts 
Institute  of  Technology  in  1907.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Central  Congregational  Churcli  of  Boston  and  its 
Young  People's  Club  and  Men's  Club.  He  is  also  a 
member  of  the  Boston  Technology  and  Yale  clubs,  the 
American  Society  of  Mechanical  Engineers  and  the 
American  Institute  of  Electrical  Engineers. 

Tony  writes:  ''This  work  with  the  line  gang  was 
along  their  trolley  extension  to  Moosup,  Conn.  It 
was  first-rate  in  the  summer,  but  around  Thanksgiving 
it  began  to  get  cold.    I  then  gave  it  up  and  wont  to 


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AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  161 

Plainville,  Conn.,  where  I  entered  the  employ  of  the 
Clark  Caster  Company,  as  an  apprentice  tool-maker 
and  handy  man.  This  being  a  small  shop,  I  had  much 
experience  of  a  varied  nature,  so  that  at  the  end  of 
two  years  I  had  mastered  most  of  the  ins  and  outs  of 
that  business.  Meanwhile  I  had  become  interested  in 
gas  engines  and  had  taken  the  agency  for  the  Holley 
runabout. 

"In  the  fall  of  1904  I  pulled  up  stakes  and  entered 
Massachusetts  Institute  of  Technology.  I  will  state 
that  I  first  spent  one  hard  month  plugging  up  descrip- 
tive geom  and  analyt.  By  this,  and  also  by  the  help 
of  Bush,  who  was  then  a  Senior  there,  I  got  in.  Here, 
for  the  first  time  in  my  life,  I  learned  what  work  was. 
Ten  hours  a  day  at  the  bench  were  nothing  compared 
to  it.  If  it  had  not  been  for  Bush,  who  always  encour- 
aged me  by  telling  me  how  much  easier  the  work  I 
was  taking  was  than  his  work,  I  don 't  see  how  I  could 
have  stood  it. 

"There  is  one  good  thing  they  do  have,  and  that  is 
a  good  four  months'  summer  vacation.  I  spent  most 
of  this  well-earned  rest  at  Lake  George  with  Bush. 
There  we  lived  in  a  log  cabin  and  ran  motor-boats. 

"The  second  year  at  Tech  was  a  little  worse  than 
the  first.  But  I  felt  fit  and  it  was  soon  over.  I  then 
spent  the  summer  of  1906  in  Bridgeport,  where  I  was 
employed  by  the  Ashcroft  Manufacturing  Company 
as  a  draughtsman.  I  kept  my  trunk  in  Stratford, 
which,  as  you  probably  know,  is  not  noted  except  for 
its  mosquitoes. 

"After  another  hard  winter  in  Boston,  I  received 
the  exalted  degree  of  B.S.  from  Tech  in  1907.  I  imme- 
diately went  mth  the  American  Agricultural  Chemical 
Company  as  a  member  of  the  construction  department. 


162  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

with  headquarters  as  above  stated.  My  duties  con- 
sisted of  designing  buildings  and  arrangement  of 
machinery  and  figuring  sizes  of  machines  and  power 
plant  equipment  for  any  of  the  forty-one  different 
plants  which  were  to  be  changed  or  added  to. 

'*It  is  a  first-rate  place  for  experience  and  I  am  still 
with  the  A.  A.  C.  Company.  This  summer  [1908],  for 
a  change  during  the  hot  weather,  I  was  sent  to  Havana 
to  supervise  the  installation  of  new  machinery  in 
our  warehouse  there.  It  ^\dll  probably  be  Maine  or 
Michigan  next  winter,  but  I  like  it." 

Anthony's  experience  is  like  George  Ade's,  who, 
after  spending  the  winter  on  the  Riviera,  said  the  next 
winter  he  would  spend  in  Duluth  where  he  could  keep 
warm.  *'I  have  spent  three  winters  at  the  phosphate 
mines  in  Florida.  Have  lived  in  many  places  during 
the  last  ten  years,  and  next  to  New  Haven,  I  like 
Boston  by  far  the  best.  At  present  my  home  is  where 
my  hat  hangs.  I  took  the  right  course  when  I  entered 
the  field  of  engineering.  I  enjoy  the  work  and  I  think 
have  made  good  so  far." 

George  Wheeler  Babcock 

Treasurer  of  the  Puritan  Cordage  Mills,  manufacturers  of 

cotton  cordage,  1564  Story  Avenue,  Louisville,  Ky. 

Residence,  River  Road,  Louisville,  Ky. 

Born  May  12,  1879,  in  Neenah,  Wis.,  the  son  of  Havilah 
Babcock  (died  in  April,  1905),  a  paper  manufacturer,  and 
Frances  E.  (Kimberly)  Babcock.  He  is  of  English  and  Dutch 
ancestry.  A  brother,  Henry  Kimberly  Babcock,  was  gradu- 
ated at  Yale  in  the  Class  of  1899  S.,  and  a  brother-in-law, 
William  Meade  Robinson,  Jr.,  in  the  Class  of  1911, 

Prepared  at  Andover  and  in  college  was  a  member  of  the 
University  Club  and  Psi  Upsilon. 


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AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  163 

He  married  on  February  7,  1906,  in  Louisville,  Ky.,  Anne 
Mason  Bonnycastle  Robinson,  daughter  of  William  Meade 
Robinson,  of  Louisville,  Ky.  They  have  two  sons,  both  born 
in  Louisville :  George  Kimberly,  born  January  23,  1907,  and 
William  Meade  Robinson,  bom  May  23,  1910. 

Since  graduation  he  has  been  connected  with  manu- 
facturing concerns  only;  first  with  Kimberly  &  Clark 
Company,  paper  manufacturers,  later  with  the  Howe 
Manufacturing  Company,  manufacturers  of  brass 
goods,  and  since  1909  with  the  Puritan  Cordage  Mills, 
in  which  he  holds  the  position  of  treasurer. 

He  is  a  Republican  and  a  member  of  the  First  Pres- 
byterian Church  of  Neenah,  Wis.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Tavern  Club  and  the  Louisville  Country  Club. 

George  writes:  ''My  first  summer  I  did  nothing,  but 
in  the  fall  of  1902  I  went  West  with  Romer  Teller  for 
several  weeks.  After  coming  back  from  there  I  went 
to  work  for  Kimberly  &  Clark  Company,  paper  manu- 
facturers at  Appleton,  Wis.,  where  I  worked  about  a 
year.  From  there  I  came  to  Louisville,  to  go  into  the 
Howe  Manufacturing  Company  with  F.  W.  Jefferson. 
Associated  with  us  was  Chas.  C.  Meyer.  This  busi- 
ness came  to  a  disastrous  end  in  1906.  From  that 
time  until  this  spring  [1909]  I  did  practically  nothing. 
My  summers  were  spent  in  Wisconsin  and  winters  in 
Louisville,  In  the  early  winter  of  1906  I  was  mar- 
ried and  we  went  West,  going  all  through  southern 
California." 

*Charles  Seiser  Baer 
Died  1906 

Born  August  13,  1881,  in  Lancaster,  Pa.,  the  son  of  C.  Rine 
Baer,    a   bookseller   and    publisher    of   Lancaster,    Pa.,    and 


164  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

Joanna  (Seiser)  Baer.  He  was  of  German  ancestry.  A 
brother,  John  Frederick  Baer,  was  a  member  of  the  Class 
of  Yale  1902  for  one  year. 

Prepared  at  Lawrenceville,  N.  J.,  and  in  college  was  a 
substitute  on  the  Freshman  Nine  and  played  on  the  College 
Nine,  received  a  first  colloquy  Junior  and  a  dispute  Senior 
appointment,  and  was  a  member  of  the  University  Club  and 
Alpha  Delta  Phi. 

He  was  unmarried. 

After  graduation  he  became  a  member  of  the  firm 
of  John  Baer's  Sons,  booksellers  and  publishers. 
While  looking  over  some  work  at  his  place  of  business 
he  died  suddenly  of  heart  disease  during  the  night  of 
May  6,  or  early  morning  of  May  7,  1906. 


Phillips  Bancroft 

Cashier  for  the   Dining   Hall,   Phillips  Academy,   Andover, 

Mass. 

Box  282,  Andover,  Mass. 

Born  April  21,  1878,  in  Andover,  Mass.,  the  son  of  Cecil 
Franklin  Patch  Bancroft,  Ph.D.,  LL.D.,  Dartmouth  1860 
(died  October  3,  1901),  a  teacher,  and  Fannie  (Kittredge) 
Bancroft  (died  March  29,  1898).  He  is  of  English  ancestry. 
His  Yale  relatives  are  Cecil  Kittredge  Bancroft,  1891,  brother, 
and  George  Dimmick  Kittredge,  1909,  a  cousin. 

Prepared  at  Phillips  Andover  Academy. 

He  is  unmarried. 

He  returned  to  Andover  after  graduation  and  has 
been  at  the  Academy  ever  since,  serving  as  teacher, 
then  in  the  treasurer's  oflBce  and  since  1905  as  cashier 
for  the  dining  hall. 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  165 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Academy  Chapel  and  Congre- 
gational in  creed.  In  1907  he  was  elected  clerk  of  the 
Chapel  Cemetery  Association  of  Andover. 


Courtlandt  Dixon  Barnes 

With  W,  H.  Goadby  &  Company,  bankers  and  brokers, 
74  Broadway,  New  York  City 

Residence,  Manhasset,  Long  Island 
67  Park  Avenue,  New  York  City 

Born  June  13,  1881,  in  Stonington,  Conn.,  the  son  of  Henry 
Burr  Barnes,  Yale  1866  (died  January  12,  1911),  a  publisher, 
and  Elizabeth  (Dixon)  Barnes.  He  is  of  French  ancestry. 
Besides  his  father  many  relatives  have  graduated  at  Yale, 
among  them  Henry  Burr  Barnes,  Jr.,  1893,  and  Thomas 
Sloane  Barnes,  1910,  brothers. 

Prepared  at  Cutler  School,  New  York  City,  where  he  was 
a  member  of  the  Dramatic  Association  and  on  the  editorial 
board  of  the  school  paper.  His  executive  ability  was  early 
recognized  at  college  and  he  was  elected  president  of  the 
Freshman  Baseball  Association,  a  member  of  the  executive 
committee  of  the  University  Golf  Club  in  Sophomore  and 
Junior  years  and  president  Senior  year,  and  vice-president 
of  the  Intercollegiate  Golf  Association.  He  was  assistant 
manager  of  the  University  Glee  Club  in  Junior  year  and 
manager  in  Senior  year,  a  member  of  the  Prom  and  Class  Day 
committees  and  on  the  board  of  governors  of  the  University 
Club.  He  received  the  Class  vote  for  the  greatest  social 
light.  He  received  a  first  dispute  Junior  appointment  and  a 
dispute  Senior  appointment.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Wig- 
wam Debating  Club,  the  University  Club,  He  Boule,  Psi 
Upsilon  and  Scroll  and  Key. 

He  married  on  April  10,  1907,  in  New  York  City,  Katharine 
Lansing  Barney,  daughter  of  Charles  Tracy  Barney,  Williams 
1870,  a  banker.     They  have  three  children,  all  born  in  New 


166  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

York  City:  Courtlandt  Dixon,  Jr.,  born  December  26,  1907; 
Katharine  Lansing,  born  February  26,  1909 ,  and  Charles 
Tracy,  born  August  2,  1911. 

From  October,  1902,  until  October,  1909,  he  was 
engaged  in  the  publishing  business  with  A.  S.  Barnes 
&  Company,  and  since  that  time  has  been  ^vith  W.  H. 
Goadby  &  Company,  bankers  and  brokers.  He  is  a 
director  of  A.  S,  Barnes  &  Company,  the  Guantanamo 
&  Western  Railroad  Company  and  the  Colonial  Land 
Improvement  Company. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Fifth  Avenue  Presbyterian 
Church.  He  is  the  1902  representative  of  the  Alumni 
Fund  Association  and  is  a  member  of  the  Yale,  Rac- 
quet and  Tennis  and  Recess  clubs,  all  of  New  York 
City. 

Courty  writes :  *  *  Y^our  several  letters  in  regard  to 
the  story  of  my  life  have  been  very  much  on  my  mind 
but  so  far  without  producing  the  slightest  inspiration. 
However,  here  goes ! 

**I  was  born  in  the  beautiful  and  historic  town  of 
Stonington,  Conn.,  on  June  13,  1881.  Had  blue  eyes, 
a  wealth  of  hair  and  weighed  several  pounds,  I'm  sure. 
Having  acquired  the  necessary  stability  to  support  my 
own  weight  and  produced  the  usual  number  of  teeth, 
I  did  nothing  worthy  of  note  until  the  age  of  nine, 
when  I  became  a  member  of  the  justly  famous  Cutler 
school.  After  eight  years  of  constant  application,  my 
school  education  was  pronounced  as  complete  as  it 
ever  could  be  and  I  entered  Yale.  I  completed  my 
college  course,  to  the  surprise  of  my  former  teachers, 
in  the  regulation  four  years.  In  October,  1902,  I 
entered  the  publishing  business,  in  which  delightful 
but  unlucrative  occupation  I  remained  for  six  years.  In 
1907  I  married.    In  1909  I  descended  to  Wall  Street 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  167 

and  took  a  position  with  W.  H.  Goadby  &  Company, 
in  which  firm  I  have  recently  become  a  partner. 

* '  I  have  two  sons  and  one  daughter,  live  in  the  coun- 
try and  take  my  exercise  chiefly  on  the  tennis  court. ' ' 

Francis  Blaekman  Barnett 

Rector  of  St.  Mary's  Church,  Mitchell,  8.  Dak. 
Residence,  212  Third  Avenue,  West,  Mitchell,  S.  Dak. 

Born  May  29,  1882,  in  Canaan,  Conn.,  the  son  of  Rev. 
Francis  W.  Barnett,  Brown  1872,  and  Mary  Frances  (Black- 
man)  Barnett.  His  Yale  relatives  are  William  Edward  Bar- 
nett, 1864;  William  Lockwood  Barnett,  1898;  and  John 
Frederick  Barnett,  M.D.  1869. 

Prepared  at  the  Housatonic  Valley  Institute,  Cornwall, 
Conn.,  and  in  college  received  a  first  colloquy  Junior  appoint- 
ment and  a  second  colloquy  Senior  year. 

He  married  on  June  5,  1909,  in  South  Glastonbury,  Conn., 
Emily  Maudsley  Hale,  a  graduate  of  Lasell  Seminary,  daugh- 
ter of  John  Howard  Hale.  They  have  two  children,  both  born 
in  Mitchell,  S.  Dak. :  Dorothy  Hale,  born  March  23,  1910,  and 
Francis  Blaekman,  Jr.,  born  February  5,  1913. 

The  first  six  years  after  graduation  were  spent  in 
business,  but  in  1906  he  entered  the  Berkeley  Divinity 
School  in  Middletown,  Conn.,  where  he  was  graduated 
in  1909.  On  February  6,  1910,  he  was  ordained  to 
the  priesthood  in  Mitchell,  S.  Dak.,  and  he  continues 
to  officiate  as  the  rector  of  St.  Mary's  Church  in  that 
place.  He  was  recently  elected  the  South  Dakota 
delegate  to  the  General  Convocation  of  the  Episcopal 
Church,  to  be  held  in  New  York  City  in  October,  1913. 

He  received  the  degree  of  B.D.  from  Berkeley 
Divinity  School  in  1909.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Masons,  Elks,  and  Knights  of  Pythias. 


168  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

Barney  writes:  "The  four  years  I  was  in  college  I 
'served'  nobody.  I  got  a  great  deal  from  other  men 
and  'gave  out'  nothing  more  than  a  whistle  and  a  reck- 
less smile.  The  four  years  immediately  after  gradu- 
ating I  tried  'serving'  myself  and  made  a  useless  mess 
of  things.  I  sold  a  bench-filing  machine  in  Providence, 
R.  I.  (1902).  Taught  in  a  girls'  seminary  at  Atlanta, 
Ga.  (1902).  Was  a  traveling  salesman  for  the  J.  B. 
Williams  Soap  Company  of  Glastonbury,  Conn.  (1902- 
04).  Worked  as  shipping  clerk  for  Swift  &  Company 
in  their  local  beef  house  in  Hartford,  Conn.  (1904-06). 

"I  then  thought  I'd  try  serving  God  and  my  fellow 
man  and  felt  I  could  do  it  best  through  the  Episcopal 
Church.  So  I  spent  three  years  in  the  Berkeley  Divin- 
ity School  at  Middletown,  Conn.  (1906-09).  There  and 
then  I  began  to  'develop'  and  since  then  I  have  been 
happy  and  fairly  successful." 

One  might  almost  add  to  this  complete  autobiog- 
raphy: "I  dare  do  all  that  doth  become  a  man;  who 
dares  do  more  is  none." 


Charles  Houghton  Baxter 

37  Liberty  Street,  New  York  City 

Born  December  5,  1876,  in  Bath,  N.  Y.,  the  son  of  Archie 
E.  Baxter,  a  lawyer  and  politician,  and  Rosamond  (Wheeler) 
Baxter. 

Prepared  at  Albany  Academy,  Albany,  N.  Y.,  and  at  the 
Hotchkiss  School,  Lakeville,  Conn,  In  college  he  sang  on  the 
Freshman  Glee  Club,  was  manager  of  the  University  Hockey 
Association  in  1901-02,  a  member  of  the  auditing  committee 
of  the  Athletic  Subscription  Fund  and  a  second  Wrangler. 
He  received  a  first  dispute  Junior  and  a  colloquy  Senior 
appointment.    He  was  a  member  of  Psi  Upsilou. 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  169 

He  married  on  September  25,  1906,  in  Hartford,  Conn., 
Annie  Forbes  Strong,  of  Hartford.  They  have  one  daughter, 
Dorothy. 

A  classmate  writes  of  Charlie :  '  *  Baxter  entered  the 
employ  of  Ellingwood  &  Cunningham,  members  of  the 
New  York  Stock  Exchange,  where  he  remained  until 
1904.  He  then  became  a  partner  in  the  firm  of  Hack- 
ley,  Baxter  &  Seed,  bankers  and  brokers,  dealing  in 
curb  securities  and  members  of  the  Consolidated  Stock 
Exchange.  This  firm  failed  and  it  was  a  severe  blow. 
He  then  was  connected  with  an  automobile  supply 
house,  I  believe,  and  later  with  a  firm  at  37  Liberty 
Street,  selling  life  insurance."  His  mail  address  con- 
tinues to  be  37  Liberty  Street.  He  did  not  furnish  any 
information  for  the  record.  He  has  been  living 
recently  with  his  family  in  Elmira,  N.  Y. 

Raymond  Vreeland  Baylor 
Lawyer 

156  Belleville  Avenue,  Newark,  N.  J. 

Born  February  5,  1879,  in  Jersey  City,  N.  J.,  the  son  of 
Peter  S.  Baylor,  who  has  retired  from  business,  and  Sophia 
E.  (Vreeland)  Baylor  (died  April  8,  1889).  He  is  of  Dutch 
ancestry. 

Prepared  at  Lawrenceville  School,  New  Jersey,  and  Phillips 
Academy,  Andover,  Mass. 

He  married  on  November  24,  1905,  in  Chicago,  111.,  Ruth  H. 
Bacon,  daughter  of  Walter  Otis  Bacon,  of  Chicago.  They 
have  three  children :  Ruth  Elizabeth,  born  September  21, 
1906,  in  Newark,  N.  J.;  Raymond  Vreeland,  Jr.  (alias  Jim), 
born  February  29,  1908,  in  Newark,  N.  J. ;  and  Walter  Otis 
Bacon  (alias  Bob),  born  February  2,  1910,  in  Pittsburgh,  Pa. 

He  spent  one  year  at  the  Harvard  Law  School  and 
one  year  at  the  University  of  Chicago  Law  School. 


170  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

He  commenced  the  practice  of  law  in  Newark,  N.  J., 
and  has  since  become  interested  in  politics  (to  a  small 
degree)  and  much  interested  in  civic  service. 

After  constant  pursuit,  King  had  to  write,  and  here 
is  the  result:  "Dear  Jim:  I  love  you  for  your  perse- 
verance in  getting  information,  and  wish  you  all  the 
success  in  the  world.  You  know  I  pulled  second  or 
third  as  the  laziest  man  in  the  Class,  and  I  don 't  doubt 
but  that  you  think  I  deserved  all  I  got.  However,  Jim, 
the  fact  is  I  am  sorry  to  have  annoyed  you,  but  I 
would  rather  get  information  about  the  old  crowd  than 
give  any  about  myself.  Suffice  it  to  say  that  I  haven 't 
as  yet  startled  the  world  in  any  line,  but  I  am  just  as 
young  as  I  ever  was  and  hope  yet  to  win  some  glory 
for  Yale." 


Laurance  Baldwin  Beckwith 

Junior  partner  in  the  firm  of  Seeor  &  Bell,  bankers  and  brok- 
ers,  Gardner  Building,   Toledo,   Ohio 

Residence,  2336  Scottwood  Avenue,  Toledo,  Ohio 

Born  December  27,  1879,  in  Toledo,  Ohio,  the  son  of  George 
Haynes  Beckwith,  a  lawyer,  and  Elizabeth  Milbank  (Bald- 
win) Beckwith.  He  is  of  English  ancestry  on  his  mother's 
side,  while  his  father's  family  has  been  long  in  America.  His 
father  took  two  years  of  graduate  work  in  Sheff. 

Prepared  at  the  University  School,  Cleveland,  Ohio,  where 
he  was  a  member  of  the  editorial  board  of  the  school  paper. 
At  Yale  he  was  on  the  executive  committee  of  the  Golf  Club, 
was  associate  editor  of  the  News  in  Sophomore  and  Junior 
years  and  editor  in  Senior  year,  editor  of  the  Pot  Pourri,  and 
on  the  membership  committee  of  the  Wigwam  Debating  Club. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  Junior  Prom  Committee.  He  received 
the  Class  vote  for  best  dressed  man.  His  societies  were  He 
Boule,  Alpha  Delta  Phi  and  Scroll  and  Key. 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  171 

He  married  on  October  9,  1907,  Katharine  Redfield  Smith, 
daughter  of  Howard  M.  Smith,  a  lumber  dealer.  They  have 
one  son,  Redfield  David,  born  July  27,  1910,  in  Toledo,  Ohio. 

He  has  been  with  the  same  banking  firm  since  grad- 
uation, being  admitted  as  junior  partner  in  1905. 

He  is  a  Republican  and  a  Congregationalist,  though 
not  a  church  member.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Toledo 
Country,  Toledo  Tennis  and  Toledo  clubs,  which  he 
describes  as  just  local  clubs.  Have  you  ever  been  in 
Toledo? 

Ted  writes  briefly:  "Started  in  present  business 
July,  1902,  immediately  after  graduation.  Spent  first 
year's  surplus  earnings  on  a  few  insistent  New  Haven 
creditors  and  the  next  two  in  preparing  for  Triennial. 
Admitted  as  junior  member  of  present  firm  in  1905. 
Married  in  1907.  Became  proud  father  in  1910,  and 
there  you  are." 

But  one  thing  is  overlooked  entirely  and  that  is : 

Costly  thy  habit  as  thy  purse  can  buy, 

But  not  express  'd  in  fancy ;  rich,  not  gaudy : 

For  the  apparel  oft  proclaims  the  man. 

Who  will  ever  forget  Ted's  News  days,  the  dapper 
suit  of  homespun  knickerbockers  and  the  smile  that 
wouldn't  come  off  that  finished  the  picture  at  the  top? 
It's  still  there,  too! 

Krebs  Beebe 

Advertising  Manager  for  the  W.  D.  Boyce  Company,  pub- 
lishers, 500  Dearborn  Avenue,  Chicago,  III. 

Born  December  18,  1878,  in  Chicago,  111.,  the  son  of  William 
Hempstead  Beebe,  a  real  estate  dealer,  and  Kate  (Krebs) 
Beebe.     He  is  of  English,  French  and  Dutch  ancestry. 


172  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

Prepared  at  the  University  School,  Chicago,  where  he  was 
manager  of  the  baseball  team  and  captain  of  the  football 
team.  In  college  he  received  an  oration  stand  in  Junior  year, 
while  in  Senior  year  he  reached  the  same  exalted  position. 
He  received  a  scholarship  in  Junior  year.  His  athletics  were 
confined  to  playing  on  the  Oration  Ball  Team  and  chasing  ads 
for  our  Senior  Class  book. 

He  is  unmarried. 

After  graduation  he  spent  one  year  with  George  E. 
Marshall  &  Company,  stationers,  of  Chicago,  and  then 
entered  the  publishing  business.  He  was  with  the 
Hunter  Publishing  Company  of  Oak  Park,  111.,  from 
1903  to  1908,  and  then  became  advertising  manager  for 
the  W.  D.  Boyce  Company  of  Chicago,  his  present 
position. 

He  has  published  articles  in  Printer's  Ink,  Adver- 
tising and  Selling  and  the  Commercial  Union.  He  is 
a  member  of  the  Fourth  Presbyterian  Church,  the 
Chicago  Advertising  Association  and  the  Kettle  Club 
of  Chicago. 

Krebs  seems  intentionally  to  hide  his  politics,  for  he 
writes:  "Clerk  of  Elections,  Hurray!  Have  escaped 
jury  duty  to  date,  Hurroo ! ' '  Apparently  just  as  little 
old  New  York  is  good  enough  for  some  of  us,  Chicago 
has  had  like  attractions  for  Krebs ;  there  he  has  stayed 
except  for  his  four  years  in  Oak  Park  (almost  a  sub- 
urb), a  camping  trip  in  Canada  and  several  trips  to 
Cambridge,  Mass.  He  neglects  to  say  these  were  made 
always  via  the  New  York  Yale  Club.  One  could  always 
foretell  his  appearance  by  the  rushing  of  a  strong  and 
mighty  wind  followed,  aye,  always,  by  a  still,  small 
voice.  I  think  once  Howard  McDowell  was  there,  too, 
and  the  next  day  the  vacuum  cleaner  was  patented. 
Krebs  has  continued  delving  into  knowledge  and  says : 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  173 

''Have  learned  not  to  worry  about  getting  bald — 
kept  my  waist  measurement  as  small  as  of  yore — 
worked  until  I  succeeded  in  getting  Haines  to  shave 
his  mustache.  Intend  to  organize  this  month  the  Yale 
Graduates  Bachelor  Club  (all  1902  baches  to  be  Hon- 
orary— officio  or  ea;)." 


Frederick  Beers 

Superintendent  of  the  Kansas  City  Factory  of  the  National 

Biscuit   Company,    Twenty-first  and   Central  Streets, 

Kansas  City,  Mo. 

Residence,   3215    Summit   Street,    Kansas   City,    Mo. 

Born  December  18,  1880,  in  New  Haven,  Conn.,  the  son 
of  Henry  Augustus  Beers,  Yale  1869,  professor  of  English 
literature  in  the  University,  and  Mary  (Heaton)  Beers.  He 
is  of  French  and  English  ancestry.  Besides  his  father,  his 
Yale  relatives  are  Henry  Augustus  Beers,  Jr.,  1909,  and 
Donald  Beers,  1912,  brothers;  Edward  Heaton,  1869,  uncle, 
and  Laurent  Heaton,  1902,  cousin. 

Prepared  at  Hopkins  Grammar  School,  New  Haven,  where 
he  played  baseball  and  was  editor  of  the  school  paper.  In 
college  he  played  dispute  baseball,  being  captain  of  the  second 
disputes,  received  dispute  appointments  in  Junior  and  Senior 
years  and  won  third  prize  in  the  Robinson  sight  reading. 

He  married  on  December  31,  1907,  in  New  York  City, 
Maude  Anna  Thomas,  daughter  of  John  Thomas.  They  have 
two  daughters,  both  born  in  Mount  Vernon,  N.  Y. :  Florence 
Albertina,  bom  December  5,  1908,  and  Marjorie,  born  Sep- 
tember 17,  1910. 

After  a  summer  in  Europe  he  began  work  in  Brad- 
street's  Commercial  Agency,  New  Haven,  as  a  formu- 
lator  of  reports,  but  in  a  short  time  went  to  New  York 


174  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

as  chemist  for  the  DeLaey  Light  Company.  In  the 
spring  of  1903  he  went  with  the  National  Biscuit  Com- 
pany, first  taking  their  student  course  in  preparation 
for  the  work.  He  is  now  superintendent  of  the  Kansas 
City  factory,  although  he  is  often  sent  to  other  fac- 
tories to  reorganize  plants  and  institute  changes. 

Freddie  makes  this  plaint:  **You  send  out  as  a 
sample  live  letter  a  gem  written  by  one  who  profess- 
edly makes  letters  his  profession.  He  tells  you  his 
story  in  his  own  products.  Am  mailing  you  under 
separate  cover  a  box  of  Uneeda  Biscuit. 

"After  making  up  my  mind  to  attend  your  little 
entertainment  in  New  Haven,  being  on  the  point  of 
sending  you  the  glad  tidings,  the  president  of  our 
heartless  corporation  comes  to  K.  C,  calmly  and  dis- 
passionately sits  and  tells  me  that  I  am  to  report  at 
the  Memphis  factory  June  1,  remain  there  exactly  two 
weeks,  reorganize  the  plant,  then  return  to  K.  C.  and 
send  him  a  report  on  conditions  as  found,  changes 
made  and  recommended.  If  it  were  not  for  the  fact 
that  I  had  to  return  to  K.  C.  and  send  in  my  report, 
I  could  hie  me  from  Memphis  and  join  you.  But  if  I 
make  good  on  this  job  I  hope  that  my  estimated  income 
for  the  tenth  year  will  be  low,  and  so  cannot  afford  to 
pass  this  up,  as  everybody  who  knows  tells  me  that 
success  means  advancement." 

Raymond  Bissell 

Assistant  to  the  President  of  the  Federal  Telephone  &  Tele- 
graph Company,  332  Ellicott  Square,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

Residence,  49  Sayhrook  Place,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

Born  October  26,  1880,  in  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  the  son  of  Arthur 
Douglas  Bissell,  Yale  1867,  a  banker,  and  Fanny    (Castle) 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  176 

Bissell.  He  is  of  Scotch  ancestry.  Two  brothers  are  also 
Yale  graduates:  Howard  Bissell,  1900,  and  Arthur  Douglas 
Bissell,  Jr.,  1906. 

Prepared  at  the  Central  High  School  in  Buffalo,  where  he 
played  on  the  Banjo  Club.  He  received  a  dispute  appoint- 
ment in  Junior  and  Senior  years  and  two  year  honors  for 
excellence  in  history.  He  tried  for  the  Favonian  Crew  in 
Sophomore  year  and  Class  Crew  in  Senior,  while  in  Fresh- 
man and  Junior  it  was  track  athletics.  His  only  dash  into 
social  life  was  a  trip  to  Henry  Rogers'  house. 

He  married  on  October  17,  1906,  in  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  Helen 
Warren,  daughter  of  Orsamus  George  Warren.  They  have 
two  daughters,  both  born  in  Buffalo,  N.  Y. :  Elizabeth  Warren, 
born  November  26,  1908,  and  Helen  Georgia,  born  April  15, 
1912. 

Except  for  one  year  with  the  Niagara  Radiator 
Company,  he  has  been  connected  with  the  Consolidated 
Telephone  Company,  which  controls  the  Federal  Tele- 
phone &  Telegraph  Company  and  eight  or  ten  other 
companies.  He  is  an  officer  in  all  and  a  director  in 
several. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Westminster  Presbyterian 
Church.  His  clubs  are  the  Park,  Saturn  and  Ellicott, 
all  of  Buffalo. 

Ray  gives  us  quite  a  liberal  glimpse  into  his  life  and 
ambitions.  If  everyone  did  so  this  would  be  the  great- 
est class  book  ever.  He  says :  ''Since  graduation  I  have 
lived  in  Buffalo  continuously.  As  you  can  well  imag- 
ine, I  am  working  not  only  because  I  enjoy  it  but  also 
for  the  more  prosaic  reason,  because  I  have  to.  My 
business  career  was  started  in  December,  1902,  as  a 
bookkeeper  with  the  Niagara  Radiator  Company  at 
North  Tonawanda.  Inasmuch  as  I  had  never  seen  a 
ledger,  cash  book  or  journal,  I  felt  that  I  was  pecu- 
liarly well  qualified  to  fill  the  position.    What  I  didn't 


176  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

know  about  it  would  have  filled  many  books  and  I 
remember  now  that  soon  after  I  started  the  firm  pur- 
chased a  new  set  of  books.  I  suppose  they  were  for  me 
to  practice  in.  However,  I  did  so  well  there  that  upon 
my  o^vn  initiative  I  felt  that  I  ought  to  resign.  In 
January,  1904,  I  accepted  a  position  as  clerk  mth  the 
Consolidated  Telephone  Company,  and  that  company, 
through  many  purchases  and  mergers,  now  owns  the 
Federal  Telephone  &  Telegraph  Company,  which  oper- 
ates more  than  seventy-five  telephone  exchanges  in 
western  New  York,  and  many  hundreds  of  miles  of  toll 
lines.  I  am  now  assistant  to  the  president  with  the 
last  named  company,  and  don't  envy  the  president  his 
job — not  only  because  of  his  duties,  but  because  of  his 
assistant  as  well. 

''My  duties  have  kept  me  rather  closely  confined,  but 
I  have  succeeded  in  playing  considerable  tennis,  and 
making  two  trips  to  Europe,  the  first  in  1906  and  the 
second  in  1908.  The  former  took  me  as  far  as  Paris 
and  the  latter  to  northern  Italy  and  Venice.  My  plans 
for  the  future  are  to  keep  everlastingly  at  it  and 
endeavor  to  land  on  top  when  the  opportunity  pre- 
sents itself  to  me.  I  am  playing  safe  most  of  the  time, 
and  about  the  only  chances  I  ever  take  are  in  the 
National  Indoor  Pastime,  a  game  which  I  first  prac- 
ticed with  Freddie  Beers,  Red  Heaton,  Bill  Garnsey, 
Jim  Goodwin,  et  al,  in  the  middle  entry  of  White  Hall. 
May  we  all  lock  feet  soon  again  under  the  same  table. 

"My  ambitions  are  to  make  a  respectable  sum  of 
money,  keep  respectable  and,  as  Emerson  says:  'En- 
deavoring always  to  be  master  of  living  well,  and  to 
administer  the  offices  of  master  or  servant,  of  husband, 
father,  and  friend.'  " 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  177 

William  Blumenthal 

193  William  Street,  New  York  City 

Blumenthal  was  never  in  residence  with  the  Class  in  New 
Haven.  He  was,  however,  awarded  the  degree  of  B.A.  at 
Commencement,  1902. 


Dixon  Boardman 

With  the  Hall  Signal  Company,  50  Church  Street, 
New  York  City 

Born  March  26,  1880,  in  Nutley,  N.  J.,  the  son  of  William 
Henry  Boardman,  Michigan  1868,  editor  and  publisher  of 
the  Railroad  Age  Gazette,  and  Henrietta  Frances  (Hall) 
Boardman.  He  is  of  English  ancestry.  Two  brothers  also 
graduated  at  Yale:  Francis  Boardman,  1897,  and  Bradford 
Boardman,  1905. 

Prepared  at  the  Hotchkiss  School  in  Lakeville,  where  his 
activities  were  directed  toward  athletics.  At  Yale  he  was  a 
member  of  the  Track  Team  and  a  competitor  in  the  Yale- 
Harvard  intercollegiate  games,  his  events  being  the  220  and 
the  quarter  mile,  a  broken  tendon  causing  his  retirement  in 
Junior  year.  He  was  a  Wrangler,  a  member  of  the  Univer- 
sity Club  and  Psi  Upsilon. 

He  married  on  May  19,  1908,  in  New  York  City,  Sarah 
Adele  Collins,  daughter  of  Francis  Howard  Collins,  of  Colum- 
bia County,  N.  Y.  They  have  two  daughters :  Anna  Collins, 
born  March  8,  1909,  in  London,  England,  and  Adele,  born 
April  16,  1911,  in  Dayton,  Ohio. 

With  the  exception  of  two  years,  1905  to  1907, 
which  were  spent  with  the  Iron  City  Trust  Company 
of  Pittsburgh,  he  has  held  different  positions  with  the 
Hall  Signal  Company.  At  present  he  is  engaged  in 
the  reorganization  of  this  company. 


178  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

He  is  a  "Rationalist  with  no  religious  supersti- 
tions." He  is  a  member  of  the  Yale  Club  of  New  York 
City. 

Dick  wrote  in  August,  1908,  from  London:  "Have 
led  for  six  years  a  quiet.  God-fearing  life,  the  sober 
earnestness  of  which  has  been  a  marvel  to  the  aged 
and  an  example  to  the  young.  My  naturally  pleasant 
disposition  has  softly  ripened  into  one  of  angelic 
sweetness.  In  my  charities  I  have  adopted  the  odd 
and  even  discard;  in  politics  am  leaning  towards  the 
Suffragettes,  since  the  two  great  parties  are  controlled 
by  dangerous  demagogues.  As  advancing  years  are 
engulfing  me  in  their  placid,  reminiscent  atmosphere, 
I  tend  to  look  back,  with  extreme  regret,  upon  a  well- 
spent  life." 

In  August,  1912,  he  wrote  the  following,  giving 
a  little  more  definite  view  of  the  ten  years:  "For 
ten  months,  from  July,  1902,  I  worked  at  signal 
construction  on  railways,  learning  how  hard  manual 
labor  is  until  one  becomes  accustomed  to  it,  and  how 
tireless  one  becomes  when  thoroughly  hardened.  I 
also  learned  what  a  good  and  companionable  chap  is 
the  American  laborer. 

"Two  years  in  the  Hall  Signal  Company's  office  in 
New  York  taught  me  a  little  of  selling  and  office  rou- 
tine, but  principally  the  boredom  of  being  on  the  job 
without  sufficient  work. 

"In  September,  1905,  I  went  to  the  Iron  City  Trust 
Company  in  Pittsburgh,  staying  there  until  the  closing 
of  the  bank  during  the  1907  panic  (it  may  be  mentioned 
that  the  Trust  Company  liquidated  at  $123  per  share 
on  its  common  stock).  During  the  last  year  or  so,  I 
was  manager  of  its  bond  department. 

"Then  ensued  a  few  months  of  learning  that  scarlet 


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AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  179 

fever  was  serious  for  an  adult,  and  some  desultory 
bond  work,  until  an  appointment  as  manager  for  Great 
Britain  for  the  Hall  Signal  Company  took  me  to  Lon- 
don in  the  spring  of  1908.  The  two  following  years 
were  better  for  my  golf  than  business  training,  yet 
an  interesting  and  fairly  valuable  experience.  An 
exciting  interlude  was  a  hasty  trip  home  in  the  spring 
of  1908  to  acquire  a  wife. 

**A  year  in  the  Hall  office  in  New  York,  several 
months  in  Dayton,  Ohio,  as  receiver  of  the  Piatt  Iron 
Works  Company,  and  the  last  few  months  working  at 
reorganizing  the  Hall  Signal  Company,  brings  my  his- 
tory to  date.  These  ten  years  have  taught  me  some- 
thing of  business  efficiency;  have  confirmed  my  ideas 
of  the  weakening  and  marring  effect  of  any  religion; 
have  made  me  believe  that  certain  socialistic  ideas  are 
the  kindest  and  sanest  solutions  of  the  most  pressing 
social  and  political  problems;  and  have,  above  all, 
intensified  my  joy  in  living  and  strengthened  my 
belief  in  the  tremendous  worthwhileness  of  the  life 
game. ' ' 


*Louis  Frederick  Boder 
Died  1912 

Born  July  11,  1880,  in  Troy,  Kans.,  the  son  of  Louis  Boder, 
president  of  the  Merchants  Bank,  St.  Joseph,  Mo.  (died  in 
1907),  and  Fannie  (Quimby)  Boder.  A  brother,  Prank 
Armstrong  Boder,  was  graduated  at  Yale  in  the  Class  of 
1908  S. 

Prepared  at  the  Central  High  School,  St.  Joseph,  Mo.,  and 
at  Morgan  Park  Academy.  In  college  he  played  interappoint- 
ment  baseball  and  received  second  colloquy  appointments. 

He  was  unmarried. 


180  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

Shortly  after  graduation  he  became  cashier  in  the 
Bank  of  Troy,  Troy,  Kans.,  and  for  a  number  of  years 
was  the  youngest  cashier  in  the  state.  In  1907,  on  the 
death  of  his  father,  he  was  made  cashier  of  the  Mer- 
chants Bank,  St.  Joseph,  and  later  became  vice-presi- 
dent. He  held  that  position  until  1911,  when  he  went 
to  Kansas  City,  where  he  had  large  business  interests. 

He  died  on  October  5, 1912,  in  St.  Joseph's  Hospital, 
Kansas  City,  after  an  illness  of  three  weeks  from  ery- 
sipelas followed  by  pneumonia.  His  mother  and  two 
brothers,  Frank  A.  and  Bartlett  Boder,  reside  in  St. 
Joseph,  Mo. 


William  Gates  Bourn 

Assistant  Engineer,  New  York  Central  &  Hudson  River  Rail- 
road, care  Engineer,  Maintenance  of  Way,  Grand  Central 
Terminal,  New  York  City 

Residence,  19  Chestnut  Hill  Avenue,  White  Plains,  N.  Y. 

Born  September  27,  1878,  in  Detroit,  Mich.,  the  son  of 
Allan  Bourn,  who  has  retired  from  business,  and  Bessie  C. 
(Gates)  Bourn.  He  is  of  English  ancestry.  Shearjashub 
Bourn,  an  uncle,  graduated  at  Yale  in  1849,  and  Alger  Sted- 
man  Bourn,  a  brother,  was  an  ex-member  of  the  Class  of 
1904  S. 

Prepared  at  Phillips  Exeter  Academy,  where  he  was  a 
member  of  the  track  team.  In  college  he  received  a  colloquy 
appointment  in  Junior  and  Senior  years.  He  was  a  member 
of  the  University  Club. 

He  married  on  August  22,  1906,  in  Exeter,  N.  H.,  Helen 
De  Meritt,  a  graduate  of  Robinson  Seminary,  daughter  of 
John  P.  De  Meritt.  They  have  three  children:  Alger  Sted- 
man,  born  October  16,  1907,  in  Batavia,  N.  Y. ;  Eugene  Brom- 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  181 

ley,  born  December  24,  1909,  in  White  Plains,  N.  Y.,  and 
Barbara,  born  February  26,  1913,  in  White  Plains,  N.  Y. 

After  graduating  from  the  college,  he  spent  a  year 
in  Sheif  and  then  entered  the  employ  of  the  New  York 
Central  &  Hudson  River  Railroad  Company,  where  he 
is  an  assistant  engineer  in  the  maintenance  of  way 
department. 

He  received  the  degree  of  Ph.B.  from  Yale  in  1903. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Westchester  Congregational 
Church  of  White  Plains,  N.  Y.,  engaged  in  missionary 
and  Sunday  school  work,  and  a  member  of  Batavia 
Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons. 

Bill  writes,  modestly,  as  always:  ''Perhaps  if  there 
was  any  special  information  to  impart  other  than  what 
is  given  above,  I  might  go  at  this  part  of  the  job  with 
more  enthusiasm.  I  have  waited  about  a  month  hoping 
for  an  inspiration  and  incidentally  enjoying  Jim's 
jack-ups,  but  the  inspiration  hasn't  arrived  and  I'm 
afraid  if  I  wait  much  longer  the  jack-ups  will  cease 
being  enjoyable. 

''After  getting  my  degree  with  1902,  I  went  back  to 
Yale  the  following  fall  and  took  a  year  in  Sheff  in  the 
Civil  Engineering  Course,  getting  my  Ph.B.  degree 
with  the  Class  of  1903  S.  It  was  lucky  for  me  that  they 
kept  me  busy  in  Sheff,  for  New  Haven  was  a  'Lone- 
somehurst'  that  year  and  the  close  of  my  college 
course  brought  no  feelings  of  sadness.  I  was  glad  it 
was  over. 

"The  following  fall  I  entered  the  employ  of  the 
New  York  Central  &  Hudson  River  Railroad,  in  the 
maintenance  of  way  department,  and  have  been  there 
continuously  since  that  time.  I  was  a  rodman  on  the 
engineering  corps  on  various  divisions  until  May, 
1905,  being  transferred  five  times  during  those  eight- 


182  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

een  months.  Then  I  was  sent  to  Batavia,  N.  Y.,  as 
assistant  supervisor  of  track,  our  territory  covering 
the  main  line  between  Rochester  and  Buffalo.  I 
remained  at  Batavia  till  October,  1909,  when  I  was 
appointed  assistant  engineer  in  the  office  of  the  engi- 
neer of  maintenance  of  way. 

''The  future  is,  as  the  weatherman  puts  it,  'unset- 
tled.' For  all  I  know,  I  may  be  answering  my  next 
statistical  blank  from  a  home  'down  on  the  farm'  after 
a  hard  day's  work  planting  the  corn." 


Newton  Case  Brainard 

President    of   the    Case,    Loekwood    &    Brainard    Company, 
printers,  141  Pearl  Street,  Hartford,  Conn. 

Residence,  135  Washington  Street,  Hartford,  Conn. 

Born  December  26,  1880,  in  Hartford,  Conn.,  the  son  of 
Leverett  Brainard  (died  July  2,  1902),  who  was  engaged  in 
the  printing  business,  and  Mary  (Bulkeley)  Brainard.  He 
is  of  English  ancestry.  His  Yale  relatives  are  an  uncle, 
Charles  Edwin  Bulkeley,  1856,  and  two  brothers,  Charles 
Edwin  Brainard,  ea;-1891,  and  Morgan  Bulkeley  Brainard, 
1900. 

Prepared  at  the  Hartford  High  School  and  in  college 
received  a  colloquy  appointment  in  Junior  and  Senior  years. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  University  Club,  Kappa  Psi,  Psi 
Upsilon  and  Wolf's  Head. 

He  is  unmarried. 

Since  graduation  he  has  been  connected  with  the 
Case,  Loekwood  &  Brainard  Company,  of  which  he 
is  now  president. 

He  attends  the  Congregational  Church.  He  is  presi- 
dent of  the  Connecticut  Typothetai. 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  183 

Herbert  Bruce  Brougham 

Editorial  Writer  for  the  New  York   Times,  Times  Square, 
New  York  City 

Residence,  449  West  123d  Street,  New  York  City 

Born  September  23,  1878,  in  Owego,  N.  Y.,  the  son  of 
Robert  Francis  Brougham  (died  in  December,  1900)  and 
Alice  C.  (Spring)  Brougham.  He  is  of  Scotch-English 
ancestry. 

Prepared  at  Owego  Free  Academy.  He  entered  the  Class 
in  Senior  year  and  won  the  Porter  fellowship  in  English. 

He  married  on  April  24,  1905,  in  Indian  Orchard,  Mass., 
Nettie  Isabel  Hill,  Wellesley  1899,  daughter  of  Sullivan  Dear- 
born Hill.  They  have  one  daughter,  Louise  Cary,  born  May 
18,  1909,  in  New  York  City. 

He  has  been  with  the  New  York  Times  since  gradu- 
ation, his  present  position  being  that  of  editorial 
writer. 

He  is  an  Episcopalian  and  a  member  of  Holy  Trinity 
Church,  New  Y'ork  City.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Modern  Historic  Records  Association. 


Eugene  Jacob  Brown 

(Formerly  Jacob  Braun) 

Teacher  in  the  New  York  Public  Schools 
Residence,  2441  Seventh  Avenue,  New  York  City 

Born  January  1,  1879,  in  Miskolcz,  Hungary,  the  son  of 
Sigmund  Brown  and  Emma  Brown.    He  is  of  German  descent. 

Prepared  at  Hillhouse  High  School,  New  Haven,  Conn.,  and 
before  entering  Yale  in  1898,  spent  one  year  at  the  College  of 
the  City  of  New  York.  At  Yale  he  modestly  says  his  career 
was  uneventful,  but  he  distinguished  himself  by  winning  the 
Berkeley  premium  in  Latin  composition,   second  Winthrop 


184  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

prize  in  Junior  year,  Scott  prize  in  German  in  Junior  year  and 
the  Robinson  Latin  prize  in  Senior  year,  an  oration  stand  in 
Senior  year  and  two  year  honors  in  classical  languages  and 
literature. 

He  is  unmarried. 

He  worked  for  two  years  in  the  New  York  Post 
Office  and  two  years  in  the  Tenement  House  Depart- 
ment of  the  same  city  before  entering  the  teaching 
profession.  He  first  taught  in  the  evening  school  and 
now  is  in  the  public  day  schools. 

He  is  a  Republican  and  a  member  of  the  Royal 
Arcanum  Lodge. 

Jake  is  outspoken  in  the  way  a  secretary  likes;  he 
says  in  part : '  *  For  some  time  after  graduation,  I  had  a 
very,  very  hard  time  of  it  in  New  York,  barely  being 
able  to  make  a  living — in  other  words,  I  was  down  and 
out.  I  spent  two  years  in  Dante's  Purgatory  (namely, 
the  New  York  Post  Office)  and  two  more  in  the  Tene- 
ment House  Department.  Then  realizing  that  I  was 
entirely  unfit  for  any  walk  of  life  that  calls  for  tact, 
initiative  and  enterprise,  I  became  a  teacher  in  the  pub- 
lic schools,  where  I  am  still  serving  time.  I  have 
accomplished  nothing  and  am  planning  for  nothing — 
unless  it  be  to  capture  some  rich  heiress. ' ' 

Irving  Van  Duyne  Brown 

Owner  of  an  Apricot  Ranch  in  Simi,  Calif. 

Residence,  R.  F.  D.,  Simi,  Ventura  County,  Calif. 

Born  August  9,  1879,  in  South  Orange,  N.  J.,  the  son  of 
Ashbel  G.  Brown,  formerly  occupied  in  dairying  and  fanning, 
now  retired  from  business,  and  Lucy  A.  (Van  Duyne)  Brown. 
He  is  of  English  and  Dutch  ancestry.     His  Yale  relatives  are 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  185 

a  cousin,  Harlan  Page  Beach,  1878,  professor  in  the  Yale 
Divinity  School,  and  a  brother,  Nelson  Courtlandt  Brown, 
1906. 

Prepared  at  the  South  Orange  High  School,  where  he  was 
a  member  of  the  baseball  and  football  teams.  At  Yale  he 
was  a  member  of  the  Freshman  Debating  Team  and  of  the 
Cross  Country  Club  and  played  appointment  baseball. 

He  married  on  September  4,  1904,  in  New  Haven,  Conn., 
Madeleine  Julie  Istas,  daughter  of  Prosper  J.  Istas.  They 
have  two  children,  both  born  in  Ventura,  Calif. :  Irving  Van 
Duyne,  Jr.,  born  September  4,  1906,  and  Suzanne  Marie, 
born  January  28,  1911. 

After  a  year  in  business  with  the  American  Loco- 
motive Company,  he  went  to  California,  where  he  has 
since  operated  a  successful  ranch  of  sixty-one  acres, 
raising  apricots,  grain  and  beans. 

He  is  a  Progressive  Republican  and  a  member  of  the 
Presbyterian  Church.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Modern 
Woodmen  of  America. 

Irving  gives  us  a  glimpse  of  western  farming  life 
which  is  worth  a  careful  reading  by  us  here  in  the  East. 
He  says : 

''After  graduation  I  joined  the  Thomas  Edison 
magnetic  prospecting  expedition  going  to  Sudbury, 
Ontario,  and  vicinity  for  four  months.  Returning  to 
South  Orange,  N.  J.,  my  home,  I  entered  the  offices  of 
the  American  Locomotive  Company,  25  Broad  Street, 
New  York  City,  for  a  year,  but  being  a  son  of  the  soil, 
the  call  of  the  wild  lured  me  to  Southern  California. 
After  a  brief  sojourn  at  my  uncle's  in  Pasadena,  I 
purchased  thirty  acres  of  land  in  Santa  Susana,  Ven- 
tura County,  got  married  and  settled  down  fruit  rais- 
ing, at  which  I  am  said  to  be  successful.  Have  leased 
220  acres  near  by  for  the  last  four  years,  on  which  are 
raised  grain  and  beans. 


186  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

"Last  year  we  purchased  thirty-one  acres  of  addi- 
tional land  and  planted  same  solid  to  apricots.  An 
average  income  after  four  years  in  apricots  is  $100.00 
per  acre,  hence  I  am  trying  as  you  see  to  respond  to 
university  alumni  fund  according  to  table  recently  sent 
me.  . 

*'Am  member  of  Ventura  County  Dried  Fruit  Asso- 
ciation, which  is  just  one  year  old.  If  it  had  been  five 
years  older  with  resultant  experience,  I  would  have 
come  back  to  Decennial,  but  cheer  up!  here's  looking 
forward  to  five  years  hence.  Last  year  the  family  took 
a  trip  East,  visiting  numerous  friends  and  relatives  in 
Connecticut,  New  Jersey  and  Minnesota." 

In  another  letter  we  have  a  touch  of  good  Avestern 
blood : 

**A  son  born  September  4,  1906,  will  be  a  member  of 
the  Class  of  1924!  If  any  one  in  the  Class  can  better 
thirty-five  pounds  and  thirty-five  inches  tall  at  twenty 
months,  I  would  like  to  hear  from  them." 

James  Brown 

Professor  of  Chemistry  at  Butler  College,  Indianapolis,  Ind. 
Residence,  5372  East  Washington  Street,  Indianapolis,  Ind. 

Born  March  30,  1881,  in  Glasgow,  Scotland,  the  son  of 
Thomas  Brown,  a  merchant,  and  Mary  (Crawley)  Brown. 
He  is  of  Scotch-Irish  ancestry. 

Prepared  at  the  Buffalo  Central  High  School  and  in  college 
devoted  himself  to  winning  scholastic  honors.  He  received 
an  oration  appointment  Senior  year,  the  Larned  fellowship 
and  two  year  honors  in  science.  He  was  a  member  of  Phi 
Beta  Kappa  and  Sigma  Xi. 

He  married  on  October  21,  1911,  in  Chicago,  111.,  Mary 
Wallace,  William  and  Vashti  College  1911,  daughter  of 
Joseph  Milligan  Wallace,  of  Aledo,  111. 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  187 

After  two  years  of  graduate  work  at  Yale  he  became 
professor  of  physics  and  chemistry  at  Illinois  College, 
Jacksonville,  111.  In  1908  he  accepted  a  similar  posi- 
tion at  William  and  Vashti  College,  Aledo,  111.,  and 
in  1911  was  appointed  to  his  present  position  as 
professor  of  chemistry  in  Butler  College  in  Indian- 
apolis. 

He  received  the  degrees  of  M.A.  in  1903  and  Ph.D. 
in  1905  at  Yale.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Disciples 
Church,  the  American  Chemical  Society  and  the  Ameri- 
can Association  for  Advancement  of  Science.  Among 
the  scientific  articles  which  he  has  published  are  two 
in  the  American  Journal  of  Science:  "Hydrochloric 
acid  and  potassium  permanganate  in  presence  of  fer- 
rio  chloride,"  January,  1905,  and  "Interaction  acid 
and  potassium  permanganate  in  presence  of  various 
inorganic  salts,"  January,  1906. 

James  writes:  "Mine  is  one  of  those  quiet  lives.  I 
am  teaching  chemistry  at  the  above  named  institution, 
and  incidentally  taking  a  general  interest  in  the  indus- 
trial side  of  the  subject.  I  came  to  Indianapolis  in  the 
fall  of  1911  to  accept  this  position.  During  a  prepara- 
tory visit  in  August  of  the  same  year  I  found  Billy 
Day  a  very  hospitable  host. 

"My  vocation  has  many  sides  after  all.  There  are 
many  chances  to  help  out  poor  lonesome  Freshmen, 
who  are  finding  it  hard  to  make  things  go.  Sometimes 
upper  classmen  are  included  in  that  list.  Last  Sep- 
tember I  attended  the  Eighth  International  Congress 
of  Applied  Chemistry  at  New  York  with  Mrs.  Brown. 
It  was  a  great  affair.  My  only  regret  was  that  I  was 
too  busy  to  get  around  to  see  my  old  Yale  friends,  and 
show  the  old  Yale  spirit.  Billy  Day  has  it  many  times 
over. ' ' 


188  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

Graham  Brush 

Statistician  for  Blair  &  Company,  bankers,  24  Broad  Street, 
New  York  City 

Residence,  Gainsborough  Studios,  222  West  Fifty-ninth 
Street,  New  York  City 

University  Cluh,  1  West  Fifty-fourth  Street 

Born  April  10,  1879,  in  New  York  City,  the  son  of  James 
Edward  Brush  (died  July  12,  1908),  a  broker,  and  Josephine 
Norris  (Whitlock)  Brush  (died  December  18,  1891).  His 
ancestry  combines  English,  Scotch  and  Dutch. 

Prepared  at  Cutler  School,  New  York  City,  where  he  was 
a  member  of  the  Comedy  Club.  In  college  "he  was  devout 
on  the  Freshman  Religious  Committee,  musical  on  the  Greek 
Chorus,  and  argumentative  with  the  Wranglers."  He 
received  an  oration  Junior  appointment  and  a  dissertation 
Senior  appointment.  He  was  a  member  of  Corinthian  Yacht 
Club,  University  Club,  Eta  Phi,  Psi  Upsilon  and  Wolf's  Head. 

He  is  unmarried. 

Since  graduation  he  has  been  in  the  banking  business 
with  Blair  &  Company,  New  York  City. 

He  is  Republican  in  politics,  though  open  to  con- 
viction along  this  line.  He  is  a  Presbyterian  and  a 
member  of  Brick  Church,  New  York.  His  clubs  are 
the  Yale  and  University  of  New  York  City,  the  West- 
moreland of  Wilkes-Barre,  Pa.,  and  the  Riverside 
Yacht  of  Riverside,  Conn. 

Graham  writes : '  *  Since  starting  business  I  have  been 
with  Blair  &  Company,  first  as  messenger,  second  as 
bond-salesman,  and  now  have  charge  of  circulars  and 
correspondence. 

"Have  been  abroad  three  times  since  graduation; 
the  last  time  was  in  1910,  when,  with  some  friends,  I 
sailed  on  the  Lusitania,  went  to  London  and  Paris  and 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  189 

returned  in  same  ship,  landing  in  New  York  in  two 
weeks  and  one  day  from  the  time  of  starting.  Last 
year,  1911,  took  a  three  weeks'  trip  to  California,  visit- 
ing San  Francisco  and  Los  Angeles. 

*' While  my  life  has  not  been  entirely  devoid  of  inter- 
esting circumstance,  I  can  think  of  nothing,  at  the 
moment,  which  would  be  apt  to  interest  the  Class  along 
the  broad  lines  of  common  experience. 

**I  have  noticed  that  while  important  changes  occa- 
sionally occur,  they  rarely  do  so  in  accordance  with 
plans  previously  made — so  I  have  ceased  to  make 
plans." 

Graham  has  neglected  to  mention  one  interesting 
touch.  He  is  a  great  observer  of  colors,  not  in  women's 
clothes  (we  all  do  that  much,  though  we  deny  it),  but 
such  a  prosaic  thing  as  a  street  car  or  railroad  train. 
He  will  tell  you  without  hesitation,  from  the  Atlantic 
to  the  Pacific,  just  the  color  each  line  has  selected. 

Louis  Herbert  Burlingham,  M.D. 

First  Assistant  Superintendent  at  the  Peter  Bent  Brigham 
Hospital,  Boston,  Mass. 

Permanent  address,  84  Prospect  Street,  Willimantic,  Conn. 

Born  February  18,  1880,  in  Willimantic,  Conn,,  the  son  of 
William  H.  Burlingham,  an  engineer,  and  Maria  J.  (Stough- 
ton)  Burlingham.     He  is  of  English  ancestry. 

Prepared  at  Willimantic  High  School  and  in  college  received 
a  dispute  appointment  Junior  and  Senior  years.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  Dunham  Boat  Club. 

He  is  unmarried. 

After  graduating  he  took  the  course  in  the  Johns 
Hopkins  Medical  School  and  in  March,  1906,  began 
work  in  the  Massachusetts  General  Hospital.    He  says 


190  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

that  he  is  now  second  assistant  superintendent  with 
the  official  titles  of  second  assistant  resident  physician 
and  second  assistant  administrator. 

He  received  the  degree  of  M.D.  from  Johns  Hopkins 
in  1906.  He  is  a  Republican  in  politics.  He  is  secre- 
tary and  treasurer  of  the  Massachusetts  General  Hos- 
pital House  Pupils  Alumni  Association,  a  member  of 
the  Massachusetts  Medical  Society,  American  Medical 
Association,  American  Hospital  Association,  Union 
Boat  Club  and  the  Yale  Club  of  Boston. 

Burly  seems  to  be  very  steadily  "on  the  job,"  for  in 
February,  1911,  he  wrote  before  our  Class  Dinner  at 
Keen 's :  "  The  place  looks  most  attractive,  and  it  and 
the  inducements  strongly  inviting,  but  I  find  that  I 
cannot  come.  I  feel  sure  that  the  occasion  will  be  most 
enjoyable  and  hope  that  the  Sunday  following  will  not 
find  too  many  men  requiring  the  services  of  Bill  Her- 
rick  and  Harry  Thacher. ' ' 

He  did  not  come  to  Triennial  or  Sexennial  or  Decen- 
nial. Commenting  on  his  position:  "At  the  present 
time  I  rank  second  among  five  assistants  in  this  depart- 
ment, and  for  the  last  twenty-two  months  I  have  been 
the  representative  of  the  administration  at  the  McLean 
Hospital,  Waverly,  Mass.  In  the  fall  I  expect  to 
become  the  first  assistant  superintendent  of  the  Peter 
Bent  Brigham  Hospital,  Boston." 

Frederic  Burnham 

Lawyer,  in  individual  practice  at  1625  Harris  Trust  Building, 

Chicago,    111. 

Residence,  1426  East  FifUj-first  Street,  Chicago,  III. 

Bom  March  7,  1881,  in  Chicago,  111.,  the  son  of  Edward 
Burnham,  a  dealer  iu  toilet  reciuisites,  and  Mary   (McGee) 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  191 

Burnham.  On  his  father's  side  he  is  of  English  descent  and 
on  his  mother's  of  Irish.  Pour  brothers  are  Yale  men:  Ray- 
mond Burnham,  1903  S.,  Clarence  Burnham,  1906  S.,  Gerald 
Burnham,  1909  S.,  and  Harold  Burnham,  1913  S.  To  swell 
the  list  he  adds,  "have  recently  heard  that  a  great-great- 
grandfather, James  Burnham,  1790,  went  to  Yale." 

Prepared  at  the  Harvard  Preparatory  School,  Chicago,  111., 
where  he  was  captain  of  the  football  team.  At  Yale  he  was 
a  member  of  the  Freshman  Basketball  Team  and  the  Varsity 
Gym  Team  in  Senior  year.  He  received  a  philosophical  ora- 
tion Junior  appointment,  second  Berkeley  premium  in  Latin 
composition,  an  oration  appointment,  and  the  Townsend  pre- 
mium in  Senior  year.  He  received  an  election  to  Phi  Beta 
Kappa. 

He  married  on  January  4,  1911,  in  Denver,  Colo.,  Adda 
Marguerite  Ghost,  daughter  of  William  C.  Ghost.  Both  her 
parents  are  deceased. 

After  graduation  he  took  up  the  study  of  law  at  the 
Kent  College  of  Law  in  Chicago,  at  the  same  time 
working  in  the  office  of  Hoyne,  O'Connor  &  Hoyne. 
The  Senior  year  was  spent  in  Northwestern  University 
Law  School  and  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1905. 
In  1909  he  was  elected  assistant  state's  attorney  of 
Cook  County,  and  in  summer  of  1912  resigned  from 
this  office  and  went  into  individual  practice. 

He  was  a  member  of  Phi  Delta  Phi  legal  fraternity 
and  received  the  degree  of  LL.B.  from  Northwestern 
University  in  1905.  In  religion  he  is  a  Roman  Catho- 
lic. He  is  a  Republican  and  takes  an  active  interest 
in  politics.  He  serves  as  chairman  of  the  committee 
of  the  Chicago  Bar  Association  for  the  prosecution  of 
persons  practicing  law  without  a  license,  and  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  committee  of  the  City  Club  dealing  with 
Charitable  Reformatory  Penal  agencies.  He  is  also 
a  member  of  the  Hamilton  Club,  Illinois  Athletic  Club, 


192  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

Kenwood  Country  Club,  American  Institute  of  Crim- 
inal Law  and  Criminology  and  the  Knights  of  Colum- 
bus. 

Fritz  writes:  ** After  graduation  obtained  employ- 
ment in  law  office  of  Hoyne,  O'Connor  &  Hoyne, 
Chicago,  and  in  fall  started  to  law  school.  This 
school  had  evening  as  well  as  day  sessions  and  I  was 
thus  enabled  to  devote  my  entire  day  to  the  work  in 
the  office.  This  work  proved  very  valuable,  espe- 
cially after  the  first  year  when  my  knowledge  of  prin- 
ciples and  matters  of  practice  had  increased  sufficiently 
to  permit  me  to  take  an  active  part  in  the  firm's  affairs. 
The  old  justice  court  system  was  still  in  vogue  in  the 
city  and  one  was  not  required  to  be  admitted  to  the 
bar  to  practice  in  those  courts.  Fortunately  for  me, 
the  firm  had  considerable  justice  court  work  and  by  the 
end  of  my  law  school  course,  at  which  time  I  was  prac- 
tically in  charge  of  that  branch  of  the  firm's  business, 
I  had  had  an  actual  trial  experience  which  stood  me 
in  good  stead  after  my  admission  to  the  bar.  Con- 
tinued there  for  three  years,  leading  the  prosaic  and 
uneventful  life  of  an  underpaid  law  clerk.  Learned 
the  rules  in  the  law  school  and  the  game  in  the  office, 
and  after  graduation  and  admission  to  the  bar  was  able 
to  take  a  fairly  responsible  position  in  the  law  depart- 
ment of  the  Chicago  &  Northwestern  Eailway  Com- 
pany— was  in  the  office  of  Lloyd  W.  Bowers,  '79, 
general  counsel  of  the  road,  later  appointed  solicitor 
general  of  the  United  States  by  President  Taft.  My 
work  with  the  railroad  was  varied,  including  trial 
work  in  the  various  courts,  brief  work,  etc.  In  March, 
1909,  I  was  appointed  an  assistant  state's  attorney  by 
John  E.  W.  Wayman,  state's  attorney  of  Cook  County, 
and  assigned  to  the  Criminal  Court  Building  to  try 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  193 

cases.  The  transition  from  defending  a  railroad  to 
prosecuting  criminals  was  abrupt,  but  I  soon  learned 
to  champion  the  cause  of  public  right  with  the  same 
facility  that  I  had  acquired  in  defending  corporate 
interests  against  the  insistent  demands  of  alleged 
damaged  shippers  and  maimed  claimants,  I  have 
remained  there  ever  since.  My  work  keeps  me  almost 
constantly  engaged  in  court  in  the  trial  of  criminal 
cases  of  the  felony  grade.  Have  been  engaged  in 
numerous  trials  of  local  interest  and  importance  and 
assisted  Mr.  Wayman  in  the  prosecution  of  Lee  O'Neil 
Browne,  accused  of  having  paid  the  bribes  to  the  legis- 
lators who  voted  for  Lorimer  for  senator  of  United 
States.  This  is  the  case  that  started  the  senatorial 
inquiry.  Prosecuted  and  convicted  Evelyn  A.  Lee,  the 
'Absolute  Life'  case. 

''My  intentions  are  to  enter  into  the  general  prac- 
tice of  law  in  Chicago  after  the  end  of  the  present 
administration  in  the  fall. 

"I  have  taken  active  interest  in  politics,  ward,  city 
and  county. ' ' 

John  Booth  Burrall 

President  of  the  Plume  &  Atwood  Manufacturing  Company 

and  Vice-President  and  Treasurer  of  the  American 

Ring  Company,  Waterbury,  Conn. 

Residence,  16  Church  Street,  Waterhury,  Conn. 

Born  October  14,  1879,  in  Waterbury,  Conn.,  the  son  of 
Edward  Milton  Burrall  (died  November  9,  1901),  a  brass 
manufacturer,  and  Mary  Eunice  (Booth)  Burrall.  He  is  of 
English  ancestry. 

Prepared  at  the  Taft  School  in  Watertown,  Conn.,  where 
he  went  in  for  athletics.     In  college  he  tried  a  little  baseball 


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194  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

and  rowing,  was  a  member  of  the  Wigwam  Debating  Club, 
University  Club,  Eta  Phi,  Alpha  Delta  Phi  and  Scroll  and 
Key. 

He  is  unmarried. 

After  graduation  he  went  directly  into  business, 
being  chiefly  interested  in  the  manufacture  of  brass 
and  brass  goods.  Since  1910  he  has  been  president  of 
the  Plume  &  Atwood  Manufacturing  Company  and 
vice-president  of  the  American  Ring  Company.  He  is 
a  director  of  the  Colonial  Trust  Company,  New  Eng- 
land Watch  Company,  Waterbury  Castings  Company, 
American  Pin  Company  and  the  Waterbury  Hotel 
Company. 

He  is  an  Episcopalian  and  a  member  of  the  vestry 
of  St.  John's  Church.  He  is  president  of  the  Country 
Club  of  Waterbury,  and  a  member  of  the  Waterbury 
Club,  Farmington  Club  of  Farmington,  Graduates 
Club  of  New  Haven,  University  and  Yale  clubs  of  New 
York  City,  Automobile  Club  of  America  and  the  Aero 
Club  of  Connecticut. 

Jack  wrote  in  June,  1912:  **I  am  almost  moved  to 
tears,  after  your  numerous  efforts  to  secure  my  obitu- 
ary, when  I  think  that  my  procrastination  has  assumed 
such  numerous  proportions.  I  hardly  know  how  to 
begin. 

'  *  I  am  the  survivor  of  a  trip  abroad  in  1906  with  one 
Hank  Stoddard,  to  say  nothing  of  the  trip  in  1907,  in 
the  same  vicinity,  with  one  Norton,  Yale  1902.  The 
lifeboats  were  quite  sufficient  for  our  entire  party.  I 
might  note  a  trip  to  Palm  Beach  with  Tillingliast  and 
Stoddard  in  1907,  which  was  almost  the  final  test,  but 
up  to  date  has  not  had  any  ill  effects  upon  my  well 
being."  [Here  his  business  life  is  outlined  as  given 
above.] 


AUTOBIOGEAPHIES  195 

"I  might  insert  that  ten  years  have  added  several 
gray  hairs  to  my  top  piece,  and  I  am  looking  forward 
with  great  interest  to  the  gathering  of  the  Arabian 
Knights,  and  four  or  five  Arabian  Nights  in  New 
Haven. ' ' 

It  is  delightful  to  see  a  man  enjoy  as  many  reunions 
at  once  as  Jack  this  spring,  one  minute  in  Bridgeport 
with  1902 ;  the  next  in  Waterbury  with  '97 ;  verily,  he 
rivaled  the  Rocky  Mountain  goat  skipping  lightly 
from  crag  to  crag. 

Leonard  Theaker  Bushnell 

Secretary  and  Treasurer  of  the  Rockwood  Sprinkler  Company, 
208  Columbia  Street,  Seattle,  Wash. 

Residence,  Algonquin  Apartments,  Seattle,  Wash. 

Born  August  8,  1880,  in  New  Bedford,  Mass.,  the  son  of 
Leonard  Bushnell  (died  September  17,  1882),  a  manufacturer, 
and  Margaret  E.  (Theaker)  Bushnell.  He  is  of  Scotch-Irish 
ancestry. 

Prepared  at  the  Friends'  Academy,  New  Bedford,  Mass., 
where  he  was  ' '  exceptionally  inactive. ' '  He  had  passed  exams 
for  Harvard  but  properly  changed  his  mind.  In  college  his 
attention  was  "entirely  engaged  in  a  struggle  not  to  study 
too  hard. ' '  Notwithstanding  these  efforts  he  received  a  disser- 
tation Junior  appointment  and  a  dispute  Senior  appointment. 
He  played  a  little  scrub  baseball  and  football. 

He  married  on  October  18,  1909,  in  Seattle,  Wash.,  Inez 
Lucy  Brown,  daughter  of  William  Frank  Brown,  a  lumber- 
man. 

On  graduation  he  decided  to  continue  study  along 
mechanical  lines  at  the  Massachusetts  Institute  of 
Technology.  After  a  short  time  with  the  New  York 
Central  &  Hudson  River  Railroad  Company,  he  went 


196  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

to  Seattle,  and  has  since  been  connected  with  the  Rock- 
wood  Sprinkler  Company,  installers  of  automatic 
sprinklers. 

He  received  the  degree  of  B.S.  from  Massachusetts 
Institute  of  Technology  in  1905.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Pilgrim  Congregational  Church. 

Len  says :  ''Left  Yale  mthout  even  any  vices  and  so 
green  the  cows  tried  to  bite  me.  Don't  get  the  idea 
I  am  blaming  Yale,  it  was  one  of  those  neglected  oppor- 
tunities that  rise  up  and  kick  you  in  recollection.  Went 
to  Boston  to  become  an  engineer  at  the  Massachusetts 
Institute  of  Technology,  but  soon  found  that  there 
were  more  things  attached  than  my  philosophy  had 
contemplated,  but  not  knowing  what  else  to  do,  I  dug 
my  toes  into  what  cracks  were  A\dthin  reach  and  man- 
aged to  hold  on.  I  guess  subconsciously  I  must  have 
absorbed  some  Yale  influences  for  after  working  that 
summer  I  waked  up  and  became,  if  I  may  say  it,  some- 
thing of  a  factor  in  the  life  of  the  School,  being  editor 
of  the  Tech,  and  one  of  the  Class  Day  marshals,  for 
instance.  The  greatest  recognition  I  have  received  was 
being  selected  as  secretary  of  the  Alumni  Fund  Com- 
mittee, which  successfully  strove  against  the  merger  of 
the  M.  I.  T.  with  Harvard. 

''After  graduation  I  spent  a  year  in  the  office  of 
the  registrar  of  the  Institute,  my  work  being  what 
would  now  be  called  scientific  management. 

"The  desire  to  get  out  into  real  work  led  our  hero  to 
go  to  work  for  the  New  York  Central  Railroad  in 
their  electrical  engineering  department,  under  Rainer 
Beeuwkes.  Work  being  slack,  ray  time  was  divided 
between  trying  to  pronounce  the  chief's  name  and 
filling  his  fountain  pen.  Finally,  after  having  been 
raised  from  $60  to  $70, 1  feared  that  wealth  might  make 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  197 

me  lose  touch  mth  common  people,  so  resigned  and  got 
a  job  with  my  present  company  in  Seattle.  Was  sur- 
prised, as  you  were  or  will  be,  to  find  so  much  country 
w^est  of  the  Harlem  and  found  no  difficulty  in  under- 
standing the  language.  After  getting  acclimated,  suc- 
ceeded in  making  a  job  for  myself  and  have  since 
stopped  only  long  enough  to  get  married. 

**The  saddest  word  I  have  to  tell  is  that  the  absence 
of  the  president  will  make  it  impossible  for  me  to  get 
to  Decennial.  If  Binnie  Albin  intimates  that  increased 
vigilance  on  the  part  of  freight  train  brakemen  has 
any  bearing  you  will  know  him  for  the  liar  that  he  is. 

"My  two  claims  to  the  Hall  of  Fame  are: 

"1.  In  writing  to  the  Weekly  I  never  said  'Has 
severed  his  connection  with  Smith  and  Brown  and 
accepted  a  position  with  Jones  and  Robinson'; 

* '  2.  I  am  the  only  man  in  Seattle  with  no  real  estate 
to  sell." 

John  Alexander  Callender 

"Writing,  80  "Washington  Square,  New  York  City 
Yale  Cluh,  30  West  Forty-fourth  Street,  New  York  City 

Bom  February  9,  1881,  in  Providence,  R.  I.,  the  son  of 
Walter  Callender,  a  merchant,  and  Ann  Oswald  (Crow) 
Callender  (deceased).  Two  brothers  were  graduated  at  Yale: 
"Walter  Reid  Callender,  1894,  and  Robert  Callender,  1898. 

Prepared  at  Andover  Academy,  where  he  was  a  member  of 
the  Phillipian  board.  At  Yale  he  contributed  to  the  Lit  and 
Courant  and  received  colloquy  appointments  in  Junior  and 
Senior  years. 

He  is  unmarried. 

On  graduation  he  entered  the  office  of  Dominick  & 
Dominick,  brokers,  in  New  York  City,  later  going  with 


198  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

Henry  Holt  &  Company,  publishers.    Since  the  fall  of 
1911  he  has  devoted  his  time  entirely  to  writing. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Yale  Club  of  New  York  City. 

John  writes:  ''Seeing  that  you  have  a  use  for 
accounts  of  great  men's  lives,  I  hasten  to  let  you  some- 
way in  on  mine.  The  word  'hasten,'  you  mil  observe, 
stamps  me  at  once  as  a  humorist.  If  this  reaches  you 
too  late — not  the  little  joke,  but  the  letter — you  will 
also  observe  the  pathos  which  we  are  told  is  always 
near  to  great  humor. 

"Having  been  born  and  graduated,  I  came  to  New 
York  (as  you  know;  but  consider  the  public),  and,  as 
near  as  has  been  discovered,  I  came  because  New  York 
wouldn't  come  to  me.  My  first  efforts  exploded  in 
Wall  Street,  where  one  goes  when  he  don't  know 
where  else  to  be.  About  all  that  can  be  said  about  that 
part  of  my  career  is  that  I  was  contemporary  with 
J.  P.  Morgan.  Neither  he  nor  the  other  leaders 
appreciated  the  chance  before  them  and  in  a  time  of 
great  drought  and  famine  in  the  financial  district,  I 
suddenly  woke  up  outside  its  fence.  The  episode,  after 
some  groping  in  the  past,  would  seem  to  have  been  in 
the  summer  of  1907.  The  rest  of  that  heated  term  I 
spent  between  the  restful  homestead  and  looking  for 
another  excuse  to  remain  on  earth.  For  I  had  begun 
to  get  used  to  this  world,  in  some  places  even  to  get 
calloused. 

"Finally  I  was  cast  up  by  the  flood  into  a  small 
niche  in  the  publishing  business ;  the  recipient  of  that 
hard  luck  being  Henry  Holt  &  Company  of  New  York. 
After  clinging  to  that  niche  for  four  years,  I  was 
tempted  to  try  to  add  to  the  world's  great  literature 
myself,  and  left  said  niche  for  said  purpose.  I  am  still 
trying — both  to  others  and  myself. 


AUTOBIOGKAPHIES  199 

**As  for  the  rest,  I  will  only  mention  one  great  deed. 
Briefly  it  is  this :  I  have  discovered  an  open  fireplace 
in  Manhattan  which  was  attached  to  a  room  which 
could  be  rented.  It  may  seem  a  small  matter,  but, 
Jimmy,  have  you  ever  set  sail  after  one  ?  If  you  have — 
and  in  your  case,  as  a  Benedict,  constrained  to  find 
in  addition  plenty  of  closets  in  your  search  for  a  home 
— you  will  understand  amply.  If  you  have  not — well, 
it's  a  case  where  you  tempt  horrors.  You  set  out  in 
your  search  blithely  enough,  and  approach  each  possi- 
ble landlord  sternly.  Sternly  in  order  to  make  him 
think  you  have  the  price  but  won't  stand  for  exorbitant 
rates — out  of  principle.  You  cast  your  eye  about  the 
proposed  lodgings,  note  the  semblance  of  a  fireplace 
in  the  wall,  and  hurriedly  go  over  the  preliminaries; 
rent,  water,  water-bugs  and  others.  Then,  casually, 
you  opine  that  that  is  a  regular  fireplace  over  there, 
is  it  not?  He  says  certainly,  except  that  you  mustn't 
burn  wood  or  coal  in  it.  You  inquire,  ill-advisedly  wag- 
gish, the  law  as  to  matches.  Then  you  go  to  the  next 
place.  After  a  week  or  two  your  blitheness  gets  frayed. 
You  have  been  used  to  being  told  that  most  people 
(sane  persons  being  evidently  the  real  meaning)  pre- 
fer steam.  Or  that  gas-logs  are  much  simpler  (here 
the  indication  is  their  greater  safety  for  the  weak- 
minded).  You  have  also  become  used  to  being  regarded 
with  suspicion  mth  some  hinting  as  to  incendiarism 
having  been  rife  lately. 

* '  In  two  or  three  weeks  more,  you  crawl  up  to  places 
humbly;  willing  to  overlook  holes  in  the  roof,  and 
other  quaint  relics,  if  only  they  have  a  real  hearth- 
stone on  the  premises.  You  even  consider  stealing  a 
few  bricks  and  building  one  in  the  Park.    Unless,  like 


200  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

myself,  you  find  success  before  you  quite  lose  your 
reason. 

**New  York,  Jimmj^  seems  to  be  one  half  steam  heat 
and  one  half  Tammany.  Except  my  fireplace.  Drop 
in  some  night  soon  and  smoke  up  at  80  Washington 
Square. ' ' 


Frederic  Wells  Campbell 

Assistant  Treasurer  of  the  Frederick  M.  Ward  Company,  53 
Church  Street,  New  Haven,  Conn. 

Residence,  100  Whalley  Avenue,  New  Haven,  Conn. 

Born  June  22,  1880,  in  New  Haven,  Conn.,  the  son  of  Wells 
Campbell,  retired,  and  Mary  (Ward)  Campbell.  He  is  of 
English  ancestry.     Several  cousins  are  Yale  men. 

Prepared  at  Hopkins  Grammar  School  in  New  Haven.  In 
college  he  received  a  colloquy  appointment  in  Senior  year. 

He  is  unmarried. 

Since  graduation  he  has  been  associated  with  his 
uncle,  Frederick  M.  Ward,  in  the  real  estate  business. 
His  recreation  has  been  long  walking  trips. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Dwight  Place  Congregational 
Church.  His  clubs  are  the  Yale  of  New  York  City  and 
the  Quinnipiac  of  New  Haven. 

Frederic  writes:  ''Your  greeting  from  the  hour  of 
the  early  birdies  reached  me  this  afternoon;  at  this 
time  of  my  reply  all  the  birdies  are  abed — except  the 
night-hawks,  of  which — as  you  may  remember — we 
haven't  many  here  in  New  Haven. 

' '  That  portion  of  your  welcome  letter  which  occupied 
itself  with  your  impressions  of  the  analytical  (though 
somewhat  uneven)  Bennett  interested  me  greatly.    To 


AUTOBIOGBAPHIES  201 

your  request  for  sidelights  on  my  career  and  character, 
for  your  forthcoming  'Lives  of  Great  Men,'  I  turn  a 
deaf  ear.  I  have  had  no  career,  and  little  character. 
(Even  this  intimate  confession  I  make  to  you  confi- 
dentially.) *F-a-c-t-s  and  not  overmuch  of  them'  (to 
quote  yourself)  is  all  the  notoriety  which  I  seek 
through  the  medium  of  the  above-mentioned  work. 

"Don't  you  ever  drop  off  at  New  Haven  nowadays? 
Lunch  with  me  next  time  you  do — I'd  like  well  to  talk 
with  you  when  it  isn't  for  publication." 

It  would  pay  anyone  to  stop  the  next  time  in  New 
Haven  and  see  Fred's  library.  You  will  find  some  old, 
old  treasures  not  often  owned  in  this  country.  I  sat  up 
till  3.30  a.m.  over  them  once! 


George  Boone  Carpenter 

Owner  of  the  Foothills  Orchard 
Residence,  The  Foothills,  Medford,  Ore. 

Born  May  7,  1879,  in  Chicago,  111.,  the  son  of  George  Bene- 
dict Carpenter  (died  in  1881),  an  editor,  and  Lucy  A. 
(Boone)  Carpenter.  He  is  of  "Scotch,  Dutch  and  Kentucky" 
ancestry. 

Prepared  at  the  Arnum  Institute  of  Technology  and  Phillips 
Academy,  Andover,  spending  two  years  at  each.  At  Andover 
he  was  a  member  of  A.  U.  V.  In  college  he  was  an  associate 
editor  of  the  News  Junior  year  and  business  manager  Senior 
year.  He  received  the  Class  vote  for  Class  beauty.  He  was 
a  Wrangler  and  received  a  second  colloquy  appointment 
Junior  and  first  colloquy  in  Senior  year.  He  was  a  member 
of  Kappa  Psi,  Alpha  Delta  Phi  and  Skull  and  Bones. 

He  married  on  June  8,  1908,  in  Chicago,  111.,  Rhea  Morrill, 


202  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

daughter  of  John  French  Morrill.     (Both  of  her  parents  are 
deceased. ) 

From  August,  1902,  until  July,  1910,  he  was  with 
R.  R.  Donnelley  &  Sons  Company,  manufacturing 
printers.  During  this  time  he  made  two  business  trips 
abroad,  arranging  and  signing  contracts  for  the  manu- 
facture of  the  Encyclopedia  Britannica  in  the  United 
States.  In  July,  1910,  he  purchased  a  pear  orchard  in 
Roger  River  Valley,  Oregon,  which  he  calls  ' '  The  Foot- 
hills," and  in  the  winter  of  that  year  he  and  his  ^vife 
attended  the  Oregon  Agricultural  College. 

He  traveled  in  Norway,  Sweden,  Russia,  Poland, 
Germany  and  France  on  his  wedding  trip,  and  in 
October,  1911,  sailed  from  San  Francisco  for  a  six 
months '  trip  around  the  world,  visiting  Hawaii,  Japan, 
China,  Philippines,  Straits  Settlements,  India  and 
Burma,  Kashmir,  Ceylon,  and  coming  home  via  the 
Suez  Canal  and  Europe.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Epis- 
copal Church.  He  is  a  member  of  the  University, 
Saddle  and  Cycle,  and  Caxton  clubs  of  Chicago,  and  the 
Roger  River  Valley  University  and  Country  clubs  of 
Oregon. 

Carp  is  another  Easterner  who  has  thrown  off  the 
shackles  of  city  life  and  retired  to  his  country  estate. 
He  carries  with  him  all  his  old  tenacity  of  purpose,  for 
he  writes : 

''Crop  of  1912  looks  fine.  Afraid  I  can't  leave  it 
for  Decennial,  much  as  I  want  to!" 

George  almost  stopped  all  the  traffic  in  Chicago  one 
day  with  his  auto  so  he  could  greet  the  Secretary,  who 
was  ambling  along  in  a  plebeian  herdic  of  ancient  vin- 
tage, so  you  can  bet  I'll  have  a  look  at  the  "Foothills" 
the  next  time  the  Wanderlust  seizes  me. 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  203 

Lawrence  Chamberlain 

Securities  Expert  with  Kountze  Brothers,  bankers,  141 
Broadway,  New  York  City 

Residence,  5  Hawthorne  Place,  Montclair,  N.  J. 

Bom  October  10,  1878,  in  New  York  City,  the  son  of  Dr. 
George  W.  Chamberlain,  a  former  student  at  the  College  of 
Physicians  and  Surgeons,  and  Hattie  (Cummings)  Chamber- 
lain. He  is  of  Scotch  and  English  ancestry.  Two  brothers, 
Arthur  Percy  Chamberlain  and  Ralph  Thompson  Chamber- 
lain, are  members  of  the  Yale  Class  of  1915. 

Prepared  at  the  Springfield  High  School  and  Phillips 
Academy,  Andover.  In  the  latter  he  was  president  of  the 
Senior  class,  a  Philo-Forum  debater  and  a  Means  prize 
speaker.  In  college  he  held  a  scholarship  throughout  the 
course,  took  the  Winston  Trowbridge  Townsend  Freshman 
prize,  received  a  dissertation  Senior  appointment  and  as  a 
graduate  student  was  the  Porter  Fellow  in  English.  He 
was  a  member  of  Beta  Theta  Pi. 

He  married  on  January  3,  1902,  in  Worcester,  Mass., 
Berenice  Taylor,  daughter  of  Frederick  B.  Taylor.  They  have 
one  son,  Lawrence,  born  November  11,  1903,  in  New  Haven, 
Conn. 

The  first  two  years  after  graduation  he  spent  as  a 
graduate  fellow  in  English  at  Yale  and  teaching  in  a 
private  school  in  New  Haven.  He  then  taught  Eng- 
lish in  Dartmouth  for  a  year  in  the  absence  of  Pro- 
fessor Emery  during  his  sabbatical  year  abroad.  Pre- 
vious overwork  combined  with  eyestrain  led  him  to 
give  up  teaching  and  he  has  since  engaged  in  finance, 
thus  increasing  his  opportunities  for  compensation. 

He  has  not,  however,  given  up  literary  work,  as  he 
contributes  largely  to  financial  papers  and  magazines, 
has  written  an  exhaustive  treatise  on  the  ''Principles 
of  Bond  Investment, ' '  and  is  soon  to  publish  a  second 


204  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

entitled  **The  Work  of  the  Bond  Houses."  The  Daily 
Bond  Buyer,  in  speaking  of  his  first  book,  says,  ''The 
work  is  scholarly,  yet  easily  understandable;  volumi- 
nous yet  rich  with  the  very  best  information ;  historical, 
yet  strictly  up-to-date  in  regard  to  all  bond  issues  and 

the  security  behind  them Every  investor  should 

have  a  copy  of  this  remarkable  literary  production 
from  the  pen  of  Mr.  Chamberlain,  who,  as  head  of  the 
bond  department  of  Kountze  Brothers,  and  staff  lec- 
turer on  finance  in  the  New  York  University  School  of 
Commerce,  Accounts  and  Finance,  is  well  qualified  to 
write  upon  these  subjects,  as  the  volume  itself  more 
than  testifies." 

He  received  the  degree  of  M.A.  from  Yale  in  1903. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Congregational  Church  and  the 
Montclair  Athletic  Club. 

Commenting  on  the  facts  furnished  for  this  biog- 
raphy, Larry  writes:  ''This  is  pretty  scant  informa- 
tion, but  I've  a  notion  that  few  of  us  set  the  river  on 
fire  till  we  are  well  past  thirty  and  I  am  content  to  be 
one  of  the  large  majority. 

"As  for  'positions  of  honor  and  trust,'  I  am  the 
father  of  one  of  the  first  and  best  boys  born  to  one 
of  our  Class — and  I  pay  cash  for  my  groceries.  It  is 
a  record  to  be  proud  of." 

Harry  Baldwin  Chamberlin 

Secretary  of  the  Woodward  Lumber  Company,  Box  1115, 

Atlanta,  Ga. 

Residence,  166  Cypress  Street,  Atlanta,  Ga. 

Born  June  20,  1882,  in  Unionville,  Conn.,  the  son  of  Frank- 
lin Alexander  Chamberlin,  a  merchant,  and  Nellie  (Baldwin) 
Chamberlin.  He  is  of  English,  Scotch  and  Irish  ancestry. 
Three    brothers    have    graduated    at    Yale:    John    Bullard 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  205 

Chamberlin,  1901,  Charles  VanWycke  Chamberlin,  1907  S., 
and  Frederick  Bryan  Chamberlin,  1913  S. 

Prepared  at  the  Unionville  High  School.  In  college  he 
received  a  philosophical  oration  appointment  Junior  year  and 
an  oration  appointment  Senior  year,  won  the  second  Berkeley 
premium  in  Latin  composition,  Freshman  year;  second  De- 
Forest  Mathematical  prize,  Sophomore  year;  Bennett  prize, 
Senior  year,  and  two  year  honors  in  social  science.  He 
received  an  election  to  Phi  Beta  Kappa. 

He  married  on  June  2,  1909,  in  Atlanta,  Ga.,  Emma  Bell 
DuBose,  a  graduate  of  the  Agnes  Scott  College,  Decatur,  Ga., 
and  Finch  School,  New  York  City,  daughter  of  Edwin  Rem- 
bert  DuBose,  Emory  College  1877,  vice-president  of  the 
Chamberlin- Johnson-DuBose  Company. 

Since  graduation  he  has  been  with  the  Woodward 
Lumber  Company,  makers  of  sash,  doors,  blinds  and 
general  millwork.  For  a  number  of  years  he  has  been 
secretary  of  this  company. 

He  is  a  Presbyterian.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Atlanta 
Athletic  Club. 

Doggie  writes:  "This  looks  easy  but  answering  it 
puts  one  in  much  the  same  state  of  mind  as  those  old 
Alumni  Hall  questions,  'Give  in  about  two  hundred 
words  a  history  of  the  Eastern  Empire  up  to  the  Fall 
of  Constantinople';  it's  just  a  little  bewildering.  As 
for  (1),  Atlanta,  Ga.,  since  September,  1902;  (2)  Wood- 
ward Lumber  Company,  same  date;  (3)  foreign  trav- 
els— ain't  no  such  animal!  (4)  The  most  conspicuous 
thing  in  these  ten  years  seems  to  have  been  the  question 
of  readjustment,  not  in  one  line  but  in  practically  all. 
In  mental  habits  and  mode  of  life  it  is  a  decided  trans- 
formation to  make  a  business  man  out  of  a  bookish 
college  student,  and  not  much  less  so  to  convert  a  New 
England  Yankee  of  Puritan  traditions  into  a  South- 
erner, and  a  Republican  (by  inheritance)  into  one  who 


206  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

can  view  with  perfect  equanimity  the  possibility  of  a 
Democrat  being  the  next  occupant  of  the  presidential 
chair.  Political  activity  is  restricted  to  one  party  to 
a  large  extent  and  has  had  little  attraction  for  me, 
while  as  for  literary,  scientific  and  athletic  exploits,  the 
stern  chase  of  the  dollar  has  left  little  chance  for  any 
of  them.  Even  the  aforesaid  stern  chase  has  not  been 
so  remarkably  productive  of  lucre  as  to  bring  repre- 
sentatives of  bond  houses  in  droves  to  my  door,  but  as 
it  has,  at  least,  been  successful  enough  to  scare  away 
a  certain  four-footed  animal  who  is  wont  to  hang 
around  doors,  it  must  not  be  put  down  as  a  complete 
failure.  To  satisfaction  in  this  moderate  attainment 
must  be  added  the  pleasure  of  having  spent  ten  years 
in  the  delightful  atmosphere  of  a  Southern  city 
amongst  people  readier  than  any  in  the  world  to  get 
acquainted  and  fill  that  need  for  (as  E.  L.  S.  puts  it) 
' du  lieher  Gott,  friends!'  It  is  true  that  Atlanta  is 
several  hundred  miles  from  New  York,  but  that  is 
believed  to  have  been  intentional,  so  that  both  cities 
might  have  a  chance  to  grow. 

"In  short,  with  a  wife  and  home,  a  large  number  of 
acquaintances  and  a  few  good  friends,  with  food  in 
the  larder  and  a  few  coins  in  the  purse,  I  may  write 
myself  down  as  contented  but  not  satisfied." 

Terry  Joseph  Chapin 

Lawyer,  Chapin  &  Henry,  50  State  Street,  Hartford,  Conn. 

Residence,  Suflfield,   Conn. 

Born  June  8,  1881,  in  Enfield,  Conn.,  the  son  of  Joseph 
Terry  Chapin  (died  May  6,  1898),  a  farmer,  and  Sarah 
Elizabeth  (Barber)  Chapin.     He  is  of  English  ancestry. 

Prepared  at  the  Enfield  Public  High  School,  where  he  did 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  207 

some  debating.  At  Yale  he  received  a  dissertation  Junior 
appointment  and  an  oration  Senior  appointment.  He  played 
on  the  Dissertation  and  "Tightwads"  baseball  teams  and 
was  a  member  of  the  Yale  Union. 

He  married  on  January  1,  1907,  in  Suffield,  Conn.,  Jessie 
Maud  Douglass,  daughter  of  Edward  0.  Douglass,  an  engineer 
and  river  pilot.  They  have  one  son,  Douglass  Norton,  bom 
November  2,  1911,  in  Hartford,  Conn. 

After  graduation  he  taught  at  St.  George's  School 
in  Summit,  N.  J.,  for  a  year  and  studied  law  at  the 
night  session  of  the  New  York  Law  School.  The  fol- 
lowing year  he  took  the  regular  course  in  law  school 
and  took  a  clerkship  with  Peckham,  Warner  &  Strong, 
and  later  with  Morgan  &  Seabury.  He  was  admitted 
to  the  New  York  Bar  in  October,  1904,  and  to  the 
Connecticut  Bar  in  January,  1905.  He  entered  the 
law  office  of  Joseph  L.  Barbour  of  Hartford  and  con- 
tinued his  clerkship  later  with  Bill  &  Tuttle  of  the 
same  place.  In  April,  1906,  he  formed  a  law  partner- 
ship with  James  B.  Henry,  a  fellow  townsman,  and  a 
graduate  of  Amherst  College  and  the  Michigan  Law 
School.  In  March,  1912,  he  was  elected  assistant  treas- 
urer of  the  Cumberland  Lumber  Company. 

He  received  the  degree  of  LL.  B.  from  the  New  York 
Law  School  in  1904.  He  is  a  member  of  the  First  Con- 
gregational Church  of  Enfield,  chairman  of  the  social 
committee  and  a  member  of  the  music  committee.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Yale  Alumni  Association  of  Hart- 
ford, the  Hartford  Business  Men's  Association,  Sons 
of  the  American  Revolution,  Thompsonville  Board  of 
Trade,  veteran  corps  of  the  Governor's  Foot  Guards 
and  the  Enfield  Grange. 

Doc  writes:  ^'My  first  shot  in  the  game  of  give 
and  take  they  call  'Life'  after  I  left  Yale,  where  I  had 


208  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

obtained  more  nicknames  than  honors,  was  teaching 
school  in  Summit,  N.  J.,  for  a  year.  My  ruling  passion 
for  work  soon  manifested  itself  and  brought  me  to 
realize  that  since  my  teaching  was  so  much  of  a  cinch 
I  was  wasting  the  patrimony  that  Father  Time  had 
bestowed  upon  me  through  the  good  offices  of  the  head 
master.  I  decided,  therefore,  to  use  my  spare  hours 
in  trying  to  learn  the  mysteries  of  the  law. 

'*My  six  months'  excursion  in  that  field  provided 
plenty  of  work,  and  led  on  to  two  years  of  study  in  the 
New  York  Law  School,  followed  by  months  of  office 
practice  and  experience,  first  in  New  York  and  then  in 
Hartford  (I  getting  the  experience  and  some  one  else 
the  practice  mth  the  accompanying  fees),  until  I 
thought  I  had  enough  of  the  latter  in  order  to  enable 
me  to  obtain  some  of  the  former. 

"I  soon  found  out  that  my  practice  meant  work,  in 
fact  more  work  than  I  could  well  do  single-handed,  and 
so  in  April,  1906,  I  formed  a  law  partnership  with 
James  B.  Henry,  with  whom  I  am  still  associated.  My 
life  at  the  bar  has  been  one  continuous  performance  of 
work,  really  hard,  strenuous,  persevering  work, — any 
time,  any  place,  any  job, — but  I  have  become  so  accus- 
tomed to  it  that  I  can  now  work  for  days  without  rest 
or  sleep.  Though  this  is  not  supposed  to  be  my  epitaph, 
yet  I  must  confess  that  I  have  often  been  buried  in  my 
work,  but  I  have  always  escaped  uninjured  so  far,  and 
I  remain  simple  Mr.  Chapin,  without  any  honorary 
epithets.  Through  and  out  of  it  all  I  have  evolved  my 
own  scheme  and  philosophy  of  life, — If  you  don't  work 
you  won't  be  contented. 

"My  principal  relaxation  through  these  ten  years 
has  been  trolleying.  On  one  of  these  trips  I  visited  tlie 
people  and  the    haunts  that  inspired  the  saws  of  my 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  209 

renowned  avuncular  ancestor,  'Uncle  Terry,'  in  order 
to  see  if  the  people  '  down  East '  had  yet  learned  to  cut  a 
ham  exactly  in  the  middle. ' ' 


William  Lyman  Chase 

Examiner  for  the  New  York  State  Civil  Service  Commission, 
Albany,  N.  Y. 

Born  October  22,  1879,  in  Macedon,  N.  Y.,  the  son  of  Her- 
man Lyman  Chase,  M.D.  Albany  Medical  College,  a  physician, 
and  Laura  Edna  (Baker)  Chase.  He  is  of  English,  Scotch 
and  Protestant  Irish  ancestry. 

Prepared  at  the  Palmyra  High  School.  In  college  he 
received  a  dispute  appointment  in  Junior  and  Senior  years. 
He  was  a  member  of  Beta  Theta  Pi. 

He  is  unmarried. 

In  1902  he  worked  in  the  home  office  of  the  Garlock 
Rubber  Packing  Company  and  then  in  their  San  Fran- 
cisco office.  The  following  year  he  was  in  New  York 
reporting  for  the  New  York  Tribune  and  the  New 
York  Times.  From  1904  to  1906  and  from  1907  to 
1909  he  taught  in  Syracuse,  at  Jenner's  Preparatory 
School,  in  Ithaca  at  the  University  Preparatory  School 
and  in  Bloomsburg  (Pa.)  Normal  School.  In  1906-07 
he  was  in  business  in  New  York  and  since  1909  has  been 
a  state  civil  service  examiner  at  Albany,  N.  Y. 

William  writes:  ''These  ten  years  have  equalled  a 
cycle  of  Cathay,  even  at  the  rate  Cathay  is  going." 


210  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

Simeon  Baldwin  Chittenden,  Jr. 

Assistant  Sales  Manager  for  the  Lehigh   Portland   Cement 
Company  and  Advertising  Manager  for  the  Kelley  Island 
Lime  &  Transport  Company,  521  Peoples  Gas  Build- 
ing, Chicago,  111. 

Residence,  239  Central  Avenue,  Highland  Park,  III. 

Born  April  7,  1879,  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  the  son  of  Simeon 
Baldwin  Chittenden,  Yale  1865,  a  lawyer,  and  Mary  Warner 
(Hill)  Chittenden.  He  is  of  English  ancestry.  Besides  his 
father  his  Yale  relatives  are  William  Newton  Parker,  1879, 
William  Chittenden  Lusk,  1890,  John  Henry  Chapman, 
1876  S.,  John  Hill  Morgan,  1893,  and  Sherman  Hartwell 
Chapman,  1866. 

Prepared  at  the  Groton  School  in  Massachusetts.  He  was 
one  of  the  first  men  in  the  Class  to  win  his  Y,  being  a 
member  of  the  Track  Team.  He  was  secretary  and  treasurer 
of  the  Yale  Cross  Country  Club,  and  a  member  of  the  Inter- 
collegiate Cross  Country  Team.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Freshman  Apollo  and  University  Glee  clubs,  Kneiselet  Quar- 
tet, the  Wigwam  Debating  Club,  Kraut  Club  and  the  Uni- 
versity Club.  His  societies  were  Kappa  Psi,  Alpha  Delta 
Phi  and  Wolf's  Head. 

He  married  on  October  16,  1906,  in  Concord,  Mass.,  Grace 
Chetwode  Chapman,  daughter  of  John  Hartwell  Chapman, 
deceased.  They  have  two  daughters,  both  born  in  Cleveland, 
Ohio:  Alice  Fay,  born  October  14,  1908,  and  Lydia  Barrett, 
born  July  11,  1910. 

The  first  four  years  after  graduation  he  lived  in 
New  York  City,  serving  as  clerk  for  Moore  &  Schley 
six  months,  assistant  editor  of  the  Railroad  Gazette 
two  years,  and  railroad  statistician  for  Eugene  Meyer, 
Jr.,  &  Company  one  year  and  a  half.  He  left  New 
York  in  the  early  part  of  1907  and  went  to  Cleveland  as 
chief  clerk,  editor  of  magazine  and  head  of  the  copy 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  211 

department  in  the  advertising  department  of  Sherwin- 
Williams  Company.  In  March,  1911,  he  went  to  Chi- 
cago as  advertising  manager  for  the  Lehigh  Portland 
Cement  Company  and  in  February,  1912,  was  also 
appointed  advertising  manager  for  the  Kelley  Island 
Lime  &  Transport  Company.  In  the  fall  of  1912  he 
was  advanced  to  the  position  of  assistant  sales  man- 
ager of  the  Lehigh  Portland  Cement  Company. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Episcopal  Church.  He  has 
written  several  articles  on  advertising  for  Printer's 
Ink,  Printing  Art,  etc.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Exmoor 
Country  Club  of  Highland  Park. 


Arthur  Bryan  Clark 

President  of  the  Everett  B.  Clark  Seed  Company  and  of  the 
Milford  Trust  Company,  Milford,  Conn. 

Residence,  Milford,  Conn. 

Born  May  25,  1880,  in  Milford,  Conn.,  the  son  of  Everett 
B.  Clark  (died  December  23,  1907),  a  seedsman,  and  Charlotte 
E.  (Woodruff)  Clark. 

Prepared  at  Wesley  an  Academy,  Wilbraham,  Mass.,  and  at 
Oberlin  Academy,  Oberlin,  Ohio,  where  he  took  part  in  debat- 
ing and  oratorical  contests.  At  Yale  he  was  a  member  of 
debating  teams  of  1901  and  1902,  won  a  cup  in  the  inter- 
department  debate  in  1901,  was  an  alternate  on  the  team  which 
debated  against  Harvard,  received  two  year  honors  in  history 
and  oration  appointments  in  Junior  and  Senior  years.  He 
was  elected  to  Phi  Beta  Kappa. 

He  married  on  June  30,  1903,  in  Oberlin,  Ohio,  Glenna  May 
Hostetter,  Oberlin  1902,  daughter  of  David  Hostetter,  a  var- 
nish manufacturer,  of  Cleveland,  Ohio.  They  have  two  chil- 
dren, both  born  in  IMilford,  Conn. :  Arthur  Bryan,  Jr.,  born 
February  5,  1907,  and  Glenna  Marie,  born  February  14,  1910. 


212  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

Since  graduation  he  has  been  in  the  wholesale  seed 
business,  being  president  of  the  Everett  B.  Clark  Com- 
pany. (You  mil  notice  one  building  from  the  train.) 
He  is  also  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  Clark-Bayliss 
Company,  organized  in  1903,  and  president  of  the  Mil- 
ford  Trust  Company. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Plymouth  Congregational 
Church,  Milford,  where  his  activities  are  confined  to 
committee  work,  and  of  the  Union  League  Club,  New 
Haven.    Politics  are  ''out  of  his  line." 

Abe  gives  us  a  concise  history:  "Have  felt  con- 
strained to  leave  this  department  (Literary,  etc.)  to 
Brian  Hooker  and  other  of  our  shining  lights. 

''In  1902  I  embarked  upon  life's  labors  as  a  seeds- 
man. For  the  first  year  or  two  I  took  my  place  along- 
side the  laborers  in  the  field,  both  in  order  to  earn  my 
salt  and  also  to  learn  the  fundamentals  of  seed- 
growing. 

"During  the  winter  season  I  took  my  part  in  the 
warehouses  preparing  shipments.  Evenings  I  took 
occasion  to  familiarize  myself  with  the  details  of  the 
office  work.  In  December,  1902,  I  journeyed  to  Wis- 
consin, where  I  established  a  branch  seed-growing 
establishment  for  my  company.  In  sympathy  with  all 
things  American,  business  grew  and  I  found  my  period 
of  apprenticeship  cut  short  by  the  force  of  circum- 
stances— field  and  warehouse  work  had  to  be  aban- 
doned. About  five  months  of  each  year  had  to  be  spent 
in  Wisconsin  and  perhaps  one  month  more  in  trips  to 
various  parts  of  the  country.  The  remaining  six 
months,  of  course,  I  was  to  be  found  on  the  job  at  the 
head  office  at  Milford. 

"In  1905  I  established  a  second  branch  house,  this 
time  in  Michigan,  and  in  1909  a  third,  this  last  house, 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  213 

the  one  at  Green  Bay,  Wisconsin,  having  been  enlarged 
during  the  past  summer  to  double  its  original  capacity. 
We  are  now  putting  out  our  own  seed  stocks  and  rais- 
ing seeds  in  the  following  states :  Connecticut,  Maine, 
Michigan,  Wisconsin,  Montana,  Idaho  and  Oregon,  the 
circuit  of  which  I  have  to  make  annually. 

*'In  1911  the  Milford  Trust  Company  was  organized 
by  about  sixty-five  citizens  of  Milford,  Conn.,  my  home 
town,  and  unfortunately  for  the  institution,  I  was 
designated  as  president,  so  that  having  had  about 
ten  years'  experience  mth  banking  from  the  business 
man's  standpoint,  I  am  now  getting  a  view  of  that  field 
from  the  standpoint  of  the  banker,  all  of  which  is 
proving  very  interesting." 


Philo  Douglas  Clark 

Assistant  Sales  Manager  for  Thos.  D.  Murphy  Company, 
Red  Oak,  Iowa 

Residence,  Red  Oak,  Iowa 

Born  December  2,  1879,  in  Red  Oak,  Iowa,  the  son  of 
Benjamin  B.  Clark,  a  banker,  and  Mary  (Douglas)  Clark 
(died  in  1880).    He  is  of  English  and  Scotch  ancestry. 

Prepared  at  the  South  Side  Academy,  Chicago,  111.  In 
college  he  received  a  second  dispute  appointment  Junior  year, 
a  dissertation  appointment  Senior  year  and  two  year  honors 
in  history.  He  "roomed  with  Steve  Abbey,"  was  a  "distin- 
guished member  of  the  Also-Rans"  and  of  the  University 
Club. 

He  married  on  December  2,  1903,  in  Red  Oak,  Iowa,  Jessie 
Lee  Fisher,  Ferry  Hall  (Lake  Forest,  111.)  1902,  daughter 
of  Zelotes  Timothy  Fisher,  Jr.,  of  Red  Oak,  Iowa.  They  have 
one  daughter,  Frances  Douglas,  born  May  24,  1908,  in  Red 
Oak,  Iowa. 


214  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

On  leaving  college  he  worked  six  months  in  the  Red 
Oak  National  Bank  but  was  obliged  to  change  to  an 
occupation  of  a  less  confining  nature  owing  to  ill 
health.  He  became  assistant  superintendent  of  the 
Red  Oak  Canning  Company  and  in  December,  1905,  was 
elected  president.  For  a  number  of  years  he  has  been 
assistant  sales  manager  for  the  Thos.  D.  Murphy  Com- 
pany, manufacturers  of  art  calendars.  He  is  a 
director  of  the  Red  Oak  National  Bank  and  of  the 
Red  Oak  Trust  &  Savings  Bank. 

He  is  a  Progressive  Republican  and  has  held  such 
offices  as  chairman  of  county  conventions,  secretary  of 
district  congressional  conventions  and  delegate  to  state 
conventions.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Congregational 
Church. 

Quad  writes:  **  'Happy  are  the  people  who  have 
no  history,'  says  an  old  French  philospher.  Granting 
the  truth  of  this  epigram,  my  life  since  leaving  Yale 
must  have  been  one  continuous  performance  on  the 
bliss  circuit,  for  the  history  I  have  created  is  a  negligi- 
ble quantity.  Shortly  after  graduating  I  decided  to 
completely  reverse  my  previous  scheme  of  existence 
and  go  to  work.  Thanks,  no  doubt,  to  the  tremendous 
brain  impetus  I  acquired,  by  hard  application  to  my 
studies  in  the  dear  old  college,  I  was  able  to  realize  two 
square  meals  per  day.  Since  that  time,  by  tireless 
energy,  unflagging  zeal  and  devotion  to  business,  I 
have  raised  the  limit  to  two  meals  and  a  half  and  my 
unbounded  optimism  leads  me  to  believe  that  some  time 
in  the  future  I  may  be  eating  like  white  folks.  A  mid- 
night repast  in  addition  is,  of  course,  beyond  the  wild- 
est flights  of  my  imagination. 

''The  firm  that  is  honored  by  my  distinguished  ser- 
vices is  constantly  urging  me  to  take  long  and  frequent 


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vacations.  In  fact,  the  longer  and  more  frequent  the 
better  it  is  pleased,  and  to  the  members  thereof  leap 
year  is  always  a  season  of  rejoicing  for  it  means  an 
extra  day  during  which  they  can  exist  without  me.  As 
a  consequence  I  have  done  a  good  deal  of  traveling 
hither  and  yon  and  back  again  to  thither  in  an  effort 
to  acquire  some  knowledge  of  the  world.  Probably  the 
effort  might  have  attained  some  measure  of  success  if 
it  had  had  better  material  to  work  on. 

''My  Rooseveltian  propaganda  consists,  at  present, 
of  just  one  small  offering,  of  the  feminine  persuasion. 
She  is  supposed  to  have  the  face  of  an  angel,  the  dis- 
position of  a  saint,  to  which  are  coupled  the  intellect  of 
a  Webster  and  the  strenuosity  of  the  mighty  T.  R.  At 
least,  people  say  that  she  takes  after  her  father. 

''I  find  that  I  have  grown — but  why  continue?  Of 
what  possible  interest  is  the  life  of  an  Also-Ran  in  a 
small  western  town,  when  we  have  in  the  Class  so  many 
bright  and  shining  souls  who  have  seized  the  world  by 
its  horns  and  brought  it  to  its  knees? 

' '  To  sum  up  my  activities  since  leaving  Yale  is  easy. 
I  have  arisen,  dressed,  eaten  and  gone  to  bed  again. 
Such  are  'the  short  and  simple  annals  of  the  poor.'  " 

William  Edward  Clegg 

Ohio  Representative  for  Borton  &  Borton,  Guardian  Building, 

Cleveland,  Ohio 

Residence,  2155  East  Eighty-fifth  Street,  Cleveland,  Ohio 

Born  July  14,  1876,  in  Blackpool,  England,  the  son  of 
Thomas  D.  Clegg  (died  in  1889),  who  was  engaged  in  rail- 
road transportation,  and  Ann  (Ingham)  Clegg.  He  is  of 
English  ancestry. 

Prepared  at  the  Worcester  Academy,  Worcester,  Mass., 
where  he  was  editor  of  the  Weekly  and  secretary  of  the  ath- 


216  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

letic  association.  In  college  he  was  a  member  of  the  College 
Choir  and  the  Freshman  Glee  Club  and  received  a  Junior 
colloquy  appointment. 

He  married  on  June  11,  1910,  in  Cleveland,  Ohio,  Gertrude 
Dickenson,  daughter  of  Dr.  John  Dickenson,  of  Cleveland, 
Ohio. 

After  graduation  he  was  mth  the  Standard  Oil 
Company  in  their  Cleveland  refinery  until  the  spring 
of  1905,  when  he  suffered  from  nervous  prostration 
following  an  accident  on  the  Pennsylvania  Eailroad. 
He  spent  a  short  time  in  the  West  in  1907  prospecting 
and  has  since  represented  a  number  of  different 
companies,  in  1910,  Otis  &  Hough,  and  at  present  Bor- 
ton  &  Borton,  both  dealers  in  investment  securities. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Emmanuel  Episcopal  Church 
of  Cleveland. 

In  1909  Bill  wrote  Carl  Granbery:  *'I  regret  that 
my  traveling  about  the  country  has  led  to  my  mail 
becoming  scattered. 

*'In  1905  I  was  laid  out  by  a  railroad  wreck  on  the 
Pennsylvania  Eailroad  as  I  was  going  to  Washington 
to  see  the  inauguration  of  '  Teddy. '  This  cost  me  about 
a  year's  time  and  I  was  just  recovering  when  I  saw 
you  in  New  York  in  1906. 

"I  went  out  West  and  did  a  little  prospecting  in 
1907  and  got  myself  solid  again  as  regards  health.  I 
met  'Pop'  Collins  in  Leadville,  and  had  a  sort  of 
reunion  there.  I  sold  varnish  to  the  Kentucky  and 
Tennessee  people  during  their  night  rider  troubles, 
then  took  a  line  of  tobacco  and  sold  to  Ohio  dealers. 
I  am  now  in  Cleveland  and  have  accepted  this  territory 
for  the  Columbia  Conserve  Company  of  Indianapolis, 
Ind.,  and  will  immediately  go  to  work  showing  the 
grocers  what  good  canned  beans,  etc.,  are  like.    Have 


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developed  into  a  pretty  good  salesman  and  if  you  know 
of  a  good  house  down  your  way  in  want  of  a  first- 
class  man  as  Cleveland  representative,  just  remind 
them  that  I  am  alive. ' ' 

In  the  spring  of  1912  came  a  famous  telegram: 
' '  Cannot  longer  test  your  wonderful  follow-up  system. 
Throwing  care  and  money  to  the  winds,  I  come  to 
Decennial. ' ' 

Oliver  Morton  Clifford 

Assistant  Manager  of  the  St.  Paul 's  Sales  Office  of  the  Ameri- 
can Steel  &  Wire  Company,  1103  Pioneer  Press 
Building,  St.  Paul,  Minn. 

Residence,  Aberdeen  Hotel,  St.  Paul,  Minn, 

Born  June  1,  1880,  in  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  the  son  of  Alfred 
Clifford,  who  has  retired  from  active  business,  but  is  a  direc- 
tor in  the  United  States  Steel  Corporation,  and  Mary  Frances 
(Morton)  Clifford  (died  in  1890).  A  brother,  Arthur  Morton 
Clifford,  graduated  at  Yale  in  the  Class  of  1904. 

Prepared  at  Rugby  Academy,  St.  Louis,  Mo.  In  college 
he  received  a  dispute  appointment  Senior  year  and  played 
on  the  Whist  Team. 

He  is  unmarried. 

In  September,  1902,  he  entered  the  School  of  Mines, 
Columbia,  and  after  four  months  received  credit  for 
a  year  and  a  half  of  work.  His  next  educational  ven- 
ture was  at  a  business  college  in  St.  Louis,  where  he 
took  a  course  in  stenography,  banking  and  bookkeep- 
ing. In  the  fall  of  1903  he  went  to  New  Orleans  as 
stenographer  to  the  agent  of  the  Louisiana  Railw^ay  & 
Navigation  Company,  and  was  subsequently  employed 
in  the  same  city  in  the  State  Bank  and  in  a  real  estate 
office.    With  the  exception  of  about  a  year  and  a  half 


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which  was  spent  as  secretary,  treasurer  and  a  director 
of  John  M.  Hart  Company,  manufacturers'  agents,  of 
Chicago,  111.,  he  has  been  with  the  American  Steel  & 
Wire  Company  in  their  St.  Louis,  Chicago  and  St.  Paul 
offices  since  June,  1904. 

Oliver  writes:  ''My  other  career  has  been  more  or 
less  connected  with  Wall  Street.  Shortly  after  leaving 
college  started  to  build  a  home  on  Fifth  Avenue;  had 
it  almost  completed  when  I  decided  to  have  an  art 
museum  as  well.  This  naturally  aroused  the  envy  of 
the  home-grown  element  and  by  concentrated  effort 
they  were  able  to  keep  me  in  the  West.  However,  the 
lesson  was  a  very  valuable  one  as  it  opened  my  eyes  to 
the  superiority  of  the  West,  and  by  letting  the  East 
take  care  of  itself  have  been  able  to  recuperate  entirely. 
I  now  find  that  the  amount  it  takes  to  build  a  house  in 
New  York  will  buy  a  whole  city  in  the  West,  so  expect 
to  stick  to  my  native  heath. ' ' 


Clement  Hale  Cochran 

Assistant  to  the  Manager  of  the  Buffalo  Plant  of  the  Wash- 
burn-Crosby Company,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

Besidence,  East  Aurora,  N.  Y. 

Born  July  23,  1879,  in  Urumia,  Persia,  the  son  of  Joseph 
P.  Cochran,  M.D.  Bellevue  Medical  College  (died  in  1905), 
a  medical  missionary,  and  Katharine  (Hale)  Cochran  (died 
in  1895).  He  is  of  Scotch  ancestry.  His  father  took  some 
special  medical  and  scientific  work  at  Yale  in  1874  and  1875 
and  two  cousins  are  Yale  graduates:  Frank  Elisha  Sprague, 
1873,  and  James  Raglan  Miller,  1907. 

Prepared  in  Persia  and  at  the  Buffalo  High  School,  where 
he  was  associate  editor  of  the  school  paper.  In  college  he 
"was  pretty  busy  during  about  three  of  the  four  years  get- 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  219 

ting  acclimated  to  American  life  and  Yale  life  in  particular, ' ' 
received  an  oration  Junior  appointment  and  a  dissertation 
Senior  appointment. 

He  married  on  October  2,  1907,  in  Minneapolis,  Minn.,  Mary 
Agnes  Haynes,  a  student  at  Ogontz,  daughter  of  Harry  Cole 
Haynes,  of  Minneapolis,  Minn.  They  have  two  children,  Clem- 
ent Hale,  Jr.,  born  March  1,  1909,  in  Minneapolis,  and  Mary, 
born  February  9,  1912,  in  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

Since  graduation  he  has  been  with  the  Washburn- 
Crosby  Company,  at  Minneapolis,  until  the  fall  of  1911, 
when  he  was  transferred  to  Buffalo  as  assistant  to  the 
manager  of  that  factory. 

He  is  a  ''Eepublican  (of  the  moderate  progressive 
brand,  i.e.,  the  Yale  rather  than  the  Harvard  type  in 
present  politics)."  He  is  a  member  of  the  Westmin- 
ster Presbyterian  Church  of  Buffalo  and  of  the  Elli- 
cott  Club.    He  has  done  some  social  settlement  work. 

Clem  writes:  ''When  I  graduated  I  had  less  than 
fifty  dollars  left  to  my  name,  so  the  question  of  a  job 
was  vital.  I  went  to  Minneapolis  because  I  had  rela- 
tives there  and  having  found  the  choice  of  work  with  a 
grain  concern  and  a  flour  milling  company,  I  mentally 
flipped  a  coin  and  went  to  work  for  the  Washburn- 
Crosby  Company,  Avith  whom  I  have  been  ever  since. 
As  I  now  recall  the  profound  discussions  on  the  prob- 
lem of  'what  after  graduation'  that  characterized 
Senior  year,  they  seem  rather  inconsequential.  What 
a  man  does  after  college  is  so  often  determined  by  fate 
or  chance  that  how  he  does  it  becomes  the  important 
thing. 

"After  a  few  years  of  general  office  experience,  I 
became  the  traffic  manager  for  the  company  and  worked 
in  that  capacity  until  the  fall  of  1911,  when  I  came  to 
Buffalo  as  assistant  to  the  manager  of  our  mills  here, 


220  ACHIEVEMENTS  OP  1902 

whose  output  is  half  that  of  our  main  plant  at  Minne- 
apolis. My  longest  vacation  during  these  years  was 
the  eight  weeks  I  took  for  my  wedding  trip  in  the 
autumn  of  1907,  when  we  went  to  England.  While  my 
work  and  ambition  have  necessarily  been  self -centered, 
I  cannot  so  far  forget  my  missionary  ancestry  as  to 
banish  the  underlying  conviction  that  there  is  some- 
thing more  worth  while  than  anything  I  may  achieve 
along  the  lines  of  personal  ambition. ' ' 

There  is  only  one  time  when  a  Westerner  stops 
working  and  that  is  when  a  friend  comes  around,  and 
Clem  is  no  exception  to  this  rule.  Following  his  Bibli- 
cal training  **he  is  given  to  hospitality";  he  showed 
us  Minneapolis  a  few  years  back  in  a  right  royal  way. 
I  wonder  how  much  he  knows  about  Buffalo  ? 


*Percy  Bayard  Cochran 
Died  1908 

Born  October  10,  1879,  in  Uniontown,  Pa.,  the  son  of  Mark 
M.  Cochran,  formerly  state  attorney,  and  Emma  Jane  (Whit- 
sett)   Cochran  (died  February  16,  1893). 

Prepared  at  the  Uniontown  High  School  and  at  Redstone 
Academy.  He  received  the  degree  of  B.A.  from  Bethany 
College,  W.  Va.,  in  1900  and  then  entered  Yale  1902  at  the 
beginning  of  Junior  year.  He  received  a  colloquy  appoint- 
ment and  was  a  member  of  Beta  Theta  Pi. 

He  was  unmarried. 

After  graduation  he  taught  English  at  the  Summer 
School  of  Bethany  College,  and  the  following  winter 
began  the  study  of  law  at  Uniontown,  Pa.  He  was 
admitted  to  the  Pennsylvania  Bar  November  2,  1903, 
and  since  then  had  practiced  his  profession  in  his 
native  place,  making  a  specialty  of  corporation  law. 


Pkuc  V    Bav.viu)    Cixiih.' 


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AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  221 

He  was  a  Democrat,  a  member  of  the  Central  Christian 
Church  and  the  Country  Club. 

He  died  November  14,  1908,  at  the  West  Pennsyl- 
vania Hospital,  Pittsburgh,  Pa.,  after  an  operation  for 
appendicitis.  His  father  and  a  sister  still  reside  in 
Uniontown,  Pa. 

Richard  Huntington  Cole 

Actuary,  Connecticut  General  Life  Insurance  Company, 
64  Pearl  Street,  Hartford,  Conn. 

Residence,  106  Woodland  Street,  Hartford,  Conn. 

Born  August  26,  1881,  in  Hartford,  Conn.,  the  son  of 
Charles  J.  Cole,  LL.B.  Harvard  1863  (died  August  16,  1895), 
a  lawyer,  and  Elisabeth  Adams  (Huntington)  Cole.  He  is 
of  English  ancestry.  His  Yale  relatives  are  an  uncle,  Samuel 
Huntington,  1863,  and  a  brother,  Francis  Watkinson  Cole, 
1904. 

Prepared  at  the  Hartford  Public  High  School,  where  he 
played  on  the  tennis  team.  In  college  he  was  a  member  of 
the  Gun  Club  and  played  on  the  Class  Baseball  Team  in 
Senior  year.  He  received  an  oration  appointment  Junior 
year  and  a  dissertation  appointment  Senior  year. 

He  is  unmarried. 

After  graduation  he  entered  the  Connecticut  Gen- 
eral Life  Insurance  Company  and  in  1906  was  elected 
actuary. 

He  was  made  a  Fellow  of  the  Actuarial  Society  of 
America  in  1906.  He  is  a  Republican  and  has  served 
for  several  years  as  a  ward  committeeman,  ''more 
from  a  sense  of  duty  than  because  it  is  congenial  work, 
for  I  believe  everyone  should  take  an  active  interest  in 
politics  and  no  one  who  has  not  worked  at  the  polls  can 
realize  the  difficulty  of  getting  out  the  better  class  of 


222  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

voters. ' '  He  is  a  member  of  Trinity  Episcopal  Church. 
He  is  a  director  of  the  Hartford  Golf  Club  and  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Dauntless  Club  of  Essex  and  the  Westchester 
Game  and  Fish  Club. 

Any  afternoon  you  are  in  Hartford  you  can  see  Dick 
rivaling  a  prize  fighter  in  training  in  his  efforts  to  keep 
himself  in  absolutely  perfect  physical  shape  and  being 
successful  in  the  effort  also.  Dick  writes:  "Shortly 
after  graduation  I  took  a  two  months '  trip  abroad  with 
John  Callender,  through  Scotland  and  England,  over 
to  Paris,  Switzerland,  Germany,  Austria,  Holland  and 
back  through  England.  In  October,  1902,  having 
nothing  definite  in  view  I  entered  the  Connecticut  Gen- 
eral Life  as  mail  clerk,  and  have  remained  with  the 
company  ever  since,  having  continued  to  reside  in 
Hartford.  Soon  after  starting  to  work,  I  decided  to 
go  into  the  actuarial  end  of  the  business,  as  there 
appeared  the  best  opening,  and  so  commenced  studying 
in  the  evenings.  Studied  four  years,  the  last  year  five 
nights  a  week,  and  completed  the  Actuarial  Society  of 
America  examinations  successfully  in  1906.  Was  that 
year  elected  actuary  of  the  company,  which  position  I 
have  since  held.  Was  for  two  years  Connecticut  State 
treasurer  of  the  American  National  Red  Cross.  I  have 
yet  to  find  the  'girl  for  whom  I'd  give  up  a  good  day's 
woodcock  shooting.'  " 

Charles  Harold  Collins 

Representing  mineral  lands  in  the  West  and  Canada, 
30  Church  Street,  New  York  City 

Residence,  Pelham  Manor,  N.  Y. 

Born  December  11,  1877,  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  the  son  of 
Francis  H.  Collins,  a  banker,  retired,  and  Anna  (Bushnell) 


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AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  223 

Collins.  He  is  of  Dutch,  Scotch  and  Irish  ancestry.  His 
Yale  relatives  are  Timothy  Collins,  1718,  and  Horace  Bush- 
nell,  1827. 

Prepared  at  the  Hotchkiss  School,  Lakeville,  where  he  was 
a  member  of  the  track  and  other  athletic  teams.  At  Yale 
he  was  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  Freshman  Baseball 
Association.  He  received  a  second  colloquy  appointment 
Junior  year.  His  Class  offices  were  Class  deacon  and  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Supper  Committee.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Wigwam  Debating  Club,  Corinthian  Yacht  Club,  University 
Club,  Kappa  Psi  and  Delta  Kappa  Epsilon.  He  is  an 
honorary  member  of  the  Elihu  Club. 

He  married  on  November  7,  1908,  in  Evanston,  111.,  Alice 
Orr,  a  graduate  of  Miss  Masters'  School,  daughter  of  Arthur 
Orr,  a  banker,  deceased.  They  have  one  son,  Charles  Harold, 
Jr.,  bom  December  24,  1910,  in  Pelham  Manor,  N.  Y. 

On  graduation  lie  entered  a  brokerage  office,  but  most 
of  Ms  time  has  been  devoted  to  another  branch  of 
finance,  mining.  After  four  years  spent  in  mining  in 
Leadville,  Colo.,  and  Canada,  in  1910  he  opened  an 
office  in  New  York  representing  mineral  lands. 

He  is  a  Democrat  and  says  that  his  political  activi- 
ties have  consisted  in  some  pre-election  bombast.  He 
is  a  Quaker,  a  thirty-second  degree  Mason,  and  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Yale  Club  of  New  York  City,  the  Denver  Club 
and  the  Ardsley  Club. 

Pop  writes:  ''Let  me  see!  The  summer  I  left  col- 
lege in  order  to  prepare  for  a  life  of  struggles  and 
toil,  I  took  a  sailing  cruise  along  the  New  England 
coast  with  Laws,  Abbott  and  Sherman.  Returned  to 
New  York  in  time  to  get  a  job  at  $5.00  per  wdth  Moore 
&  Schley,  brokers,  as  general  delivery  boy  and  office 
chambermaid.  Along  about  Christmas  feigned  pneu- 
monia and  went  South,  later  to  Europe  for  a  year  or 
more,  did  the  Continent  pretty  well  and  spent  some 


224  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

time  in  England,  where  I  studied  local  industrial  con- 
ditions, spending  several  weeks  in  the  English  manu- 
facturing towns ;  came  home  and  got  a  job  with  Swart- 
wout  &  Appenzellar,  bankers,  here  in  town.  Was  with 
them  for  a  year  when  I  used  my  vacation  to  look  into 
some  so-called  mineral  lands  in  Colorado ;  intended  to 
remain  in  Leadville  a  week,  stayed  there  for  four 
years.  Have  been  interested  in  mining  there  and  in 
Canada,  and  now  make  New  York  my  headquarters; 
easier  to  elude  the  sheriff  here.  In  1908  married,  and 
in  1910  declared  a  matrimonial  dividend;  same  is 
named  C.  H.  C,  Jr. 

''For  the  last  three  years  have  lived  at  Pelham 
Manor,  and  can  now  carry  any  sort  of  a  package  as  suc- 
cessfully as  any  commuter.  Hope  to  keep  the  'wolf 
from  the  door,'  sometimes  vote  for  a  Democratic  win- 
ner, preserve  my  hair  and  only  look  seventy  years  old 
when  Sim  Chittenden  looks  thirty. ' ' 

Henry  Elliott  Colton 
Lawyer,  Special  Assistant  to  the  Attorney-General,  Depart- 
ment of  Justice,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Born  December  7,  1881,  in  Morgantown,  N.  C,  the  son  of 
Rev.  James  Hooper  Colton,  B.A.  University  of  North  Carolina 
(died  in  January,  1894),  president  of  Alexander  College,  and 
Eloise  (Avery)  Colton  (died  in  February,  1903).  He  is  of 
English,  Scotch  and  Huguenot  ancestry.  Among  his  Yale 
relatives  are  three  brothers:  Molton  Avery  Colton,  1898, 
Willoughby  Francis  Colton,  1907,  and  Roger  Baldwin  Colton, 
1908  S. 

Prepared  at  the  Taft  School  in  Watertown.  In  college 
he  won  an  oration  appointment  Junior  and  Senior  years, 
received  two  year  honors  in  history  and  social  sciences,  and 
was  elected  to  Phi  Beta  Kappa. 

He  is  unmarried. 


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On  leaving  college  he  began  pedagogical  work  as 
principal  of  the  Mystic  (Conn.)  High  School,  remain- 
ing two  years.  The  same  number  of  years  were  spent 
as  an  instructor  in  the  Thacher  School,  Nordhoff,  Calif. 
He  entered  Columbia  Law  School  in  1906  and  was 
editor  of  the  Columbia  Law  Review  from  1907  to  1908. 
The  year  1908  to  1909  he  was  in  the  office  of  O'Brien, 
Boardman,  Piatt  &  Littleton,  and  since  the  latter  date 
he  has  been  a  special  assistant  to  the  Attorney-General 
of  counsel  in  United  States  vs.  corporations. 

In  law  school  he  was  a  member  of  Hamilton  Court. 
He  is  a  Taft  Progressive.  His  clubs  are  the  Yale  of 
New  York  City,  and  the  University,  Republican,  Bache- 
lors' Lawn  Tennis  and  Chevy  Chase  of  Washington, 
D.  C. 

Here  is  the  inside  viewpoint  on  Government  suits  as 
Henry  sees  it :  ''You  have  asked  me  to  say  a  few  words 
on  Government  suits  and  to  make  it  short.  In  view  of 
my  connection  with  the  Government's  case  against  the 
United  States  Steel  Corporation  I  am  not  at  liberty  to 
be  facetious,  and  I  doubt  whether  you  will  find  what  I 
say  much  to  the  point  in  a  Class  biography.  I  have 
naturally  refrained  from  saying  anything  that  has  any 
direct  bearing  on  the  steel  case. 

''Government  suits  under  the  Sherman  Anti-Trust 
Act  are  directed  against  combinations  possessing  a 
dominating  influence  in  a  particular  line  of  business 
in  two  or  more  states  or  throughout  the  United  States. 
The  combinations  coming  within  the  condemnation  of 
the  law  are  without  exception  abnormal.  They  have 
in  no  instance  been  the  result  of  natural  business 
growth  and  expansion. 

' '  In  their  origin  they  are  pretty  much  alike,  namely, 
a  combination  of  competing  concerns.  In  after  life  they 


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differ  from  one  auotlier  according  to  the  means  adopted 
to  increase  and  perpetuate  the  power  thus  obtained. 
The  'bad'  combination  or  trust  soaks  its  competitors. 
It  may  also  soak  the  producer  and  the  consumer,  but 
if  it  does  it  is  trespassing  on  the  domain  of  the  'good' 
trust. 

"The  'good'  trust  deals  gently  with  its  competi- 
tors; its  motto  is,  Soak  the  public — they  do  not  know- 
when  they  are  hit.  It  doesn't  mind  now  and  then  put- 
ting a  competitor  out  of  business  by  unfair  means,  if 
it  can  do  so  without  being  found  out,  but  this  is  always 
dangerous  business,  for  four  or  five  half-ruined  com- 
petitors will  do  a  trust's  reputation  more  harm  than  a 
thousand  overcharged  consumers.  Especially  is  this 
the  case  where  the  articles  sold  by  the  trust  go  through 
several  hands  before  reaching  the  ultimate  consumer. 

"The  Government's  suits  have  unquestionably  had 
a  good  effect  upon  the  '  bad '  trusts.  Even  before  decree 
the  trusts  usually  reform  to  the  extent  of  cutting  out 
most  of  their  unfair  practices  so  far  as  competitors  are 
concerned.  The  habit  of  fleecing  the  public  is  not  so 
readily  laid  aside.  However,  dissolution  will  in  time, 
we  believe,  restore  competition  and  give  relief  from 
high  prices  resulting  from  combination. 

"To  give  the  public  more  immediate  relief,  I  don't 
think  it  would  be  a  bad  idea  to  limit  the  profits  of  a 
dissolved  trust  until  prices  had  been  reduced  to  a 
specified  level." 

Robert  Haskell  Cory 

Vice-President  of  Lament,  Corliss  &  Company,  manufacturers' 
agents,  131  Hudson  Street,  New  York  City 

Residence,  Englewood,  N.  J. 

Born  September  4,  1881,  in  Englewood,  N.  J.,  the  son  of 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  227 

David  Uzal  Cory  (died  July  13,  1901),  a  furnace  manu- 
facturer, and  Mary  Punnett  (Wickes)  Cory  (died  March  9, 
1910).    His  Yale  relatives  are  a  brother,  David  Uzal  Cory,  Jr., 

1903,  an  uncle,  Thomas  Parmelee  Wickes,  1874,  and  three 
cousins,  Edward  Bliss  Reed,  1894,  Lansing  Parmelee  Reed, 

1904,  and  Henry  Parmelee  Wickes,  1900. 

Prepared  at  the  Englewood  School  for  Boys.  At  Yale  he 
received  the  Townsend  English  prize  Freshman  year,  honors 
in  elocution  Sophomore  year,  the  second  Ten  Eyck  prize 
Junior  year  and  a  dispute  appointment  Junior  and  Senior 
years.     He  did  some  corresponding  for  the  newspapers. 

He  married  on  March  28,  1911,  in  New  York  City,  Julia 
Bulkley  Cady,  daughter  of  J.  Cleveland  Cady. 

After  graduation  he  went  into  the  agency  business 
and  is  now  vice-president  of  Lamont,  Corliss  &  Com- 
pany. He  has  been  president  and  a  director  of  the 
0 'Sullivan  Rubber  Company  since  1910,  secretary  and 
a  director  of  Peter  &  Kohler  S^viss  Chocolate  Com- 
pany since  1909,  and  of  the  X-Ray  Stove  Polish  Com- 
pany since  1904. 

He  is  a  Presbyterian,  has  been  a  deacon  for  five 
years  and  treasurer  of  benevolences  three  years  and 
a  half.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Englewood  Country 
Club  and  the  Yale  Club  of  New  York  City. 

Bob  wrote  in  August,  1912:  ''What  a  task  you  have 
set  us.  If  you  had  asked  for  a  theme  or  even  an  essay 
we  might  have  delved  deep  into  our  experience  with 
"Shakespeare"  Bald\\^n  and  tried  to  fathom  the  mys- 
teries of  a  lively  style.  But  an  autobiography! 
''Shakespeare"  never  trained  us  for  such  literary 
effort. 

"Life  for  the  last  ten  years  has  not  been  eventful. 
I  have  painted  no  pictures,  made  no  speeches  and  my 
literary  career  has  been  confined  to  writing  'hot  air' 
business  letters. 


228  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

"When  I  left  New  Haven  to  start  the  'fight  for 
dough,'  I  made  tracks  at  once  for  Wall  Street,  because 
I  had  heard  that  there  was  more  money  there  than 
anywhere  else.  I  explained  my  ambitions  to  a  few 
trusting  friends.  Fortunately  for  them  and  for  me 
the  summer  of  1902  was  a  particularly  dull  season  and 
I  had  to  seek  my  fortune  elsewhere. 

''Accordingly,  in  September  I  started  at  the  bottom 
of  the  ladder  in  the  agency  business,  trying  to  learn 
how  to  market  various  grocery  products  from  milk 
chocolate  to  stove  polish.  I  am  still  on  the  same  job, 
although  the  activities  of  the  firm  have  extended  to  a 
few  articles  for  druggists  and  confectioners.  Recently 
we  have  gone  so  far  afield  as  the  rubber  heel  business. 

"My  address  is  still  Englewood,  N.  J.,  where  I  have 
always  lived  among  a  sensible  crowd  of  commuters, 
who,  in  spite  of  the  tendencies  of  the  rest  of  the  state, 
have  refused  to  follow  the  Bull  Moose. 

"As  for  foreign  travels,  I  spent  two  weeks  in  Europe 
two  years  ago,  and  I  believe  that  I  hold  the  record  for 
the  events  crowded  into  fourteen  days.  I  am  looking 
forward  to  the  millenium,  however,  when  vacations 
shall  be  at  least  three  months  long,  and  the  pile  of 
dough  shall  have  accumulated  to  a  figure  to  make  for- 
eign travel  more  than  a  '  dream. ' 

"One  of  my  greatest  regrets  is  that  my  office  is  so 
many  miles  from  New  Haven  and  so  many  blocks  away 
from  the  center  of  Yale  life  in  New  York,  and  that  I 
have  consequently  been  able  to  see  so  little  of  Yale 
and  of  my  Yale  friends.  I  feel  that  this  reunion  has 
proved  once  more  beyond  question  that  our  Class  is 
a  class  by  itself  and  I  sincerely  hope  that  we  can  get 
together  oftener  than  we  have  in  the  past." 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  229 

Harry  Burrows  Cox 

With  Thomas  Potter  Sons  &  Company,  Inc.,  manufacturers 

of  linoleum  and  oilcloth,  41  Union  Square,  West, 

New  York  City 

Residence,  17  High  Street,  Orange,  N.  J. 

Born  August  9,  1880,  in  New  York  City,  the  son  of  William 
Henry  Cox,  Jr.  (died  September  16,  1882),  a  broker,  and 
Margaret  (Potter)  Cox.    He  is  of  Irish  ancestry. 

Prepared  at  the  Hill  School,  Pottstown,  Pa.,  where  his 
activities  were  directed  toward  football  and  rowing.  In 
college  he  made  a  few  stabs  at  the  football  and  crew  squad, 
was  a  Wrangler  and  a  member  of  the  Corinthian  Yacht  Club, 
Kraut  Club,  University  Club  and  Delta  Kappa  Epsilon. 

He  is  unmarried. 

He  has  been  with  the  same  firm  since  graduation, 
Thomas  Potter  Sons  &  Company,  manufacturers  of 
linoleum  and  oilcloth.  He  was  located  in  Philadelphia 
four  years,  Boston,  two,  and  since  1906  in  New  York 
City.    He  is  in  charge  of  sales  for  the  South. 

He  is  a  Eoosevelt  Republican.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Episcopal  Church.  His  clubs  are  the  Racquet, 
University  and  Philadelphia  Cricket,  all  of  Philadel- 
phia, the  Essex  County  Country  Club  of  Orange,  N.  J., 
and  the  Yale  Club  of  New  York  City. 


William  Stickney  Creevey 

Lawyer:  Cohen,  Creevey  &  Richter,  100  William  Street,  New 

York  City 

Residence,  215  West  Jersey  Street,  Elizabeth,  N.  J. 

Born  August  29,  1880,  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  the  son  of  John 
Kennedy   Creevey,  Yale   1866,   a   lawyer,   and   Caroline   A. 


230  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

(Stiekney)  Creevey.  On  his  father's  side  he  is  of  Irish 
descent.  A  cousin,  Dr.  George  Mason  Creevey,  was  graduated 
in  the  Yale  Class  of  1893. 

Prepared  at  Adelphi,  Brooklyn,  and  the  Brooklyn  High 
School.  He  won  the  Chamberlain  Greek  entrance  prize,  was 
third  Freshman  scholar,  received  an  oration  appointment 
Junior  year  and  a  dissertation  Senior  appointment.  He  ' '  was 
nearly  on  the  Track  Team,"  was  a  member  of  the  Freshman 
and  Apollo  Glee  clubs,  the  Orchestra  and  the  Corinthian 
Yacht  Club. 

He  is  unmarried. 

Upon  graduation  he  entered  the  Columbia  Law 
School  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  May,  1905.  He 
served  as  clerk  in  the  law  office  of  Bergen  &  Prender- 
gast  one  year  and  then  became  clerk  for  Julius  Henry 
Cohen.  In  1907  he  was  admitted  to  partnership  in  the 
firm  of  Cohen,  Creevey  &  Richter. 

He  received  the  degree  of  LL.B.  from  Columbia  in 
1905.  He  is  not  active  politically  and  though  he  has 
usually  voted  the  Republican  ticket,  he  is  influenced  by 
the  character  and  ability  of  the  candidates.  He  is  a 
nominal  member  of  the  Classon  Avenue  Presbyterian 
Church,  Brooklyn,  but  attends  and  is  a  member  of  the 
choir  of  Trinity  Episcopal  Church  in  Elizabeth,  N.  J. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Elizabeth  Club,  Elizabeth  Chess 
and  Whist  Club,  Reform  Club,  New  Rochelle  Yacht 
Club  and  the  Quantuck  Yacht  Club. 

Bill  writes:  ''No  special  activities.  Went  to  Scot- 
land, England  and  France  in  summer  of  1905.  Vaca- 
tions entirely  spent  on  the  water;  live  on  my  boat 
usually  about  four  months  a  year.  Spend  always  one 
or  two  evenings  a  week  at  Elizabeth  Chess  and  Whist 
Club,  playing  whist.  Am  member  of  choir  at  Trinity 
Church,  which  takes  another  evening.  Lead  an  un- 
eventful, contented  existence.     Professional  activity, 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  231 

as  usual,  transaction  of  the  business  we  have  and  main- 
taining it.  Practice  largely  commercial;  do  not  prac- 
tice criminal  law,  except  on  the  people's  side — bank- 
ruptcy only  on  creditors'  side.  My  own  special  lines 
are  office  management,  conduct  of  negotiation,  cor- 
poration work,  insolvency  adjustments,  analyses.  Very 
little  court  work." 


Alfred  Miller  Cressler 

Treasurer  of  the  Kerr  Murray  Manufacturing  Company, 
Fort  Wayne,  Ind. 

Residence,  501  West  Berry  Street,  Fort  Wayne,  Ind. 

Born  September  19,  1877,  in  Fort  Wayne,  Ind.,  the  son  of 
Alfred  David  Cressler,  a  graduate  of  Eastman  Academy, 
president  of  the  Kerr  Murray  Manufacturing  Company,  and 
Elizabeth  Esther  (Murray)  Cressler  (died  June  30,  1911). 
He  is  of  Scotch  ancestry  on  the  maternal  side.  Two  brothers 
were  also  graduated  at  Yale,  George  Halloway  Cressler, 
1902  S.,  and  Kerr  Murray  Cressler,  1905  S. 

Prepared  at  the  Hill  School,  Pottstown,  Pa.,  where  he  was 
editor  of  the  Hill  School  Record,  treasurer  of  the  Dramatic 
Club,  president  of  the  Library  Association  and  first  lieuten- 
ant of  Company  C.  At  Yale  he  was  editor  of  the  Yale 
Literary  Magazine,  a  member  of  the  Wranglers  and  of  the 
Senior  Literary  Society,  Chi  Delta  Theta.  He  received  a 
colloquy  appointment  Senior  year.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
University  Club,  Psi  Upsilon  and  Skull  and  Bones. 

He  is  unmarried. 

Since  graduation  he  has  been  with  the  Kerr  Murray 
Manufacturing  Company,  manufacturers  of  machinery 
for  gas  works.  The  first  four  years  he  did  engineering 
and  construction  work  but  has  since  been  interested 


232  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

in  the  financial  end  of  the  business,  holding  the  position 
of  treasurer. 

He  received  the  degree  of  M.A.  at  Yale  in  1908.  He 
read  a  paper  in  1905  before  the  Wisconsin  Gas  Asso- 
ciation on  ''The  Historical  Development  of  Gas  Holder 
Construction."  He  is  a  member  and  a  vestryman  of 
the  Episcopal  Church.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Wiscon- 
sin and  Michigan  Gas  Associations  and  the  American 
Gas  Institute.  His  clubs  are  the  Yale  of  New  York, 
University  of  Chicago,  the  Fort  Wayne  Country  and 
Fort  Wayne  Commercial. 

Cress  writes:  ''Traveled  through  Europe  in  1906; 
varied  the  usual  route  by  going  into  Dalmatia,  Corfu, 
Sicily  and  Spain,  also  spent  some  time  in  northern 
Africa,  Madeira  and  the  Azores. 

"Read  for  M.A.  under  Professor  Phelps  on  develop- 
ment of  the  English  novel.  Great  course.  Did  all  the 
reading  in  evenings  or  on  trains  as  I  was  going  from 
gas  company  to  gas  company.  Didn  't  hurry  at  all  and 
so  got  in  a  great  deal  of  reading  outside  of  that  pre- 
scribed, particularly  in  English  history. 

"Have  been  very  busy  for  the  last  four  years,  and 
see  no  prospect  of  further  travel  or  reading  for  some 
time,  as  gas  construction  will  take  all  the  time  I  have. ' ' 

For  a  few  more  of  Alfred's  ideas  consult  his  article 
on  Class  Spirit,  in  this  volume. 

Charles  Cyprian  Strong  Gushing 

Teacher,  Westminster  School,  Simsbury,  Conn. 
Residence,  Simsbury,  Conn. 

Born  October  27,  1879,  in  New  Haven,  Conn.,  the  son  of 
William  Lee  Cashing,  Yale  1872,  owner  and  head  master  of 
Westminster  School,  and  Mary   (Strong)   Cushing.     Besides 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  233 

his  father,  an  uncle,  Charles  Elbridge  Gushing,  1885,  and  a 
brother,  William  Strong  Gushing,  1908,  are  Yale  graduates. 

Prepared  at  Westminster  School.  In  college  he  did  some  ex- 
cellent acting,  received  a  dissertation  appointment  in  Junior 
and  Senior  years,  was  a  Wrangler,  and  a  member  of  He  Boule, 
Delta  Kappa  Epsilon  and  Skull  and  Bones. 

He  is  unmarried. 

He  has  been  continuously  engaged  in  teaching  since 
graduation,  with  the  exception  of  some  work  in  the 
Sargent  Dramatic  School  and  for  one  year  spent  in 
the  English  Soudan  as  a  tutor.  He  has  been  at  the 
Westminster  School,  Simsbury,  and  during  his  father's 
absence  in  1912  acted  as  head  master. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Episcopal  Church.  He  served 
on  the  Decennial  reunion  committee. 

Tom  always  was  modest  and  his  only  comment  is 
this :  '  ^  The  uneventful  career  of  a  pedagogue. ' ' 

But  this  is  a  very  small  part  of  the  story  which,  as  he 
won't  set  it  down,  we  will  for  him.  He  has  been  stead- 
ily writing  letters  and  plays ;  several  of  the  latter  hav- 
ing been  produced  by  the  boys  at  Westminster  with 
success.  ''Nathan  Hale,"  for  one.  Tom  takes  great 
interest  in  the  producing  end  and  had  great  delight  in 
his  show  in  the  winter  of  1912,  when  he  had  a  forest  of 
real  trees  and  real  savages  running  around  through 
them  with  only  bands  of  feathers  round  their  waists. 
Tom  is  quite  daring  in  his  way,  and  has  been  the 
father  of  all  our  reunion  costumes.  Kilts,  Swiss  and 
Arab.  He  was  very  strong  for  the  bare  knees  and 
*'the  Kilties  back  again"  this  spring,  but  when  public 
sentiment  rose  against  us,  wiiy,  Tom  said,  ''We'll  give 
them  a  long  shirt  and  have  the  bare  knees  underneath 
just  the  same."  All  honor  is  due  to  you,  Tom,  for 
making  our  reunions  what  they  have  been. 


234  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

I  regret  exceedingly  that  there  was  not  a  photog- 
rapher handy  to  catch  Tom 's  picture  by  Center  Church 
on  the  Green  on  our  way  to  the  Field.  At  this  critical 
moment  in  our  Decennial  Reunion,  's\T.th  all  eyes  upon 
us,  the  girth  of  his  saddle  broke  and  Tom  came  a  crop- 
per to  the  Green.  I  think  he  would  be  rolling  yet  in 
his  efforts  to  escape  the  methodical  lifting  and  setting 
down  of  that  soft  and  tender  camel's  foot  except  that 
he  rolled  into  a  tree,  which  completely  ended  his  prog- 
ress to  the  south.  Would  that  the  photographer  could 
have  caught  Tom's  face  as  he  descended  thus  readily 
to  the  ground.  As  Paine  says  in  his  biography  of  Mark 
Twain:  "I  was  not  frightened,  but  I  admit  I  was 
considerably  agitated."    [Ed.  comment.] 

Carl  Willis  Davis 

With  J.  Horace  McFarland  Company,  Box  655,  Harrisburg, 

Pa. 

Residence,  Harrisburg,  Pa. 

Born  October  27,  1880,  in  New  Orleans,  La.,  the  son  of 
Frederick  Wendell  Davis,  Yale  1877,  an  insurance  man,  and 
Lucy  Trumbull  (Smith)  Davis  (died  in  January,  1881). 
All  the  Yale  relatives  that  he  can  think  of  are  Gustavus 
Pierrepont  Davis,  1866,  Arthur  Wendell  Davis,  1899,  Roger 
Wolcott  Davis,  1911  S.,  Pierpont  VanDerveer  Davis,  1905, 
Gustavus  Fellowes  Davis,  1833  Hon.,  James  Judson  Smith, 
1857,  Wilder  Smith,  1857,  Normand  Smith,  1858,  Ernest 
Bradford  Ellsworth,  1893  S.,  Bradford  Ellsworth,  1903,  and 
Andrew  K.  Smith,  ea;-1847. 

Prepared  at  the  Hartford  High  School,  where  he  went  in 
for  track  athletics.  He  entered  Yale  with  1901,  but  decided 
to  wait  and  begin  work  with  1902.  He  describes  his  Yale 
activities  by  saying,  "most  of  the  honors  I  got  belonged  to 
George  Davis  and  I  had  to  sidestep  the  credit."    He  graced 


AUTOBIOGEAPHIES  235 

the  Highwall  Football  Team  and  was  official  scorer  for  the 
Inter-Appointment  series,  and  he  managed  the  Grub  Street 
Baseball  Team  and  received  second  place  (there  were  two 
entries)  in  low  hurdles.  He  received  a  first  colloquy  stand 
both  Junior  and  Senior  years.  He  was  a  member  of  Phi 
Gamma  Delta. 

He  married  on  June  14,  1911,  in  Harrisburg,  Pa.,  Ethel 
Torrington,  a  graduate  of  Miss  Carey's  School,  Baltimore, 
daughter  of  William  J.  Torrington,  deceased.  They  have  had 
one  son,  "William  Torrington,  born  May  16,  1912,  who  died 
May  17,  1912,  in  Harrisburg,  Pa. 

Since  graduation  he  has  been  engaged  in  business 
in  Harrisburg,  Pa.,  having  charge  of  the  purchasing, 
estimating,  cost  accounting,  etc.,  of  the  printing  plant 
of  J.  Horace  McFarland  Company.  In  1907  he  was 
made  a  director  in  this  company  and  in  1909  in  the 
McFarland  Publicity  Service. 

He  received  the  degree  of  M.A.  at  Yale  in  1908.  In 
April,  1912,  he  delivered  a  lecture  at  Harvard  before 
the  business  administration  course  on  ''Cost  Account- 
ing in  Printing."  He  is  a  Taft  Republican.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Congregational  Church,  of  the  Yale 
Club  of  New  York,  the  Harrisburg  Country  Club,  Engi- 
neers'  Society  of  Pennsylvania  and  the  Harrisburg 
Track  Athletic  Committee. 

In  1912  Carl  writes :  '  *  On  graduation  I  had  nothing 
particular  in  mind  and  in  the  fall  of  1902  came  to 
Harrisburg  for  inspection  and  have  been  here  ever 
since.  Life  has  been  uneventful,  interrupted  now  and 
then  by  officiating  at  the  marriages  of  my  classmates 
and  friends.  Spent  the  first  six  months  in  a  boarding 
house  and  then  joined  the  Monastery,  a  bachelors'  hall 
of  which  I  was  treasurer  for  the  last  five  years  of  my 
stay  there — i.e.,  until  I  was  married  last  June.     The 


236  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

most  pleasurable  events  were  probably  ray  trips  to  the 
class  reunions  in  New  Haven  and  New  York,  of  which 
I  have  missed  none  to  date,  and  it  is  with  deep  regret 
that  I  cannot  anticipate  a  visit  to  New  Haven  for 
Decennial.  In  business  I  have  made  probably  the 
average  progress  in  a  moderate  sized  printing  plant. 
Occasionally  I  find  a  1902  man  in  town,  which  is  a 
||:  pleasure,  but  they  do  not  come  often  enough.    I  can- 

not say  that  I  have  accomplished  anything.  I  can  live 
simply  and  comfortably,  this  having  been  increased 
immeasurably  since  I  was  married,  have  lots  of  good 
friends  and  I  am  at  present  happy  in  that  without 
having  great  ambitions  to  worry  me. ' ' 

In  1911 :  * '  I  did  not  think  that  you  were  going  to  call 
my  bluff  that  way.  What  I  had  in  mind  was  that  I 
hoped  nothing  would  ever  prevent  my  getting  over  to 
the  Class  reunions  and  however  much  I  appreciate  the 
cup  I  felt  that  I  was  subject  to  advantage  of  locality 
which  does  not  entitle  anyone  to  personal  credit — it 
is  just  good  luck.  You  boys  that  live  in  New  York  and 
other  cities  where  there  is  a  greater  or  less  representa- 
tion of  the  Class  which  you  are  liable  to  meet  any  and 
every  day  do  not  appreciate  what  a  pleasure  it  is  for 
one  located  as  I  am  to  get  in  a  gathering  of  the  boys 
even  if  only  once  a  year,  and  the  fact  that  I  cannot 
think  of  anything  to  say  on  such  an  occasion  must  not 
be  considered  as  a  lack  of  appreciation.  Harrisburg 
divides  the  college  feeling  between  Yale  and  Prince- 
ton— with  the  balance  in  favor  of  the  former — but 
there  are  very  few  of  my  contemporaries  among  the 
Yale  graduates  here.  They  seemed  to  stop  with  the 
McCormicks  and  Hickoks — as  a  matter  of  fact,  the 
younger  element  here  is  not  much  in  evidence  (don't 
know  whether  it  is  a  case  for  the  anti-race  suicide  agi- 


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tation  or  not)  and  the  older  element  is  a  little  bit  sub- 
dued with  the  dignity  of  years.  Hence  my  pleasure  in 
getting  with  the  boys  once  in  a  while,  and  if  a  cup 
should  go  to  the  man  making  the  greatest  effort  to  get 
to  the  dinner,  then  that  will  eliminate  me  in  the  future. 
There  were  probably  some  from  Harlem  that  had  more 
of  a  job  getting  to  the  dinner  than  I,  for  I  had  none. 
I  think  the  letter  in  the  Weekly,  not  long  ago,  in  regard 
to  class  cups  is  worthy  of  consideration,  i.e.,  that  a 
man  should  return  to  the  place  from  which  he  started 
within  a  limited  time,  say  two  weeks.  This  is  illus- 
trated by  the  fact  that  Curtis  Sanford  came  down  to 
the  dinner  from  Toronto,  but  would  not  put  in  a  claim 
because  he  did  not  feel  entitled  to  the  cup  and  it  was 
mere  accident  and  'on  the  company.'  Another  case 
was  evidenced  when  Charlie  Gould  came  up  from 
Cuba  three  (?)  years  ago." 


George  Eugene  Davis 

Principal,  Chelsea  High  School,  24  Crescent  Avenue,  Chelsea, 

Mass. 

Residence,  9  Garland  Street,  Chelsea,  Mass. 

Born  October  4,  1880,  in  Hartford,  Conn.,  the  son  of  Joseph 
S.  Davis  (died  August  25,  1897),  a  contractor  and  builder, 
and  Frances  L.  (Bates)  Davis.  He  is  of  English  ancestry  on 
both  sides  of  the  family. 

Prepared  at  the  Hartford  High  School,  where  he  was  a 
member  of  the  chess  and  debating  clubs.  At  Yale  he  tried 
for  the  Class  Crew;  won  the  Woolsey  scholarship  in  Fresh- 
man year,  first  grade  in  the  Berkeley  premium  for  Latin  com- 
position, received  honorable  mention  for  the  Hugh  Chamber- 
lain Entrance  Greek  prize,  held  a  high  oration  stand  in  Junior 


238  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

year  and  an  oration  stand  in  Senior  year  and  was  a  member 
of  Phi  Beta  Kappa. 
He  is  unmarried. 

Davis  received  the  degree  of  M.A.  from  Yale  iu 
1909.  He  has  been  engaged  in  teaching  ever  since 
graduation.  From  1902  to  1905  he  was  an  instructor  at 
St.  Paul's  School,  Concord,  N.  H.,  and  from  1905  to 
1912  was  instructor  in  the  Hartford  High  School, 
teaching  Greek  and  Latin.  In  July,  1912,  he  was 
elected  principal  of  the  Chelsea  High  School,  Chelsea, 
Mass.,  which  is  his  present  position.  He  traveled  in 
Europe  in  the  summers  of  1908,  1910  and  1911  and 
studied  at  Columbia  University  during  the  summer  of 
1912. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  First  Baptist  Church  of  Hart- 
ford, Conn.,  where  he  was  a  deacon,  leader  of  the  Men's 
Class,  chairman  of  Bible  Study  Committee  of  Hart- 
ford— Men  and  Religion  Movement — and  chairman  of 
Bible  Study  Committee  of  Hartford  Federation  of 
Churches,  and  adult  department  superintendent  for 
Connecticut  of  the  International  Sunday  School  Asso- 
ciation. 

He  has  given  addresses  in  several  cities  from  Port- 
land, Maine,  to  New  York  City,  and  has  written  sev- 
eral articles,  largely  for  gatherings  of  educational  con- 
ferences and  the  like.  He  is  a  trustee  of  the  Chelsea 
Young  Men's  Christian  Association,  and  a  member  of 
the  University  Club  of  Hartford,  the  Hartford  Yale 
Club  and  the  Review  Club  of  Chelsea. 

There  were  some  doubts  about  the  **  single  blessed- 
ness" of  George  in  1911,  but  his  trips  to  the  coast  and 
this  letter  explain  any  doubt  away:  ''Your  letter  of 
July  11  has  just  been  received  upon  my  return  to  the 
city.    I  noted  that  you  were  in  the  mood  for  making  all 


AUTOBIOGEAPHIES  239 

sorts  of  inferences  and  that  you  felt  that  I  should  allay 
your  suspicions.  It  would  be  interesting  to  know  what 
sort  of  suspicions  you  entertained,  but  from  your  men- 
tion of  'moonlight  by  the  shore'  I  guessed  that  you 
thought  there  were  ladies  in  the  case.  If  I  answer  you 
in  the  way  I  spoke  to  Leonard  Bushnell  in  Seattle,  I 
wonder  if  you  will  be  as  easily  satisfied  as  he  was. 
Bushnell  was  dilating  on  the  joys  of  the  married  life 
into  which  he  had  entered  and  advising  that  sort  of 
arrangement  for  me  and  I  told  him  that  I  thought  he 
was  probably  right  but  that  I  had  always  looked  upon 
the  matter  with  an  academic  and  theoretical  interest 
only. 

**  Between  you  and  me,  my  conscience  did  hurt  me  a 
bit  when  I  thought  of  how  he  apparently  understood 
me. 

*' Where  I  had  a  chance  to  hunt  up  old  friends  of 
college  days  I  found  a  warm  welcome  and  memories  of 
old  Yale  still  'deep  graven  on  each  heart.'  Perhaps 
I  gave  you  the  wrong  impression  in  my  note  to  you,  for 
I  had  no  plan  of  immediately  going  out  West  to  settle 
down  and  I  am  now  at  the  old  stand." 

William  Edward  Davis,  Jr. 

Partner  in  the  bond  firm  of  Reynolds,  Davis  &  Company, 
20  Broad  Street,  New  York  City 

Permanent  address,  Box  755,  New  Haven,  Conn. 

Born  February  1,  1879,  in  Hamden,  New  Haven,  Conn., 
the  son  of  WiUiam  Edward  Davis,  a  manufacturer,  and  Sophia 
M.  (Tamblingson)  Davis.  He  is  of  EngHsh  ancestry.  His 
Yale  relatives  are  Herbert  Bassett  Augur,  1897,  and  Minott 
Augur  Davis,  1911  S. 

Prepared  at  Hopkins  Grammar  School,  New  Haven,  and 
Phillips  Academy,  Andover,  Mass.     He  entered  college  with 


240  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

1901  but  joined  our  Class  in  Freshman  year.    He  received  a 
colloquy  appointment  Senior  year. 
He  is  unmarried. 

He  spent  one  year  vnth  the  Northern  Pacific  Rail- 
way at  their  general  offices  in  St.  Paul,  and  then  entered 
the  bond  business  in  New  York  City,  first  wdth  E.  H. 
Gay  &  Company,  later  with  Reynolds  &  Company, 
forming  a  partnership  in  1908  under  the  firm  name  of 
Reynolds,  Davis  &  Company. 

In  1907  he  published  a  book  on  investments,  entitled, 
''I  Have  a  Little  Money:  What  Shall  I  Do  With  It?" 
and  in  Moody's  Magazine  for  January,  1908,  an  article, 
''Building  up  a  Clientele  among  Investors."  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Quinnipiac  Club  and  the  New  Haven 
Country  Club. 

Bill  writes : 

**As  you've  enclosed  'another'  stamp 
For  me  to  tell  what  I  have  done 
Since  graduating  years  ago. 
It  seems  no  longer  should  I  shun 
The  task  you  have  imposed  on  me. 
Although  like  other  ones,  no  doubt, 
I  find  it  hard  to  do  because 
I've  nothing  much  to  write  about. 

"You  state  how  answers  you  have  had 
Show  how  some  one  worked  his  way  through 
The  four  years  that  he  spent  at  Yale 
(I  note  your  letter-heads  are  blue). 
Another  writes  on  woodcock-shoots, 
Another  has  the  first  baby, 
Another  never  found  a  girl ; 
By  this  time,  though,  he  may  have — maybe. 


AUTOBIOGEAPHIES  241 

**I  haven't  done  a  lot  of  things 
Of  note,  nor  any  quite  as  well 
As  lots  of  others  in  the  Class, 
But  for  years  I've  had  bonds  to  sell. 
As  you  suggest,  I'd  write  on  that 
But  it's  of  little  interest, 
And  so  to  those  who  read  this  verse, 
I'll  say  no  more.    Let  them  have  rest." 


David  Sheldon  Day 

Lawyer:  Marsh,  Stoddard  &  Day,  164  State  Street,  Bridge- 
port, Conn. 

Residence,   University   Club,   263    Golden   Hill,    Bridgeport, 

Conn. 

Born  September  8,  1880,  in  Colchester,  Conn.,  the  son  of 
Erastus  S.  Day,  a  lawyer,  and  Catherine  G.  (Olmstead)  Day 
(died  August  15,  1910).  He  is  of  English  ancestry.  Edward 
Marvin  Day,  Yale  1894,  is  a  relative. 

Prepared  at  Bacon  Academy,  Colchester,  Conn.  In  college 
he  received  a  first  colloquy  Junior  appointment,  a  second 
colloquy  Senior  appointment  and  a  Townsend  premium 
Senior  year. 

He  is  unmarried. 

After  graduation  he  took  the  course  in  the  Yale  Law 
School,  graduating  in  1904.  The  following  year  he 
was  a  member  of  the  Connecticut  General  Assembly, 
and  in  November,  1905,  he  commenced  the  practice  of 
law  in  Bridgeport,  Conn.  In  September,  1906,  he 
formed  a  partnership  with  Morris  W.  Seymour,  under 
the  firm  name  of  Seymour  &  Day.  He  continued  in  this 
firm  until  July,  1910,  when  he  entered  the  firm  of 
Marsh,  Stoddard  &  Day,  his  present  connection. 


242  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

He  received  the  degree  of  LL.B.  at  Yale  in  1904,  and 
was  a  member  of  Corbey  Court.  He  is  a  Republican. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  First  Congregational  Church  of 
Colchester,  Conn.,  a  director  in  the  Bridgeport  Y.  M. 
C.  A.  and  a  member  of  the  University  and  Brooklawn 
Country  clubs  of  Bridgeport. 


William  Edwards  Day 

Partner  in  the  brokerage  firm  of  Thos.  C.  Day  &  Company, 
Law  Building,  Indianapolis,  Ind. 

Residence,  1628  North  Meridian  Street,  hidianapolis,  Ind. 

Born  February  12,  1878,  in  Indianapolis,  Ind.,  the  son  of 
Thomas  C.  Day,  a  broker,  and  Katherine  (Huntington)  Day. 
He  is  of  English  ancestry.  His  Yale  relatives  are  Dwight 
Huntington  Day,  1899,  and  Frederick  Huntington  Day,  1905, 
brothers,  and  Charles  Samuel  Fallows,  1905,  a  cousin. 

Prepared  at  Andover,  where  he  was  managing  editor  of 
the  Phillipian  board,  a  member  of  P.  A.  E.,  and  manager  of 
the  football  team.  In  college  he  identified  himself  with  the 
News,  as  associate  editor  in  Sophomore  year,  and  chairman 
Junior  and  Senior  years.  He  was  chairman  of  the  Reception 
Committee  of  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.  in  1902,  and  in  the  Class  he 
was  floor  manager  on  the  Prom  Committee  and  chairman 
of  Class  Day  committees.  His  societies  were  He  Boule  (cam- 
paign committee).  Alpha  Delta  Phi  (campaign  committee) 
and  Skull  and  Bones. 

He  married  on  December  14,  1912,  in  New  Haven,  Conn., 
Florence  M.  Hall,  daughter  of  Judge  John  Manning  Hall, 
Yale  1866,  deceased. 

On  graduation  he  entered  the  insurance  department 
of  his  father's  firm,  Thos.  C.  Day  &  Company,  and 
later,  when  this  department  was  sold,  he  went  into  the 
main  department,  which  deals  in  mortgages  and  bonds. 


AUTOBIOGEAPHIES  243 

He  is  now  a  partner  in  the  firm  and  is  a  director  in 
the  Federal  Timber  Company. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  Church.  His 
clubs  are  the  University  and  Country  of  Indianapolis, 
Ind. 

''Stop  off  at  Indianapolis  and  get  a  warm  recep- 
tion, ' '  says  Bill. 


Sidney  Norton  Deane 

Associate  Professor  of  Greek,  Smith  College,  Northampton, 

Mass. 

Born  June  10,  1878,  in  Westmoreland,  N.  Y,,  the  son  of 
Rev.  James  Deane,  Williams  1857,  and  Annie  M.  (Bosworth) 
Deane.  He  is  of  English  descent.  A  brother,  John  Pitt  Deane, 
was  graduated  at  the  Yale  Divinity  School  in  the  Class  of 
1898. 

Prepared  at  Crown  Point  Union  School,  Crown  Point,  N.  Y., 
and  at  home.  In  college  he  received  many  scholastic  honors, 
winning  the  first  Berkeley  premium  in  Latin  composition. 
Freshman  year;  the  first  Lucius  F.  Robinson  Latin  prize  and 
honors  in  English  composition.  Sophomore  year;  the  first 
Winthrop  prize,  1901,  and  the  Scott  Hurtt  scholarship,  1900 
to  1902.  He  had  a  philosophical  oration  appointment  Junior 
and  Senior  years  and  was  elected  to  Phi  Beta  Kappa.  He 
was  valedictorian  of  the  Class,  and  received  the  Class  vote 
for  most  scholarly  man. 

He  is  unmarried. 

Sidney's  letter  gives  the  following  outline  of  his 
work:  ''These  questions  find  me  convalescent  after 
appendicitis,  and  equal  to  writing  only  the  baldest  and 
most  colorless  prose.  For  two  years  after  graduation 
I  continued  to  study  classics  at  Yale,  paying  some 
attention  to  Greek  art  as  well  as  Greek  literature,  in  the 


244  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

hope  of  spending  a  year  in  Greece.  I  had  that  very 
delightful  experience  in  1904-05,  and  not  only  lived 
in  Athens,  but  traveled  to  many  classical  sites  in 
Southern  Greece,  and  as  far  north  as  the  Vale  of 
Tempe,  and  again  south  to  Crete.  The  year  ended  with 
some  travel  in  Italy  and  Northern  Europe.  After  a 
part  of  another  year  in  the  Yale  Graduate  School,  I 
became  assistant  curator  of  Classical  Art  in  the 
Museum  of  Fine  Arts  in  Boston,  with  which  I  have  been 
connected  during  the  last  six  years.  In  1908-09  I  was 
enabled  to  spend  another  year  abroad.  I  studied  in 
the  collections  of  the  British  Museum  and  the  Louvre 
and  spent  one  semester  and  a  part  of  another  at  the 
University  of  Bonn.  During  the  spring  I  stayed 
some  weeks  in  Rome  and  traveled  in  other  parts  of 
Italy.  Since  1909  I  have  been  secretary  to  the  director 
of  the  Museum  in  Boston.  I  expect  to  leave  this  posi- 
tion in  the  autumn  in  order  to  begin  work  as  associate 
professor  of  Greek  at  Smith  College." 

He  has  written  short  articles  on  subjects  connected 
with  classical  art  in  the  Boston  Museum  of  Fine  Arts 
Bulletin  and  a  translation  published  in  Chicago  in 
1903. 


James  Rogers  Deering 

Lawyer :  Partner  with  James  A.  Deering,  135  Broadway, 
New  York  City 

Residence,  45  West  Fifty-fourth  Street,  New  York  City 

Born  August  8,  1881,  in  New  York  City,  the  son  of  James 
A.  Deering,  Manhattan  1867,  LL.B.  Columbia  1869,  a  lawyer, 
and  May  (Rogers)  Deering.  He  is  of  Irish  and  French 
ancestry. 


AUTOBIOGEAPHIES  245 

Prepared  at  Berkeley  School,  New  York  City,  where  he 
was  a  member  of  the  track  team.  At  Yale  he  was  a  Wrangler 
and  a  member  of  the  University  Club,  Psi  Upsilon  and  Scroll 
and  Key. 

He  married  on  March  19,  1908,  in  New  York  City,  Violet 
Pierce,  a  graduate  of  Miss  Beck's  School,  Paris,  daughter  of 
Henry  C.  Pierce,  deceased.  They  have  one  son,  James  A.,  2d, 
born  October  22,  1910,  in  New  York  City. 

Since  graduation  he  has  been  engaged  in  the  study 
and  practice  of  law  with  his  father.  From  1904  to 
1907  he  was  a  director  of  the  Century  Bank,  New  York 
City,  and  since  1908  has  been  president  of  the  Zengen- 
dal  Realty  Company  of  New  York. 

He  is  a  Catholic.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Y^'ale,  Man- 
hattan, and  Racquet  and  Tennis  clubs,  all  of  New  York 
City. 

Jim  writes :  ''We  of  1902  naturally  reflect  our  innate 
modesty,  especially  those  members  of  the  Class  who 
have  been  attracted  to  the  profession  of  the  law. 
Hence  I  find  it  hard  to  confess  how  much  I  have  moved 
the  world.  Like  Napoleon,  I  will  allow  posterity  to 
judge  my  deeds. 

"During  1902-04,  I  conned  my  Blackstone  and  my 
Chitty  from  the  law  school  to  my  office,  where  I  was 
engaged  under  the  protection  of  my  revered  parent  in 
learning  the  gentle  art  of  blarney,  alias  the  law.  This 
pursuit  was  only  interrupted  by  a  prolonged  siege  of 
typhoid.  I  finally  vanquished  the  germs  which,  I  assure 
you,  had  been  very  unfriendly.  In  1904  I  was  admitted 
to  the  legal  bar  in  New  York.  In  this  year  financial 
circles  also  craved  my  co-operation  and  I  became  a  very 
prominent  banker  of  our  city,  in  fact,  Morgan  had 
nothin'  on  me. 


246  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

'*I  snatched  a  vacation  in  1905  and  traveled  through 
the  near  East,  Turkey,  etc.,  with  two  members  of  the 
Class  of  1903.  An  account  of  our  wonderful  adven- 
tures has  been  written  by  Mr.  Clive  DuVal  (1903),  a 
modern  Marco  Polo  who  has  published  the  same  in 
full  morocco.  Copies  of  this  are  now  very  rare  (raro). 
1905-08  reveals  nothing  but  law  salted  with  pleasure, 
weighty  discourses  with  Lope,  Bruno,  Laurie,  Ferg, 
Reggie  and  other  savants.  I  was  married  on  March 
19,  1908.  In  the  latter  part  of  the  same  year  I  took  up 
the  building  fad,  with  the  result  that  I  can  now  recom- 
mend to  early  applicants  some  choice  high  apartments 
in  a  charming  residential  section  of  this  burg  (all 
privileges).  The  balance  of  my  ten  years  has  been 
devoted  to  the  law  and  allied  pursuits.  My  son  and 
heir  ought  to  be  in  the  Class  of  1931,  where  he  expects 
to  meet  young  Lope  and  other  sons  of  their  fathers." 


Edward  Henry  Delafield 

Stock  Broker,  38  Wall  Street,  New  York  City 
Residence,  Noroton,  Conn. 

Born  December  23,  1880,  in  New  York  City,  the  son  of  Dr. 
Francis  Delafield,  Yale  1860,  a  physician,  and  Katherine 
(Van  Rensselaer)  Delafield,  who  died  in  1901.  He  is  of 
Dutch  and  English  ancestry. 

Prepared  at  Cutler  School,  New  York  City,  and  at  St. 
Paul's,  Concord,  N.  H.  At  Yale  he  was  a  member  of  the 
Fencing  Team  in  1901,  secretary  of  the  Fencing  Club  in  1901 
and  1902,  and  a  member  of  the  University  Club.  He  received 
the  Class  vote  for  noisiest  man. 

He  married  on  October  1,  1904,  in  Lenox,  Mass.,  Winifred 
Folsom,  daughter  of  George  Winthrop  Folsom,  of  New  York 
City.    They  have  two  daughters,  both  born  in  Noroton,  Conu. : 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  247 

Winifred  Folsom,  born  October  25,  1906,  and  Elizabeth  Van 
Rensselaer,  born  September  16,  1908. 

After  graduation  he  worked  in  the  National  Park 
Bank,  214  Broadway,  New  York  City,  until  April  27, 
1905,  when  he  became  a  member  of  the  New  York 
Stock  Exchange  and  went  into  the  firm  of  Meyer  & 
Livingston,  74  Broadway,  New  York.  He  severed  con- 
nection with  this  firm  July  1,  1908,  and  since  then  has 
been  in  business  for  himself. 

He  is  an  Episcopalian.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Union,  Eacquet  and  Tennis,  Fencers  and  Yale  clubs. 

Ed  is  a  great  reader  of  history  and  while  commuting 
is  seldom  without  an  interesting  historical  work. 

George  Allen  Dewey 

Lawyer,  290  Broadway,  New  York  City,  and  Secretary  and 

Treasurer  of  The  Service,  Inc.  (auto  supplies),  1937 

Broadway,  New  York  City 

Residence,  1144  Eighty-third  Street,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Born  November  5,  1879,  in  Oneida,  N.  Y.,  the  son  of  Man- 
ford  Joel  Dewey,  a  music  dealer,  and  Charlotte  Augusta 
(Allen)  Dewey  (died  July  8,  1901).  He  is  of  English  ances- 
try. A  brother,  Harry  Manford  Dewey,  1899,  and  a  brother- 
in-law,  Asa  Oran  Gallup,  1888,  were  graduated  at  Yale. 

Prepared  at  Oneida  High  School  and  Dwight  School,  New 
York.  He  was  a  member  of  the  football  team  and  manager  of 
the  school  paper  at  both  schools,  and  was  president  of  his 
class  in  Dwight  School.  At  Yale  he  was  a  member  of  the 
Freshman  Religious  Committee,  superintendent  of  Bethany 
Mission,  chorister  of  the  Y,  M.  C.  A.  in  1902,  member  of  the 
College  Choir  and  the  University  Glee  Club  from  Freshman 
year,  leader  of  the  Freshman  Glee  Club  and  soloist  in  the 
University  Orchestra.     He  was  a  member  of  the  Wigwam 


248  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

Debating  Club,  member  and  treasurer  of  the  Dramatic  Club, 
1901-02  (played  the  part  of  Sir  Christopher  Hatton  in  "The 
Critic")  and  held  a  first  dispute  appointment  Junior  and 
Senior  years. 

He  married  on  June  30,  1902,  in  Hamilton,  Ontario,  Ethel 
Gertrude  Shaver,  a  graduate  of  Hamilton  Collegiate  Insti- 
tute   1900,    and   of    Toronto   Normal    College,    daughter    of 
:  Jacob  George   Shaver,   a  Methodist  Episcopal   minister,   de- 

' '  ceased.    They  have  two  children :  Charlotte  Ethel,  born  May 

19,  1903,  in  New  York  City,  and  George  Allen,  Jr.,  born  May 
19,  1908,  in  East  Orange,  N.  J. 

ti  I  After  graduation  he  spent  one  year  with  the  Library 

Bureau  of  New  York  City,  and  was  connected  \\ith  the 
New  York  Life  Insurance  Company  for  nearly  five 
years.  He  then  organized  the  New  York  Safety  Chest 
Company,  but  in  1909  sold  out  his  interests  in  this 
company.  He  took  up  the  sale  of  bonds  for  the  Sea- 
board Portland  Cement  Company,  and  was  later  man- 
ager of  the  bond  department  of  the  Record  Develop- 
ment Company  in  New  York  City.  In  1903-04  he  began 
the  study  of  law,  taking  it  up  in  spare  time,  and  in 
June,  1911,  completed  the  course.  He  is  now  practic- 
ing his  profession  in  New  York,  and  is  connected  with 
The  Service,  Inc.,  dealers  in  automobile  supplies  and 
accessories,  insurance  and  employment  agency  for 
automobile  help,  chauffeurs,  mechanics,  etc. 

He  received  the  degree  of  LL.B.  from  the  New  York 
Law  School  in  1911.  He  is  a  member  of  the  North 
Orange  Baptist  Church,  Orange,  N.  J.  He  formerly 
belonged  to  the  First  Baptist  Church  of  New  York 
City,  where  he  was  president  of  the  Young  People's 
Union.  He  is  a  Progressive  Republican  and  "strong 
for  Teddy."  He  was  formerly  a  member  of  the  Grad- 
uates and  Machinery  clubs  of  New  York,  and  of  the 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  249 

Mosaic  Club  of  East  Orange,  but  is  now  affiliated  only 
with  the  New  York  Yale  Club.  He  has  been  a  Mason 
since  1904. 


William  LeRoy  Dix 

Teacher  of  English  and  Latin  in  the  High  School, 
Trenton,  N.  J. 

Residence,  Morrisville,  Pa. 

Born  April  17,  1875,  in  Island  Pond  (now  Shehawken),  Pa., 
the  son  of  Alpheus  R.  Dix,  a  farmer,  and  Nettie  Marston 
(Howell)   Dix.     He  is  of  English  descent. 

Prepared  at  Hotchkiss  School,  Lakeville,  Conn.,  where  he 
was  a  member  of  the  football  team  for  two  years,  captain 
of  the  freshman  and  senior  basket  ball  teams,  business 
manager  of  the  Hotchkiss  Record,  leader  of  the  glee  club 
during  half  of  senior  year  and  president  of  the  Areopagus 
debating  society.  At  Yale  he  received  a  first  colloquy  appoint- 
ment in  Junior  year  and  a  dispute  appointment  in.  Senior 
year.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Freshman  Football  Team  and 
the  Junior  Class  Crew;  superintendent  of  the  Oak  Street 
Boys'  Club  for  last  three  years;  received  the  Courant  charm, 
* '  Minerva ' ' ;  and  was  a  member  of  Chi  Delta  Theta. 

He  married  on  June  29,  1904,  in  Winwood,  Pa.,  Edith  Tall- 
man,  daughter  of  S.  Delos  Tallman,  a  stone  dealer,  and  Lydia 
(Leet)  Tallman.    They  have  no  children. 

For  four  years  after  graduation  he  taught  English 
at  the  Holbrook  School,  Ossining,  N.  Y.  Since  October, 
1907,  he  has  been  a  teacher  in  the  Trenton  High  School. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Church  in  Trenton. 
In  politics  he  writes  that  he  is  a  '  *  Republican  by  birth, 
an  Independent  by  nature."  He  received  the  degree 
of  M.A.  from  Yale  in  1905.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Schoolmasters  Club  of  Trenton. 


250  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

Bill  tells  us:  "Entering  college  with  the  purpose  of 
becoming  a  teacher,  I  have  since  been  tr^'ing  to  live 
up  to  my  purpose.  I  made  my  debut  at  the  Holbrook 
School,  Ossining,  N.  Y.  For  the  four  years  imme- 
diately after  graduation  I  lived  there.  I  was  in  charge 
of  the  English  department.  The  first  year  I  coached 
the  football  team.  Two  members  of  the  team  (in  spite 
of  my  work)  won  intercollegiate  reputation — Dines  at 
Yale  and  Brown  at  Princeton.  At  the  end  of  the  second 
year  at  Holbrook  my  present  roommate  changed  the 
name  on  her  ^dsiting  card. 

''After  four  years  of  dormitory  life,  though  full  of 
pleasant  memories,  I  left  private  school  life.  During 
the  last  year  there  I  became  acquainted  with  George 
Lear,  Yale  1902.  (I  believe  the  last  sentence  belongs 
in  the  former  paragraph.)  From  July,  1906,  until 
October,  1907, 1  was  taking  a  long  vacation,  recovering 
from  boarding  school.  My  roommate  and  I  lived  in 
the  woods  in  a  little  cottage  built  by  myself,  by  my 
hands,  I  mean,  for  a  place  in  which  to  spend  our 
summer  vacations. 

''For  the  last  five  years  I  have  been  in  the  Trenton 
High  School,  teaching  English  and  Latin." 

Walter  Scott  Donat 

Instructor  in  Latin  and  English  history,  Duluth  Central  High 
School,  Duluth,  Minn. 

Residence,  152  West  Faribault  Street,  Duluth,  Minn. 

Born  October  14,  1873,  in  Maynard,  Fayette  County,  Iowa, 
the  son  of  Elias  Peter  Donat,  a  farmer,  who  died  in  1880,  and 
Lydia  A.  (Taylor)  Donat.     He  is  of  German  descent. 

Prepared  at  Leander  Clark  College,  Toledo,  Iowa,  where  he 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  251 

was  a  member  of  the  baseball  team,  literary  societies  and 
male  quartet.  He  was  graduated  with  the  degree  of  B.A. 
in  1901,  entered  Yale  at  the  beginning  of  our  Senior  year 
and  received  an  oration  appointment. 

He  married  August  27,  1906,  in  Owatonna,  Minn.,  Almira 
Edna  Van  Eman,  daughter  of  William  L.  Van  Eman,  a 
lawyer. 

He  taught  Latin  in  the  Toledo  High  School,  Toledo, 
Iowa,  from  1902  until  1906,  and  was  then  instructor  in 
Latin  and  English  in  Memorial  University,  Mason 
City,  Iowa,  for  two  years.  From  1908  to  1910,  he 
taught  Latin  and  Greek  in  the  Boys '  Academy,  Winona 
Lake,  Ind.,  acting  as  assistant  principal  the  second 
year,  and  the  next  year  became  teacher  of  Latin  and 
English  history  in  the  Duluth  Central  High  School, 
Duluth,  Minn.,  where  he  is  at  the  present  time.  During 
1910  he  took  special  work  in  English  at  Leander  Clark 
College  and  at  Wisconsin  University  doing  special 
work  in  Latin  and  manual  training. 

He  received  the  degree  of  M.A.  at  Leander  Clark 
College  in  1908.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Congregational 
Church. 

Robert  Bartlett  Dresser 

Lawyer  in  the  firm  of  Edwards  &  Angell,  1102  Union  Trust 
Building,  Providence,  B.  I. 

Residence,  192  Waterman  Street,  Providence,  R.  I. 

Born  December  28,  1880,  in  Savannah,  Ga.,  the  son  of 
Henry  Bartlett  Dresser,  a  cotton  manufacturer  (died  Decem- 
ber 14,  1895),  and  Mary  Isadore  (Griggs)  Dresser.  He  is 
of  English  ancestry. 

Prepared  at  Phillips  Academy,  Exeter,  N.  H.,  where  he 
was  a  member  and  manager  of  the  tennis  team,  member  of  the 


252  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

mandolin  club  and  leader  of  the  banjo  club  and  a  member 
of  Kappa  Epsilon  Pi.  At  Yale  he  was  a  member  of  the 
Crew  squad  in  1901  and  of  the  Dunham  Boat  Club;  was  a 
member  of  the  Apollo  and  University  Banjo  and  Mandolin 
clubs,  University  Club,  and  received  a  dissertation  appoint- 
ment in  Junior  year  and  an  oration  in  Senior  year. 
He  is  unmarried. 

Dresser  taught  school  for  one  year  after  gradua- 
tion, and  then  entered  the  Harvard  Law  School,  where 
he  was  a  member  of  the  editorial  board  of  the  Harvard 
Law  Review  for  two  years.  Until  1908  he  was  in  busi- 
ness in  Boston,  part  of  the  time  in  the  legal  depart- 
ment of  the  Boston  &  Albany  Railroad  Company  and 
afterwards  in  the  office  of  Ropes,  Gray  &  Gorham. 
After  one  year  in  Worcester,  where  he  practiced  law 
for  himself,  he  became  connected  with  Edwards  & 
Angell,  of  Providence,  R.  I. 

He  received  the  degree  of  LL.B.  cum  laude  at 
Harvard  in  1906.  He  is  an  Episcopalian.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  University  and  Wannamoisett  Country 
clubs  of  Providence  and  is  a  Mason. 


Guilford  Dudley- 
Manager  and  Owner  of  the  Dudley  Lumber  Company,  45 
Columbian   Building,   Topeka,   Kans. 

Residence,  901  Tyler  Street,  Topeka,  Kans. 

Born  February  9,  1879,  in  Topeka,  Kans.,  the  son  of  Guil- 
ford Dudley,  a  banker  (died  in  April,  1905),  and  Semantha 
V.  (Otis)  Dudley  (died  in  December,  1908).  He  is  of  Eng- 
lish descent  on  both  sides  of  the  family. 

Prepared  at  Washburn  Academy,  Topeka,  and  also  at- 
tended  Washburn   College,   Topeka,   where   he   received   the 


AUTOBIOGEAPHIES  253 

degree  of  B.A.  in  1900.  He  entered  our  Class  at  the  begin- 
ning of  Junior  year,  and  describes  his  doings  as  just  a  plain 
plug  student. 

He  married  on  February  12,  1908,  in  Topeka,  Hazel  Fassler, 
daughter  of  Armin  Fassler,  manager  of  the  Inter-Ocean  Mills, 
Topeka. 

For  about  two  years  and  a  half  after  graduation  he 
was  connected  with  hardware  companies.  He  then 
spent  two  years  with  the  Capital  National  Bank  of 
Topeka,  and  in  January,  1908,  became  connected  with 
the  Remly  Lumber  Company  of  Topeka.  This  com- 
pany he  bought  out  in  1910. 

He  is  a  Republican  in  politics.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Topeka  Club  and  the  Topeka  Country  Club. 

Dud  writes :  ' '  After  graduation  I  returned  home  to 
Topeka,  and  in  the  fall  of  that  year  (1902)  accepted 
a  clerical  position  with  the  W.  A.  L.  Thompson  Hard- 
ware Company  (wholesale  hardware)  of  Topeka,  re- 
maining with  that  firm  until  the  spring  of  1904,  about 
a  year  and  a  half.  In  April,  1904,  I  resigned  my  posi- 
tion with  the  Thompson  Company,  and  went  to  Chicago 
to  accept  a  position  as  house  salesman  Avith  Hibbard, 
Spencer,  Bartlett  &  Company  (wholesale  hardware). 
In  November,  1904,  H.  S.  B.  &  Company  sent  me  out 
on  the  road  as  one  of  their  traveling  salesmen,  and 
assigned  me  territory  in  Minnesota  and  Wisconsin, 
with  headquarters  at  Minneapolis.  Upon  the  death  of 
my  father  in  April,  1905,  I  resigned  my  position  with 
H.  S.  B.  &  Company,  and  returned  to  Topeka,  and  in 
the  fall  of  that  year  accepted  a  position  vnth  the  Cap- 
ital National  Bank  of  Topeka.  This  position  I  held 
until  January,  1908,  when  I  bought  an  interest  in  and 
became   vice-president   and   treasurer   of   the   Remly 


254  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

Lumber  Company  (retail)  of  this  city,  resigning  my 
bank  position. 

''In  September,  1908,  the  Remly  Lumber  Company 
sold  out  its  retail  yard  here  and  opened  a  wholesale 
lumber  sales  office  and  distributing  yard,  which  in  Jan- 
uary, 1910,  I  took  over  entirely  myself,  and  which 
business  I  am  now  conducting  under  the  name  of  the 
Dudley  Lumber  Company." 


Holland  Sackett  Duell 

Partner  in  Duell,  Warfield  &  Duell,  patent  lawyers,  2  Rector 
Street,  New  York  City 

Residence,  "Ardenwold,"  North  Broadway,  Yonkers,  N.  T. 

Born  January  29,  1881,  in  Syracuse,  N.  Y.,  the  son  of  Judge 
Charles  Holland  Duell,  LL.D.,  Hamilton  '71,  senior  partner 
in  Duell,  Warfield  &  Duell,  and  Harriet  (Sackett)  Duell.  He 
is  chiefly  of  English  ancestry.  Two  brothers  have  studied  at 
Yale:  William  Sackett  Duell,  eic-1904,  and  Charles  Holland 
Duell,  Jr.,  ea;-1911. 

Prepared  at  Syracuse,  and  at  Yale  was  a  member  of  the 
University  Club,  and  received  a  second  colloquy  appointment 
in  Junior  year  and  a  colloquy  in  Senior  year.  Of  his  activi- 
ties in  college  he  writes:  "Heeled  News;  acquired  sense  of 
proportion,  and  played  a  normal,  inconspicuous,  straight 
game. ' '    He  was  a  member  of  the  Pippin  Club. 

He  married  on  September  29,  1904,  in  New  York  City, 
Mabel  Halliwell,  a  graduate  of  the  Ely  School  in  New  York, 
daughter  of  Charles  Eliezer  Halliwell,  deceased.  They  have 
five  children :  Charles  Halliwell,  born  July  20,  1905,  in  New 
Rochelle,  N.  Y. ;  Helen,  born  June  30,  1906,  in  New  Rochelle, 
N.  Y.;  Holland  Sackett,  Jr.,  born  June  26,  1908,  in  New 
Rochelle,  N.  Y. ;  Harriet- Anne,  born  April  7,  1910,  in  Yonkers, 
N.  Y.;  and  Halliwell  Ledyard,  born  March  18,  1912,  in 
Yonkers,  N.  Y. 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  255 

He  received  the  degree  of  LL.B.  from  the  New  York 
Law  School  in  1904.  After  graduation  he  was  con- 
nected with  the  firm  of  Duell,  Megrath  &  Warfield, 
patent  lawyers,  in  New  York  City,  until  January  3, 
1905,  when  this  firm  was  dissolved.  He  then  formed 
a  partnership  with  Mr.  Frederick  Warfield,  under 
the  firm  name  of  Warfield  &  Duell,  for  the  practice 
of  law.  In  1907  his  father  became  a  member  of  this 
firm,  and  the  name  is  now  Duell,  Warfield  &  Duell. 

He  was  a  member  of  the  New  York  Legislature  from 
the  second  district  of  Westchester  County  in  1907  and 
1909.  He  is  a  Eepublican  with  quite  progressive  ten- 
dencies, so  he  could  not  be  at  Decennial,  thanks  to 
the  Bull  Moose  Special.  He  has  been  a  director  of  the 
Klander-Weldon  Dyeing  Machine  Company  of  Amster- 
dam, N.  Y.,  since  1907 ;  of  Wm.  A.  Rogers,  Ltd.,  a  silver- 
ware corporation  of  Toronto,  Canada,  since  1908;  of 
the  Yonkers  National  Bank,  Yonkers,  N.  Y.,  since  1910 ; 
of  the  Noiseless  Typewriter  Company,  Middletown, 
Conn.,  since  1910;  and  of  McClure  Publications,  Inc., 
New  York,  since  1911. 

As  for  his  literary  or  artistic  career,  he  says :  * '  One 
gets  much  that  is  artistic  and  sometimes  literary  out 
of  yacht  racing  and  drifting." 

He  is  a  member  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  of 
Yonkers,  N.  Y.  He  is  a  member  of  the  following  New 
York  clubs:  Union  League,  New  York  Yacht,  Yale, 
Lawyers  and  St.  Nicholas.  He  is  also  a  member  of 
the  American  Yacht  Club  of  Rye,  N.  Y. ;  the  Saegkyl 
Country  and  Palisade  Boat  clubs  of  Yonkers,  N.  Y. ; 
the  Westchester  Bar  Association  and  the  Washington 
Patent  Bar  Association.  In  May,  1912,  he  was  elected 
a  director  of  the  Yale  Alumni  Association  of  West- 
chester County. 


256  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  ]902 

Holland  was  one  of  the  first  in  the  Class  to  have  a 
''benzine  buggy"  after  leaving  college  and  has  utilized 
it  a  good  deal  for  commuting  to  his  various  abodes ;  he 
works  in  New  York,  lives  in  Yonkers,  does  his  politics 
in  Albany  and  sails  at  Rye.  How  could  he  live  with- 
out an  auto?  In  sailing  he  has  won  a  number  of  prizes, 
particularly  the  1911  championship  of  the  Yacht  Rac- 
ing Association  of  Long  Island,  his  ''Shallop"  being 
the  good  ship  Rowdy  (N.  Y.  30  footer). 

Traveling  has  engaged  his  attention  and  a  special 
itinerary  is  given  below. 

"July  to  September,  1902,  with  Krementz,  Tilling- 
hast  and  Stoddard,  three  months,  England,  France, 
Switzerland,  Germany,  Holland  and  Belgium. 

"August  to  September,  1906,  England  and  Scotland 
with  Mrs.  Duell. 

"February,  1910,  Cuba. 

"March  to  April,  1912,  England  and  auto  trip, 
France  and  Riviera  with  Mrs.  Duell  and  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Collins  (Collins,  Harvard  '04). 

One  further  touch  sufl&ces:  "Just  have  done  (or 
tried  to  do)  in  a  normal  way  the  best  I  could.  Have 
not  worried  over  any  of  the  near  or  far  hereafters, 
but  have  endeavored  to  keep  a  general  lookout." 

Marcus  Homer  Duncan 

Superintendent  of  Public  Schools,  Pauls  Valley,  Okla. 

Born  July  30,  1877,  in  Ozark,  Ark.,  the  son  of  Ezekiel  Lewis 
Duncan,  a  farmer,  and  Sarah  Katherine  (Pickel)  Duncan. 
His  father  was  of  Scotch  descent  and  his  mother  of  Scotch- 
Irish. 

Prepared  at  Baylor  University,  where  he  received  the  degree 
of  BA.  in  1899,  joining  our  Class  in  September,  1901.  At 
Yale  he  received  an  oration  appointment  in  Senior  year. 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  257 

He  married  on  November  26,  1902,  in  Hubbard,  Texas, 
Mattie  Annie  Norris,  a  graduate  of  Baylor  University,  daugh- 
ter of  J.  W.  Norris,  deceased.  They  have  had  two  daughters : 
Mary  Evelyn,  born  February  18,  1904,  in  Chicago,  111.,  died 
May  4,  1905,  and  Dorothy  Norris,  born  January  26,  1909,  in 
Ryan,  Okla. 

Duncan  received  the  degree  of  M.A.  from  Yale  in 
1905.  During  1902-03  he  was  principal  of  the  Mt.  Calm 
High  School,  Mt.  Calm,  Texas.  He  then  took  a  position 
as  professor  of  history  in  the  New  Mexico  Baptist  Col-  |l 

lege,  Alamogordo,  N.  Mex.     Since  that  time  he  has 
been  principal  of  the  high  school  at  Corsicana,  Texas ;  ii 

superintendent  of  schools  at  Ryan,  Okla.,  and  is  now  i 

superintendent  of  the  public  schools  in  Pauls  Valley, 
Okla. 

Marc  writes : '  *  Career  has  been  uneventful.  Am  still 
in  the  fight  and  hope  to  accomplish  something  before  it 
is  over." 

Are  the  uneventful  lives  unimportant?  Is  one  who 
is  shaping  the  minds  of  the  rising  generation  not  doing 
a  service  unequaled  by  any  other? 

William  Wheeler  Duncan 

Superintendent  of  the  Experimental  Department  of  the  Hood 

Rubber  Company,  Watertown,  Mass. 

Residence,  15  Upland  Road,  "Watertown,  Mass. 

Born  August  30,  1880,  in  New  York  City,  the  son  of  Dr. 
William  F.  Duncan,  deceased,  a  graduate  of  Cornell  and  the 
College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons,  New  York  City,  and 
Mary  (Wilson)  Duncan  (died  in  1885).  He  is  of  English  and 
Scotch  ancestry. 

Prepared  at  Hotchkiss  School,  and  in  college  received  a 
first  colloquy  appointment  in  Junior  year  and  a  dispute 
appointment  in  Senior  year.  He  also  received  two  year  honors 
in  physical  sciences. 


258  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

He  married  on  October  5,  1904,  in  Ghent,  N.  Y.,  Elizabeth 
S.  Peters,  a  graduate  of  the  Albany  Normal  School,  whose 
parents  are  both  deceased.  They  have  one  son,  Robert  Camp- 
bell, bom  October  9,  1905,  in  AUston,  Mass. 

He  received  the  degree  of  B.S.  at  the  Massachusetts 
Institute  of  Technology  in  1904.  After  a  year  with 
Dr.  C.  0.  Weber,  a  rubber  expert,  he  took  a  position  as 
chemist  with  the  Hood  Rubber  Company,  developing 
the  experimental  department,  and  has  remained  with 
them  ever  since.  He  traveled  in  England,  Germany 
and  France  in  1911,  studying  auto  tires.  He  is  a 
Republican  in  politics,  and  is  a  member  of  the  Ameri- 
can Chemical  Society,  the  Society  of  Chemical  Industry 
and  the  Rubber  Club  of  America. 

Edward  Easton,  Jr. 

Lawyer,  practicing  independently  in  Tweddle  Building, 

Albany,  N.  Y. 

Residence,  148  State  Street,  Albany,  N.  Y. 

Born  April  1,  1880,  in  Albany,  N.  Y.,  the  son  of  Edward 
Easton,  a  wholesale  lumber  dealer,  and  Sarah  Francis  (Jones) 
Easton.  He  writes  that  he  is  of  Scotch,  Irish,  Welsh  and 
French  ancestry. 

Prepared  at  Albany  Academy,  where  he  was  a  member  of 
all  the  teams  and  literary  societies.  At  Yale  he  played  m 
several  Varsity  football  games,  was  captain  of  the  Senior 
Class  Baseball  Team,  and  a  substitute  on  the  Hockey  Team  in 
Freshman  year.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Wranglers  and  the 
Kraut  Club  and  of  Alpha  Delta  Phi.  He  served  on  the 
Ivy  Committee. 

He  married  June  8,  1904,  in  Albany,  N.  Y.,  IMartha  van 
Antwerp  Stanton,  daughter  of  Josiah  R.  Stanton,  paymaster 
of  the  United  States  Navy.  They  have  six  children,  the  first 
born  in  Washington  and  the  last  five  in  Albany :  Kate  van 


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Antwerp,  born  January  6,  1905;  Edward,  3d,  born  May  26, 
1906 ;  John  van  Antwerp,  born  October  16,  1907 ;  Mary  Boyd, 
born  September  16,  1909;  Eley,  born  March  1,  1911,  and 
Edith,  born  June  3,  1912. 

He  received  the  degree  of  LL.B.  from  the  Albany 
Law  School,  Union  University,  in  1904,  where  he  was 
a  member  of  Phi  Delta  Phi.  Since  1904  he  has  prac- 
ticed law  in  Albany.  He  is  a  Republican,  and  very 
much  interested  in  politics,  being  clerk  to  the  Civil 
Service  Commission  and  assistant  corporation  counsel, 
and  president  of  the  Young  Men's  Republican  Club  of 
Albany.  He  is  also  a  director  of  the  Champlain  & 
Sanford  Railroad. 

He  is  a  member  of  St.  Paul's  Episcopal  Church  of 
Albany,  and  belongs  to  the  Fort  Orange,  Albany,  Coun- 
try and  University  clubs.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Masons  and  the  Elks. 

Red  writes:  '' Summer  house  at  Selkirk,  Albany 
County.  Practiced  law  since  1904  in  Albany.  By 
myself  at  first  and  then  in  partnership  with  Ellis  J. 
Staley.  Upon  his  becoming  County  chairman,  and  my 
appointment  to  the  Civil  Service  Commission,  part- 
nership dissolved  on  April  30,  1912.  Plugging  along 
slowly  at  law  and  politics.  Almost  know  enough  now 
to  stick  to  one  or  the  other. ' ' 

Henry  Sturges  Eily 

Manager  of  the  Real  Estate  Department  of  J.  S.  Anderson 

&  Son,  real  estate  and  insurance,  301-305  Masonic  Temple, 

Cedar  Rapids,  Iowa 

Residence,  2063  Knollwood  Drive,  Cedar  Rapids,  Iowa 

Born  March  18,  1876,  in  Chenango  Forks,  N.  Y.,  the  son  of 
Rev.  Isaac  Mills  Ely,  Yale  1843  (died  in  January,  1880),  and 


260  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

Harriet  E.  (Rogers)  Ely.  He  is  of  English  ancestry,  the 
family  being  descendants  of  Richard  Ely,  who  came  from 
England  about  1660.  At  the  present  time  it  has  been  possi- 
ble to  trace  ninety-nine  relatives  who  were  graduated  at 
Yale.  His  father ;  grandfather,  David  Ely,  1800 ;  great-grand- 
fathers, David  Ely,  1769,  and  Jonathan  Sturges,  1759 ;  great- 
great-grandfather,  Samuel  Sturges,  1732,  and  great-great- 
great-grandfather,  Jedidiah  Mills,  1722,  represent  the  direct 
lines  of  relationship  which  are  amplified  to  the  numbers  given 
above  by  many  uncles,  great-uncles  and  cousins,  including  all 
the  graduates  of  the  name  of  Ely,  besides  many  others,  among 
them  Charles  Duncan  Miller,  Yale  1902. 

Prepared  at  the  Binghamton  (N.  Y.)  High  School,  where 
he  was  class  poet,  editor-in-chief  of  the  High  School  Panorama, 
commencement  orator  and  received  first  honors  in  English. 
At  Yale  he  was  editor  of  the  News,  Fun,  Record,  Courant  and 
business  manager.  Class  statistician  and  editor  of  1902  Class 
book,  received  high  oration  Junior  appointment,  and  worked 
his  way  through  college.  He  received  the  Class  vote  for  the 
most  energetic,  was  elected  to  Phi  Beta  Kappa,  and  was  a 
member  of  Psi  Upsilon. 

He  married  on  June  11,  1904,  in  New  York  City,  May 
Louise  Kennedy,  a  graduate  of  Miss  Dana's  School,  Morris- 
town,  daughter  of  George  H.  Kennedy,  a  banker  and  broker, 
of  Morristown,  N.  J.  They  have  had  one  daughter.  May 
Kennedy,  who  was  born  and  died  on  February  23,  1912,  in 
Cedar  Rapids,  Iowa. 

On  graduation  he  spent  the  summer  abroad  and  then 
remained  in  New  Haven  during  the  football  season. 
Two  months  with  the  Chase  National  Bank  and  six 
with  the  Railroad  Gazette  in  New  York,  and  three 
years  and  a  half  with  the  Acheson  Graphite  Company 
at  Niagara  Falls,  he  refers  to  as  ' 'trial  heats."  He 
has  since  been  engaged  in  exploiting  the  suburb  beau- 
tiful and  preaching  the  doctrine  of  why-pay-rent,  with 
J.  S.  Anderson  &  Son,  general  insurance  agents  and 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  261 

brokers,  and  is  secretary  and  also  director  of  the 
Anderson  Land  Company  and  the  Mound  Farm  Real 
Estate  Company. 

He  is  a  Republican,  a  Presbyterian,  president  of 
the  University  Club  and  chairman  of  the  publicity 
committee  of  the  Commercial  Club. 

There  is  one  letter  of  Henry's  that  must  be  pre- 
served, if  wit  depends  for  its  punch  on  brevity.  It 
came  in  answer  to  the  Secretary's  summons  for  the 
Class  Dinner  in  1911.    Here  it  is: 

''Luke  14:20. 

H.  S.  E." 

Which,  in  case  your  Bibles  are  not  handy,  meaneth : 
*'And  another  said,  I  have  married  a  wife,  and  there- 
fore I  cannot  come. ' ' 


William  Dean  Embree 

Assistant  District  Attorney,  Criminal  Court  Building,  New 

York  City 

Residence,  601  West  112th  Street,  New  York  City 

Born  October  14,  1876,  in  Humboldt,  Kans.,  the  son  of 
William  Norris  Embree  (died  in  1890),  a  railroad  official, 
and  Laura  (Fee)  Embree  (died  in  1903).  His  father  was  of 
a  Pennsylvania  Quaker  family  whose  ancestors  were  English. 
His  mother's  family  were  Kentuckians  of  Scotch  descent.  A 
brother,  Edwin  Rogers  Embree,  graduated  from  Yale  in  1906. 

Prepared  at  small  country  schools  in  Kansas  and  Wyoming 
and  before  coming  to  Yale  attended  Berea  College,  Berea,  Ky. 
He  entered  our  Class  at  the  beginning  of  Sophomore  year, 
was  a  member  of  the  Apollo  and  University  Glee  clubs,  played 
on  the  University  Band  and  received  a  first  dispute  Junior 
appointment  and  a  dissertation  appointment  in  Senior  year. 


262  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

He  married  on  March  9,  1912,  in  New  York  City,  Etta 
Parsons,  a  graduate  of  the  University  of  California,  daughter 
of  Thomas  J.  Parsons,  deceased,  of  San  Francisco,  Calif. 

He  received  the  degree  of  LL.B.  from  Yale  in  1905, 
and  an  M.A.  in  Italian  Literature  in  1910.  In  the  Yale 
Law  School  he  was  a  member  of  Book  and  Gavel,  an 
editor  of  the  Yale  Law  Journal,  and  associate  editor 
of  the  1905  Yale  Shingle,  president  of  his  Class  and 
winner  of  the  Townsend  oration  prize  in  Senior  year. 
After  graduation  from  the  Law  School  he  went  to  New 
York  and  became  an  assistant  in  the  district  attor- 
ney's office,  where  he  has  remained  ever  since. 

Since  June,  1910,  he  has  been  a  director  of  the  New 
York  Society  for  Italian  Immigrants,  and  since  July, 
1909,  a  member  of  the  Committee  on  Vacation  and 
Amusement  Resorts  for  working  girls  and  boys.  In 
1912  he  was  elected  a  trustee  of  Berea  College  in  Ken- 
tucky, the  college  at  which  he  received  his  early  train- 
ing and  which  was  founded  by  his  grandfather,  John 
G.  Fee.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Congregational  Church. 

Bill  has  some  new  points  of  view:  ''Attended  Yale 
Law  School  for  three  years,  graduated  in  1905,  became 
member  of  Connecticut  Bar,  came  immediately  from 
Law  School  in  June,  1905,  to  office  of  district  attorney 
of  New  York  and  became  an  assistant  of  Jerome.  Be- 
gan to  study  the  Italian  people  and  their  language  with 
view  to  handling  the  Italian  cases  in  the  criminal 
courts.  Went  to  Italy  summers  of  1907,  1909,  1910, 
visiting  all  provinces  and  studying  the  dialects ;  studied 
the  classical  literature  also  and  took  M.A.  degree  men- 
tioned above.  Have  handled  most  of  the  'Black  Hand' 
cases  in  New  York  for  the  past  three  or  four  years. 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  263 

''Most  important  event  in  the  ten  years,  however,  is 
my  marriage.  Mrs.  E.  and  I  are  studying  French  with 
the  intention  of  spending  some  summers  in  France,  as 
I  did  in  Italy  while  studying  Italian.  We  are  spending 
the  present  summer  vacation  at  Quebec,  studying 
French  and  practicing  on  the  natives  there." 


William  Abraham  Evans 

Teacher  in  the  Chattanooga  High  School,  Chattanooga,  Tenn. 

Residence,  Sumner  Street,  North  Chattanooga,  Tenn. 

Born  October  13,  1876,  in  Aberdare,  Wales,  the  son  of  Evan 
Evans  (died  September  21,  1881),  a  coal  miner,  and  Catherine 
(Jenkins)  Evans.  He  says  that  his  ancestors  have  been  "all 
Welsh,  indefinitely." 

Prepared  at  the  Keystone  Academy,  Factoryville,  Pa.,  where 
he  was  manager  of  the  football  team,  and  a  member  of  the 
literary  society,  etc.  At  Yale  he  received  a  dissertation 
appointment  in  Junior  year  and  an  oration  appointment  in 
Senior  year.  He  was  handicapped  with  too  much  sickness 
while  in  college  to  attempt  much  outside  of  his  regular  studies. 

He  married  on  October  21,  1903,  in  New  Haven,  Conn., 
Sara  A.  Wood,  daughter  of  Enoch  Holmes  Wood,  deceased. 
They  have  one  son.  Forest  Tiffany,  born  October  21,  1905,  in 
Nanticoke,  Pa. 

He  received  the  degree  of  M.A.  from  Yale  in  1907. 
The  summer  after  graduation  was  spent  in  Nova 
Scotia,  after  which  he  returned  to  his  home  town  and 
engaged  in  the  mercantile  business.  From  1905  until 
1910  he  was  in  New  Haven.  After  a  year  at  the  Lake 
Place  School  he  went  to  Chattanooga,  where  he  is  at 
the  present  time. 

He  is  a  director  of  the  Unitarian  Church,  chairman 
of  the   reception   committee,   and   a   member   of  the 


264  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

finance  and  advertising  committees.  He  writes  that 
his  literary  activities  are  ''limited  to  mere  aspira- 
tions." 

Bill  says:  "After  leaving  college  I  returned  to 
Nanticoke,  Pa.,  to  continue  the  business  started  dur- 
ing my  Junior  year.  I  had  intrusted  the  legal  end  of 
my  affairs  to  the  family  attorney,  who  had  unexpect- 
edly developed  some  form  of  insanity,  with  the  result 
that  I  found  myself  in  New  Haven  in  November,  1905, 
with  a  vdte  and  baby  to  support,  not  a  dollar  in  my 
pocket  and  not  a  job  in  sight.  For  awhile  I  worked 
for  the  Yale  Bursar,  did  some  private  tutoring,  besides 
working  in  Winchester's  factory  for  the  wholesome 
sum  of  twelve  dollars  per  week.  Finally,  on  August 
13,  1906,  I  began  working  for  the  Southern  New  Eng- 
land Telephone  Company — where,  much  to  my  regret, 
I  remained  four  years,  while  doing  my  graduate  work. 
During  the  year  1910-11,  I  taught  in  the  Lake  Placid 
School,  a  part  of  the  year  being  spent  in  the  Adiron- 
dacks,  the  rest  in  Florida.  In  September,  1911,  I  came 
to  Chattanooga  for  the  purpose  of  teaching  Latin  in 
the  High  School,  my  present  occupation. 

"I  have  not  attempted  to  inject  any  humor  into  the 
above  brief  summary  as  there  was  not  very  much  of  it 
floating  around  during  the  past  decade.  At  present 
there  is  a  trifle  less  of  the  sable  hue  tincturing  the 
horizon,  and  I  may  have  succeeded  in  evolving  from 
the  grindstone  stage  of  man's  experience.  Perhaps  I 
have  learned  a  more  wholesome  lesson  from  the  past 
than  I  could  have  done  had  my  journey  been  more 
pronouncedly  a  path  strewn  with  roses — the  roses 
might  have  been  there  but  were  evidenced  only  by  the 
excessive  sharpness  of  their  thorns.  But  I  am  not  a 
pessimist  by  a  long  shot — a  Possumist  is  my  number. ' ' 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  265 

Harold  Chester  Evarts 

Fundamental  Plan  Engineer  of  the  Nebraska  Telephone  Com- 
pany, Omaha,  Neh. 

Residence,  3565  Jones  Street,  Omaha,  Neb. 

Born  October  17,  1881,  in  New  Hartford,  Conn.,  the  son  of 
Leroy  Chester  Evarts,  a  graduate  of  the  Connecticut  State 
Normal  School,  now  with  Rand,  McNally  &  Company,  pub- 
lishers. New  York  City,  and  Philetta  Elizabeth  (Hinckley) 
Evarts.  His  ancestors  were  English  and  Welsh.  A  relative, 
Melville  Alvord  Stone,  graduated  from  Yale  in  1875. 

Prepared  at  the  Meriden  High  School,  Meriden,  Conn., 
where  he  was  a  member  of  the  scrub  basket  ball  team  and 
class  prophet.  At  Yale  he  was  manager  of  the  1902  Basket- 
ball Team  for  all  four  years  and  was  substitute  on  the  Fresh- 
man and  Varsity  Basketball  Teams  from  time  to  time,  ' '  when 
not  needed  for  umpiring  the  games."  He  received  a  first 
colloquy  appointment  in  Junior  year  and  a  dispute  appoint- 
ment in  Senior  year.  He  describes  his  activities  as  follows : 
"Tried  to  develop  a  rigorous  constitution  and  lend  moral 
support  to  the  cry  for  the  simple  and  strenuous  lives  by  trying 
for  track  team  and  cross  country  team.  I  got  the  fun  and 
exercise  and  fresh  air  without  conspicuous  notoriety  for  grace, 
speed  or  beauty,  making  no  inroads  upon  the  athletic  board's 
supply  of  embossed  haberdashery. ' ' 

He  married  on  October  19,  1909,  in  Omaha,  Neb.  (the  Rev. 
Paul  Jones,  1902,  officiating),  Lorraine  Comstock,  a  non- 
graduate  of  the  University  of  Nebraska  and  Smith  College 
ea:-1906,  daughter  of  George  B.  Comstock,  of  Omaha.  They 
have  two  daughters :  Barbara  Hansen,  born  August  28,  1910, 
and  Elizabeth,  born  January  5,  1912,  both  in  Omaha. 

He  spent  the  first  two  years  after  graduation  mth 
the  Towle  Manufacturing  Company,  silversmiths  of 
Newburyport,  Mass.  In  October,  1904,  he  entered  the 
real  estate  and  insurance  business  with  R.  S.  Barrows, 


266  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

operating  in  Boston  and  Jamaica  Plain,  Mass.  In 
November,  1905,  he  decided  to  take  up  telephone  work, 
and  was  with  the  engineering  department  of  the  Ameri- 
can Telegraph  &  Telephone  Company  for  nearly  two 
years,  with  headquarters  in  Boston.  In  August,  1907, 
he  took  a  position  as  cable  engineer  of  the  Nebraska 
Telephone  Company,  and  has  been  connected  with  this 
company  ever  since,  now  in  the  chief  engineer's  office. 
He  also  holds  similar  positions  with  the  Iowa  Tele- 
phone Company  and  the  Northwestern  Telephone 
Exchange  Company. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  First  Congregational  Church 
of  Omaha.  He  is  a  Republican  in  politics.  He  is  an 
associate  member  of  the  American  Institute  of  Electri- 
cal Engineers  and  a  member  of  the  Omaha  Field  Club. 
He  has  been  secretary  of  the  Nebraska  Yale  Alumni 
Association  since  its  foundation  in  1908.  From  1904 
to  1907  he  was  a  member  of  the  Boston  Yale  Club  and 
from  1907  to  1909  of  the  Omaha  Racquet  Club. 

Toke  gives  a  reason  for  Yale  loyalty:  "During  this 
time  I  traveled  a  great  deal  through  the  East  and 
South,  met  many  old  Yale  friends  and  made  new,  there- 
by learning  the  meaning  of  'friendships  formed  at 
Yale.'  " 

He  says  further:  ''These  companies  (Nebraska, 
Iowa,  and  Northwestern  Telephone  Exchange  compa- 
nies) operate  in  the  states  of  Nebraska,  Iowa,  Minne- 
sota, North  and  South  Dakota.  My  work  takes  me  over 
a  very  large  part  of  this  territory  from  time  to  time, 
giving  me  a  chance  to  see  the  virtues  of  the  advice  of 
the  late  lamented  Horace  Greeley,  who  spake,  saying, 
'  Go  west,  young  man,  go  west ! '  which  I  was  able  to  do 
in  my  youth,  not  then  being  married. 

**  Incidentally,  in  the  past  three  years  I  have  had  the 


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pleasure  of  seeing  ten  of  the  sixteen  men  scattered 
through  these  five  states. 

"I  plan  to  stay  right  here  until  I  see  something  a 
whole  lot  better.  At  times  it  looks  good  to  me  to  con- 
template the  independent  life  of  the  western  farmer  or 
even  of  some  of  the  boys  who  are  in  business  for  them- 
selves. There's  opportunity  for  them  that  doesn't 
always  come  fast  for  the  'corporation  mule,'  but  as 
there  is  opportunity  of  some  kind  for  all,  I  am  willing 
to  pull  along  in  the  traces  until  I  get  the  chance  to  kick 
over  into  a  greener  pasture." 

Willard  Horace  Fanton 

Engineer  in  the  Traffic  Department  of  the  New  York  Tele- 
phone Company,  30  Church  Street,  New  York  City 

Residence,  237  South  Burnett  Street,  East  Orange,  N.  J. 

Born  January  3,  1880,  in  Weston,  Conn.,  the  son  of  Iverson 
C.  Fanton,  a  farmer,  and  Emma  J.  (Burr)  Fanton.  His 
ancestors  were  English. 

Prepared  at  Staples  Academy,  Easton,  Conn.,  and  in  col- 
lege received  a  dissertation  appointment  in  Junior  year  and  a 
dispute  appointment  in  Senior  year.  He  received  the  Class 
vote  for  meekest  man. 

He  married  on  August  21,  1912,  in  Westport,  Conn.,  Ethel 
L.  Fairchild,  daughter  of  George  Fairchild  of  Westport. 

For  about  four  months  after  graduation  he  was 
engaged  in  tutoring.  He  then  took  a  position  with  the 
Electrical  Testing  Laboratories  in  New  York  City, 
where  he  remained  until  January,  1907.  After  some 
time  spent  in  Albany  learning  the  telephone  business, 
he  became  connected  with  the  New  York  Telephone 
Company,  where  he  is  at  the  present  time. 

He  is  a  Republican  and  writes  that  his  ''political 
activities  have  been  limited  to  voting  for  Taft." 


268  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

Bill  gives  a  modest  account;  here  it  is :  **I  have  been 
postponing  this  duty  for  two  months — more  or  less — 
wondering  how  I  could  swell  the  little  there  is  to  say 
into  a  good  letter,  for  all  your  appeals  have  been  for  a 
'good'  letter.  The  threat  I  received  through  the  mail 
a  day  or  two  ago  caused  me  to  pause  and  consider 
whether  to  take  the  matter  up  with  the  authorities  or 
sit  down  and  try  to  tell  the  story  of  my  life  since  grad- 
uation in  a  presentable  way.  After  due  consideration, 
I  have  decided  upon  the  latter  course  as  the  least  likely 
to  result  in  serious  personal  injury. 

''After  graduation  I  spent  the  time  at  home  until 
late  in  the  fall,  some  time  in  October,  1902,  as  near  as 
I  can  remember.  After  trips  in  various  directions  in 
search  of  an  opening  in  some  line  of  teaching  I  landed 
in  South  Orange,  N.  J.,  where  I  made  my  maiden  effort 
at  earning  a  living  as  a  private  tutor.  In  January, 
1903,  I  gave  this  up  (by  request).  Influenced  by  the 
Mnd  intercession  of  friends,  the  Electrical  Testing 
Laboratories  of  New  York  gave  me  a  chance  to  show 
what  I  could  do  at  testing  incandescent  lamps.  I  did 
not  revolutionize  the  business,  but  stayed  with  them 
about  four  years.  During  this  time  I  lived  in  South 
Orange. 

' '  In  January,  1907, 1  changed  again,  this  time  on  my 
own  initiative  and  undertook  to  learn  the  telephone 
business  in  Albany.  I  am  still  trying  to  learn  it,  but 
at  present  in  New  York  with  the  New  York  Telephone 
Company,  where  I  have  been  since  February,  1910. 

"This  is  about  all  I  have  to  tell,  and  I  have  given 
you  a  fairly  complete  outline  of  my  activities  since 
those  eventful  days  ten  years  ago.  I  might  add  that  I 
attended  both  Triennial  and  Sexennial  and  have  been 
looking  forward  for  the  last  four  years  to  Decennial. 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  269 

Unfortunately  I  \\ill  not  be  able  to  go  and  the  good  time 
I  had  at  Triennial  and  Sexennial  makes  the  disappoint- 
ment all  the  keener.    I  shall  be  there  in  spirit,  at  least, ' ' 

Alton  Farrel 

Assistant  Treasurer  of  the  Farrel  Foundry  &  Machine  Com- 
pany, Ansonia,  Conn. 

Residence,  Ansonia,  Conn. 

Bom  August  22,  1879,  in  Ansonia,  Conn.,  the  son  of  Alton 
Farrel  (died  in  1885),  a  manufacturer,  and  Julia  Elizabeth 
(Clark)  Farrel  (now  Mrs.  Charles  F.  Brooker).  He  is  of 
Scotch  and  English  descent.  His  Yale  relatives  are  Wilson 
Hart  Clark,  LL.B.,  1840,  grandfather;  Benjamin  Austin 
Cheney,  1888,  brother-in-law;  Franklin  Farrel,  Jr.,  1903, 
and  Thomas  Wallace,  3d,  1915,  cousins. 

Prepared  at  St.  Paul's  School,  Concord,  N.  H.,  where  he 
was  interested  in  "a  little  of  everything."  At  Yale  he  was 
a  member  of  the  Freshman  Glee  Club  and  tried  for  both  the 
Glee  and  Instrumental  clubs ;  went  out  for  baseball  and  track ; 
heeled  the  Neivs  twice.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Gun  Club, 
Corinthian  Yacht  Club  and  the  Dramatic  Association.  His 
societies  were  Psi  Upsilon  and  Elihu  Club  (honorary). 

He  is  unmarried. 

He  has  been  engaged  in  manufacturing  since  grad- 
uation, at  present  being  assistant  treasurer  of  the  Far- 
rel Foundry  &  Machine  Company.  He  is  a  director  of 
this  company  and  of  the  Ansonia  Water  Company, 
Standard  Fire  Insurance  Company,  of  Hartford,  and 
the  Colonial  Trust  Company,  of  Waterbury. 

He  has  been  prominent  politically  in  Connecticut 
almost  since  graduation.  He  was  appointed  by  Gov- 
ernor Chamberlain  an  aide-de-camp  on  his  staff  with 
rank  of  major,  and  later  served  as  representative  and 
senator  in  the  state  legislature.     In  his  home  city. 


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270  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

Ansonia,  he  rose  from  alderman  to  mayor,  defeating 
the  Democratic  (or  Labor)  candidate  in  1905  for  that 
office.  He  was  a  delegate  to  the  Regular  Republican 
National  Convention  in  Chicago  in  June,  1912. 

He  is  a  member  and  vestryman  of  Christ  Church 
(Episcopal),  Ansonia.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Union 
League,  New  York  Athletic  Club  and  New  England 
Society,  of  New  York  City;  the  Society  of  Colonial 
Wars;  the  Graduates,  Lawn  and  Country  clubs,  of 
New  Haven. 

Alton  is  brief:  ''Having  completed  four  good  years 
in  the  classic  shades  of  New  Haven  by  receiving  the 
coveted  sheepskin,  I  retired  precipitately  with  it  to 
the  quiet  little  manufacturing  city  of  Ansonia,  to  exam- 
ine at  my  leisure  the  education  acquired,  and  to  enter 
the  family  business  of  manufacturing.  The  ten  years 
since  have  passed  rapidly  and  have  been  consumed  for 
the  most  part  in  contemplation  of  the  fluctuations  in 
the  price  of  pig-iron,  mixed  with  a  little  diverting 
travel  and  some  enlivening  local  politics.  I  have  no 
ambitions  for  the  future  but  to  continue  in  the  same 
way,  keep  the  same  friends,  mind  my  Class  Secretary, 
and  in  the  end  go  to  the  heaven  set  apart  for  good  Yale 
men.  A  famous  member  of  the  French  Academy  is 
reputed  to  have  said,  'Happy  lives  have  no  history!' 
and,  Jim,  I  believe  he  had  my  number." 

Alfred  Ludlow  Ferguson 

Partner  in  the  firm  of  J.  &  S.  Ferguson,  bankers,  15  William 
Street,  New  York  City 

Residence,  Greenwich,  Conn. 

Born  March  7,  1879,  in  Stamford,  Conn.,  the  son  of  Walton 
Ferguson,  who  is  interested  in  railroads,  electric  lighting  and 


AUTOBIOGEAPHIES  271 

cotton,  and  Julia  Lee  (White)  Ferguson.  His  Yale  relatives 
are  Henry  Lee  Ferguson,  1904  S.,  brother ;  Alfred  Warner 
Dater,  1895  S.,  brother-in-law ;  John  Mackintosh  Ferguson, 
1894,  and  William  S.  Ferguson,  ea;-1895  S.,  cousins. 

Prepared  at  Pomfret,  where  he  was  captain  of  the  football 
and  baseball  teams.  In  college  he  also  went  in  for  athletics, 
playing  on  the  Freshman  Football  Team  and  substituting 
on  the  Varsity  Team  Sophomore  and  Junior  years.  He  played 
third  base  on  the  Disappointment  Baseball  Team ;  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  governing  board  and  race  committee  of  the  Corin- 
thian Yacht  Club ;  was  a  member  of  the  Gun  Club.  He  was 
a  Cup  man,  a  member  of  the  Senior  Prom  Committee,  He 
Boule,  Psi  Upsilon  and  Skull  and  Bones. 

He  married  on  October  29,  1902,  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  Ruth 
Wadsworth  Howard,  daughter  of  Charles  Marvin  Howard,  a 
merchant,  of  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  They  have  a  son  and  a  daugh- 
ter, both  born  in  New  York  City:  Alfred  Ludlow,  Jr.,  Class 
Boy,  born  April  27,  1904,  and  Carroll  Howard,  born  July 
6,  1908. 

Since  graduation  he  has  been  in  business  with  his 
father  in  the  firm  of  J.  &  S.  Ferguson,  bankers.  He  is 
also  treasurer  of  the  Windsor  Print  Works  in  North 
Adams,  Mass.,  a  director  of  the  American  Tube  & 
Stamping  Company,  Bridgeport,  and  treasurer  of  the 
Fishers  Island  Navigation  Company  and  the  Fishers 
Island  Water  Company. 

He  is  a  Kepublican.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Episco- 
pal Church,  the  Yale,  Union  and  Racquet  clubs  of  New 
York  City,  and  the  Field  Club  of  Greenwich,  Conn. 

Al  writes:  ''Married  the  fall  after  graduation,  I 
was  lucky  in  being  able  to  go  abroad  on  my  wedding 
trip,  spending  several  months  in  Greece,  Turkey  and 
Egypt.  The  following  eight  ^v4nters  I  lived  in  New 
York,  three  at  Park  Avenue  and  Sixty-third  Street,  and 
two  in  apartments  on  Forty-fifth  Street  and  Forty- 


272  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

seventh  Street,  and  three  years  in  an  apartment  at 
Lexington  Avenue  and  Sixty-sixth  Street.  Tlie  sum- 
mers we  spent  at  Sound  Beach,  one  year;  Greenwich, 
three  years ;  Fishers  Island,  four  years. 

"I  expect  to  build  a  house  in  Greemvich,  Conn.,  this 
summer,  and  make  that  our  winter  home,  going  to 
Fishers  Island  in  the  summers. 

''My  work,  both  in  connection  with  the  firm  of  J.  &  S. 
Ferguson  and  as  treasurer  of  the  Windsor  Print 
Works,  has  been  interesting.  Bringing  a  constant 
association  with  my  father,  my  business  life  has  been 
most  pleasant." 

Alfred  Ludlow  Ferguson,  Jr. 

Class  Boy 

Residence,  Greenwich,  Conn. 

Bom  April  27,  1904,  in  New  York  City,  the  son  of  Alfred 
Ludlow  Ferguson,  Yale  1902. 

''The  Class  Boy,  Alfred,  Jr.,"  his  father  writes,  "is 
getting  on  all  right.  He  will  be  a  good  kid  or  I  will  bust 
in  the  attempt.  In  his  male  admirations  I  think  I  can 
say  safely  that  I  hold  third  place  by  a  good  lead ;  first 
and  second  places  I  will  have  to  concede  to  Cap  Guern- 
sey and  Larry  Doyle. ' ' 

There  are  many  comments  on  our  Class  Boy  through- 
out this  volume,  but  one  more  will  not  be  amiss.  Every- 
one who  saw  him  at  Decennial  was  charmed  at  the 
way  he  is  being  brought  up  and  the  fathers  of  the 
Class  were  constantly  around  Alfred,  Sr.,  begging  for 
lessons.  Our  hats  are  off  to  you,  Alfred,  Jr.;  you're  a 
good  sport  and  an  addition  any  class  might  well  be 
proud  of. 


" 


P'ather  and  the  Bov  ! 

Al  Ferg-uson,  Senior  ,iii<l  Junior 


Al.FHKD    LlDI.OW    FeRGISOK,    Jk. 


The  Ci~ass  Boy  in   Decennial  Costime 


At  the  bat  in  contest  on  Colleisre  Campus,  in 
whicli  1902  overwhelmed  190« 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  273 

Edward  FitzGerald 

Superintendent  of  Schools,  Derby,  Conn, 
Residence,  7  East  Ninth  Street,  Derby,  Conn. 

Born  January  9,  1880,  in  Derby,  Conn.,  the  son  of  John  J. 
FitzGerald  (died  May  11,  1905)  and  Helen  (O'Brien)  Fitz- 
Gerald.   He  is  of  Irish  ancestry. 

Prepared  at  the  Derby  High  School,  and  in  college  (he  says, 
but  nobody  agrees)  "didn't  do  much."  He  received  an  ora- 
tion appointment  both  Junior  and  Senior  years  and  was  a 
Class  Day  historian.  He  once  tried  for  coxswain,  but  ran  the 
boat  aground.  He  received  the  vote  for  favorite  undergradu- 
ate tutor. 

He  is  unmarried. 

Since  graduation  he  has  devoted  himself  to  peda- 
gogy, teaching,  acting  as  principal  and  finally  as  super- 
intendent of  the  Derby  schools. 

He  received  the  degree  of  M.A.  at  Yale  in  1912.  He 
is  ''decidedly  liberal"  in  his  political  opinions.  He  is 
a  Eoman  Catholic  and  secretary  of  the  Derby  and 
Shelton  Board  of  Trade.  He  has  given  an  ''occa- 
sional" address. 

Fitz  writes :  "I  never  wrote  a  'good  letter'  in  my  life 
and  even  to  compile  an  ordinary  epistle,  I  need  to  get 
into  a  certain  frame  of  mind.  Your  numerous  follow- 
up  cards  have  finally  made  me  realize  that  I  ought  to 
write  something,  and  here  goes ! 

' '  My  own  biography  since  graduation  contains  abso- 
lutely nothing  startling.  I  taught  for  four  years,  acted 
as  principal  of  this  high  school  for  four  and  a  half 
years,  and  during  the  last  year  and  a  half  I  have  been 
acting  as  superintendent  of  schools.  If  you  add  to  this 
two  summer  trips  to  Europe — one  of  them  a  very  de- 
lightful ramble  through  France,  during  which  I  acci- 


274  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

dentally  met  John  Alsop  at  Avignon — you  have  it  all. 
Even  a  most  admiring  Boswell  could  not  find  anything 
to  add  to  this. 

**I  am  not  married  and  have  no  prospects.  I  have  a 
very  large  family — about  eleven  hundred  children — 
and  my  reputation  is  still  intact.  A  man  in  the  school 
business  has  to  devote  so  much  time  to  raising  the 
children  of  other  people  that  he  has  no  time  to  devote 
to  his  own. 

"I  should  also  like  to  oflBcially  deny  the  somewhat 
persistent  rumors  of  my  death.  The  whoop  of  joy 
which  came  from  many  sections  of  the  Class  upon 
realizing  that  the  rumor  was  false  more  than  made  up 
for  the  rather  grewsome  experience  of  reading  of  my 
own  demise." 

This  is  one  time  in  his  life  that  Fitz  lost  his  sense  of 
humor,  taking  his  reported  death  quite  seriously  at 
first.  To  entirely  correct  the  matter  several  letters 
follow,  which  are  entertaining  in  themselves  and  per- 
tinent as  well.  First  came  a  letter,  signed  by  one 
Waterbury,  soliciting  subscriptions  to  a  memorial 
chapel  in  honor  of  Edward  Fitzgerald,  then  followed: 

"Your  letter  of  the  13tli  inst.,  in  regard  to  the  Rev- 
erend W.  P.  Waterbury  of  Middletown,  received,  and 
I  am  accordingly  writing  to  our  Connecticut  represen- 
tative to  see  if  he  knows  anything  concerning  him.  I 
will  probably  hear  in  a  few  days. 

*'I  received  a  notice  from  Mr.  Waterbury,  but  know 
nothing  about  him  whatsoever. 

"Very  truly  yours, 

'*E.  C.  Granbery." 

**I  have  just  received  a  letter  from  our  Connecticut 
representative,  part  of  which  I  quote: 


AUTOBIOGEAPHIES  275 

'*  *H.  H.  Warner  of  Middletown  has  just  phoned  me 
in  regard  to  Mr.  Waterbury,  about  whom  you  wrote 
me.  He  says  he  is  a  very  superior  fellow  and  is 
engaged  in  building  a  memorial  chapel  in  East  Hamp- 
ton, Conn.,  in  memory  of  one  Fitzgerald.' 

"From  this  I  presume  that  everything  is  perfectly 
proper  in  regard  to  his  solicitations  for  subscriptions. 
* '  Very  sincerely  yours, 

''E.  C.  Granbery.'' 

*' Thank  you  for  your  interest  in  replying  to  my 
letter.  But  regret  that  an  error  has  been  made  in 
asking  the  Class  of  '02.  The  Edw.  FitzGerald  of  your 
Class  is,  I  think,  teaching  somewhere  in  this  state. 
The  one  I  referred  to  was  of  '03,  and  died  in  China 
last  year,  having  been  there  but  a  few  months. 

**I  am  notifying  all  of  your  class  who  reply  and 
return  or  keep  contributions  as  they  request. 

* '  Sincerely  yours, 

"W.  P.  Waterbury. 

'* Middletown,  Conn." 

''Many  thanks  for  your  kind  note  of  relief  when  you 
found  that  the  E.  Fitzgerald  in  question  was  not  really 
I.  When  the  mistake  was  discovered,  I  was  inclined 
to  be  somewhat  incensed  over  it,  but  the  many  letters 
I  have  received  like  your  own  have  made  me  feel  that 
there  are  some  of  the  old  crowd  who  might  be  grieved 
if  I  did  depart  from  here  below.  I  would  be  very  glad 
if  you  would  assure  the  New  York  contingent  that  I 
am  still  very  much  alive.  I  returned  three  weeks  ago 
from  a  fine  European  trip  which  took  me  all  the  way 
from  Glasgow  to  Rome  and  back  to  Antwerp.  I  hit 
almost  every  high  spot  along  the  route  and  feel  that 
I  have  accomplished  a  great  deal. 


276  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

''When  you  are  in  Connecticut,  don't  fail  to  come 
to  see  me.  My  mother  is  always  mighty  glad  to  have 
at  the  house  fellows  from  our  illustrious  Class.  Best 
wishes. 

"Most  sincerely, 

"Edward  FitzGerald. 
"Derby  High  School, 
"Derby,  Conn." 

Allison  Sweeney  Fleming 

Lawyer,  practicing  independently,  Fairmont,  W.  Va, 

Residence,  Fairmont,  W.  Va. 

Born  January  28,  1879,  in  Fairmont,  W.  Va.,  the  son  of 
Thomas  W.  Fleming,  who  has  retired  from  business,  and 
Anna  (Sweeney)  Fleming.  He  is  of  Scotch,  Dutch  and 
Irish  ancestry. 

Prepared  with  a  tutor  and  at  the  Berkeley  School,  New 
York  City,  where  he  played  on  the  baseball  and  football 
teams.  Before  entering  Yale  he  attended  Colorado  College, 
where  he  was  also  interested  in  baseball.  At  Yale  he  received 
a  colloquy  appointment  Junior  and  Senior  years  and  was  a 
member  of  the  University  Club. 

He  is  unmarried. 

On  graduation  he  took  the  law  course  at  West  Vir- 
ginia University;  in  1903  was  admitted  to  practice  in 
all  the  courts  of  West  Virginia  and  in  1904  in  the 
federal  courts  of  his  district.  In  addition  to  his  pro- 
fession, he  is  actively  interested  in  several  corporations 
and  railroads. 

He  received  the  degree  of  LL.B.  from  West  Virginia 
University  in  1903.  He  has  been  very  active  in  politics, 
serving  as  a  member  of  the  State  Central  Committee 
of  the  Republican   party,   secretary   of  the   County 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  277 

Republican    Committee    and    secretary    of    the    City 
Republican  Committee.    He  is  a  Methodist. 


Charles  Paxson  Flora 

Assistant  Superintendent,  State  Rubber  Company,  care  Hood 
Rubber  Company,  Watertown,  Mass. 

Residence,  65  Marshall  Street,  Watertown,  Mass. 

Born  July  20,  1878,  in  Columbia,  Pa.,  the  son  of  Samuel 
Sloeum  Flora,  a  railroad  man,  and  Emma  Elizabeth  (Dough- 
erty) Flora.  His  ancestry  is  Scotch-Irish,  Swedish,  German, 
etc. 

Prepared  at  the  Columbia  (Pa.)  High  School,  where  he 
was  president  of  his  class.  In  college  he  did  some  tutoring 
and  boys'  club  work  and  captured  a  number  of  scholastic 
honors,  among  them,  high  oration  appointments,  John  J.  Cox 
scholar  Junior  year,  two  year  honors  in  physical  sciences,  and 
elections  to  Phi  Beta  Kappa  and  Sigma  Xi. 

He  married  on  November  5,  1906,  in  New  Haven,  Conn., 
Margaret  Cairns,  daughter  of  Thomas  Rexter  Cairns,  retired, 
of  New  Haven,  Conn.  They  have  one  son,  Charles  Cairns, 
born  September  4,  1907,  in  Allston,  Mass. 

The  first  three  years  after  graduation  he  continued 
at  Yale  studying  for  a  doctorate  and  teaching.  In  1905 
he  became  chemist  for  the  Hood  Rubber  Company  and 
has  remained  with  the  same  company,  although  chang- 
ing his  position  from  time  to  time. 

He  received  the  degree  of  Ph.D.  at  Yale  in  1905. 
He  has  written  several  articles  on  chemical  subjects  in 
the  American  Journal  of  Science  and  the  Z eitschrift 
fiir  Anorganische  Chemie,  and  has  one  patent,  U.  S. 
No.  933638.  He  attends  the  Congregational  Church,  is 
a  member  of  the  Yale  Club  of  Boston  and  the  American 
Chemical  Society. 


278  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

Charlie  writes:  "My  story  since  graduation,  without 
embellishments,  is  simple.  I  returned  to  Yale  for  three 
years'  work  in  chemistry,  acting  as  assistant  in  Kent 
Laboratory  and  teaching  for  a  half  year  with  FitzGer- 
ald  in  the  Derby  High  School.  Received  my  Ph.D. 
degree  at  the  time  of  our  Triennial  in  1905 ;  and  appre- 
ciated more  than  my  sheepskin,  the  handclapping  of 
my  classmates  when  I  received  it.  Two  days  later  I 
entered  the  laboratory  of  the  Hood  Rubber  Company ; 
after  two  years  I  was  placed  in  charge  of  a  small  de- 
partment, where  I  have  had  more  or  less  good  fortune, 
the  department  growing  and  a  couple  more  depart- 
ments being  added  to  it,  with  a  change  in  my  official 
title. 

"My  career  has  not  been  meteoric.  I've  been  too 
busy  getting  a  start  to  be  able  to  meddle  with  politics 
or  with  foreign  countries.  My  plans  for  the  future 
contemplate  little  change,  excepting  a  broadening  out 

as  greater  experience  gives  me  the  opportunity 

Two  attacks  of  appendicitis  and  an  operation" — and 
there  you  are. 

Sterling  Thompson  Foote 

Salesman  for  C.  H.  Pope  &  Company,  cotton  cloth  brokers, 
87  Worth  Street,  New  York  City 

Residence,  567  Park  Avenue,  New  York  City 

Born  April  26,  1880,  in  New  York  City,  the  son  of  Charles 
B.  Foote  (died  in  1900),  a  banker  and  broker,  and  Mary 
de  G.  (Hastings)  Foote,  who  was  his  second  wife.  He  is  of 
English  and  Dutch  descent. 

Prepared  at  Cutler  School,  New  York  City.  In  college  he 
received  a  colloquy  appointment  Senior  year. 

He  married  on  April  30,  1907,  in  New  York  City,  Anna 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  279 

Josephine  Jenner,  daughter  of  William  Allen  Jenner,  Co- 
lumbia 1865,  a  lawyer.  They  have  two  children,  both  born 
in  New  York  City:  Eleanor  Hopestill,  born  February  19, 
1908,  and  Hastings,  2d,  born  June  19,  1912. 

On  graduation  he  first  engaged  in  finance  with  Domi- 
nick  &  Williams  on  Wall  Street,  and  later  with  the 
Metropolitan  Trust  Company.  About  1905  he  went 
into  steel  and  iron  construction  with  J.  B.  &  J.  M. 
Cornell,  engineers.  Since  March,  1911,  he  has  been  a 
salesman  for  C.  H.  Pope  &  Company,  cotton  cloth 
brokers. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Episcopal  Church. 

Sterling  says  little  about  himself,  but  he  is  a  great 
reader  and  it  is  very  seldom  that  you  ever  get  a  glimpse 
of  him  at  meal  hours  without  some  rare  book  along. 
His  one  interest  outside  of  business,  family  and  books 
is  acting,  particularly  with  the  Amateur  Comedy  Club, 
and  in  his  time  he  has  played  many  parts.  Entering 
the  club  directly  after  graduation,  in  1903,  he  played 
Rev.  Henry  Thoresby  in  ''Lady  Huntsworth's  Experi- 
ment"; Cardell  Goodman  in  "Lady  Clancarty";  Mr. 
Hickson  in  "Liberty  Hall";  Gerald  Fanmere  in 
"Joseph  Entangled";  Karl  Bilz  in  "Old  Heidelberg"; 
Due  St.  Albret  in  "The  Little  Father  of  the  Wilder- 
ness," and  Mr.  Jones  in  "David  Garrick." 


Charles  Ring  Foster 

Studying  at  the  Yale  Graduate  School  and  Teaching  in  the 

Hopkins  Grammar  School,  Yale  Station, 

New  Haven,  Conn. 

Residence,  1207  Chapel  Street,  New  Haven,  Conn. 

Born  August  12,  1879,  in  South  Orange,  N.  J.,  the  son  of 
William   Foster    (died  in   1903),   a  silversmith,    and  Helen 


280  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

Demoray  (Kirby)  Foster.  He  is  of  English  and  Dutch 
ancestry.  He  has  no  Yale  relatives  that  he  knows  of,  but 
expects  to  start  a  line  with  his  three  boys. 

Prepared  at  Westfield  (N.  J.)  High  School,  where  he  was 
captain  of  the  football  and  baseball  teams  and  president  of 
the  Literary  Society.  He  worked  his  way  through  college, 
played  on  the  College  and  Freshman  Baseball  squads  and  the 
Grub  Street  Baseball  Team.  He  received  Junior  and  Senior 
colloquy  appointments. 

He  married  on  October  8,  1906,  in  Mount  Vernon,  N.  Y., 
Priscilla  Johnson,  daughter  of  Robert  A.  Johnson,  a  contrac- 
tor, of  Mount  Vernon,  N.  Y.  They  have  three  sons:  Robert 
William,  born  August  1,  1907,  in  Clifton,  N.  J. ;  Charles  Ring, 
Jr.,  born  March  2,  1909,  in  Baltimore,  Md.,  and  Mayhew  Yale, 
born  October  9,  1911,  in  Richmond,  Va. 

On  graduation  he  began  business  life  with  Gorham 
&  Company,  silversmiths,  of  New  York  City,  but  soon 
decided  that  he  was  better  fitted  for  teaching.  He 
taught  in  the  Boys'  Latin  School,  Baltimore,  and  was 
head  of  the  English  department  in  Richmond  Academy, 
Richmond,  Va.,  for  several  years.  The  academic  year 
1912-13  he  is  spending  in  New  Haven  working  for  a 
doctorate  and  is  filling  his  spare  time  with  teaching  at 
Hopkins  Grammar  School  and  tutoring. 

He  received  the  degree  of  M.A.  in  absentia  at  Yale 
in  1911.  While  residing  in  Mount  Vernon  he  was  a 
Republican  ward  leader,  but  he  records  his  speeches 
as  ''unprintable."  He  is  a  member  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church  and  his  main  activity  is  ''dodging 
the  subscription  lists."  He  is  president  of  the  Yale 
Alumni  Association  of  Virginia  and  a  member  of  the 
I.  0.  S.  of  Westfield,  N.  J.,  and  the  Southern  Educa- 
tional Association. 


AUTOBIOGEAPHIES  281 

Fritz's  version: 

DOCTOR  (?)  FOSTER 

(From  a  fragment  found  at  Mory's  by  Jimmie  Wright) 
(Quarto  bottolo  of  1912) 

DRAMATIS  PERSONS 

Doctor  Fost.  Mike,  a  Headmaster  at 

Good  Angel.  Baltimore. 

Bad  Angel.  Office  Boy. 

Boss,  Gorliam  Co.  Academy  Students. 

ACT  I 

Scene  1.  Mount  Vernon,  New  York.  Time,  June,  1902. 

{Fost  discovered  seated  in  the  paternal  library, 
diploma  in  hand.) 

Fost. —  Put   books   and   dip   away,   Fost,   and 

begin 
To  busy  get  on  something  for  the  world. 
What!     Wouldst  thou  dally  with  this 

rolled-up  dip? 
Is  it  the  summum  bonum  of  the  world? 
"Yalensis  Prases  et  cum  Sociis." 
And  all  the  rest.    What  charm  is  in  the 

words  ? 
Go  out  into  the  world  and  money  make, 
And  travel  far  and  wide  on  stately  ship ; 
The  home  of  Romulus  and  Remus  see, 
The  land  of  Agamemnon  and  Ajax. 

Enter  Good  Angel  and  Bad  Angel 


282  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

Good  Angel. — Oh,  Doctor,  hold  thy  scroll  and  cherish 
it. 
In  it  doth  virtue  lie  and  honor  rest. 
Let  thy  path  lie  through  academic  halls, 
For  in  them  is  thy  only  natural  way. 

Bad  Angel. —  Go  forward,  sir,  into  the  world's  great 
mart 
And  carve  thy  name  in  silver  and  in 

gold; 
For  in  these  metals  is  all  glory  writ, 
'Twas  ever  thus  in  days  of  Greece  and 
Rome. 

{Exeunt  Angels) 

FosT. —  How  am  I  pleased  with  the  conceit  of 

this! 
To   buy   and   sell   in   gold   and   silver 

weight ; 
To  see  my  jewels  deck  the  royal  brow; 
To  search  the  world  for  diamonds,  rich 

and  rare. 
This  will  I  do  and  put  my  scroll  aside. 
(Exit  and  curtain) 

Scene  2.     The  Gorham  Company,  Silversmiths. 

Time,  1903 

{Post  solus  seated  at  his  desk) 

FosT. —  Here  have  I  now  the  place  I  long  have 

sought. 
**The  mart  of  trade"  did  never  sound 

so  well 
To  my  receiving  ears ;  and  on  that  scroll 
No  word  gave  greater  joy  unto  my  ear. 
{Enter  Boy) 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  283 

Boy. —  My  honored  sir,  the  Boss  commands 

you  hence. 

FosT. —  What,  minion  base!    Dost  speak  *' com- 

mands" to  me? 
Wouldst  thou  disturb  the  thought  of 

him  who  plans 
To  own  this  whole  establishment  ere 
long? 

{Exit  Boy  in  haste) 

I'll  go  and  see  what  honors  hath  the 

Boss 
To  place  upon  my  academic  brow. 
{Exit  Fost.    Curtain) 


Scene  3.    The  Boss's  Den 

Boss  {reading  a  letter). — 

"Please  have  this  order  made  up  and 

shipped  at  once — " 
What's  the  matter  with  that  new  man? 
Why  doesn  't  he  hurry  ? 
{Enter  Boy) 
Well?    Is  he  coming? 

Boy. —  Yes,  sir,  but  he  seemed  to  be  asleep. 

When  I  went  to  his  desk,  he  was 

mumblin'  to  himself — and 

{Enter  Fost) 

Boss. —  Here  is   an  important   order   from   a 

Western  customer.    Please  have  it 
assembled  at  once. 

{Exit  Fost) 


284  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

ACT  II 

Boys'  Latin  School,  Baltimore,  Maryland 

Time,  1908-1909 

Scene  1.    A  Recitation  Room.    October,  1908 

FosT  (solus). — At  last  unto  mine  own  estate  I've  come. 
The  academic  calm  and  peace  of  this 

retreat 
Doth  stimulate  the — 

{Enter  Class,  noisily) 
How  now,  my  lads?    What  means  this 

noisy  tread? 
Be  seated,  pray.    This  Latin  test  now 
write. 

{Class  seated) 

This  Latin,  French  and  German  likes 

me  not;  {aside) 
I  think  I  shall  resign  and  go  elsewhere. 
I'll  English  teach  and  specialize  in  that, 
An  M.A.  get  and  then  a  Ph.D. 

{Class  hand  in  papers  and  file  out) 

Scene  2.    The  School  Office.    May,  1909 

{Fost  and  Mike  in  earnest  conversation) 

Mike. —  It  grieves  me  sore  to  have  you  tell  me 

this. 
FosT. —  And  me  also  to  have  it  thus  to  state. 

Yet,  I  must  go  to  Richmond  in  the  fall. 
Mike. —  So  let  it  be.    I  wish  you  lots  of  luck. 

{Exeunt  and  curtain) 


AUTOBIOGEAPHIES  285 

ACT  III 

Scene.    Richmond  Academy,  Richmond,  Virginia. 
Time,  May,  1912 

FosT  (solus). — Well,  here  I've  stayed  in  Sunny  South 

three  years, 
A    Yankee    at    King    Arthur's    court 

'twould  seem. 
An  M.A.  with  the  help  of  Billie  Phelps 
I  have;  and  now  a  Ph.D.  I'll  get, 
If  fortune  favors  and  the  gods  are  kind. 

(Enter  Good  Angel) 
Ah,  would  that  I  had  followed  your 

advice 
Which  ten  long  years  ago  you  gave  to 

me. 
Good  Angel. — Mourn  not,  my  friend,  that  thou  hast 

left  the  path 
Of  academic  life  and  out  hast  gone. 
Rejoice  that  thou  hast  left  the  quiet 

path 
And  for  a  time  hast  struggled  in  the 

stress ; 
For  thou  hast  gained  a  view  of  many 

things. 

Finis 

Lyttleton  Fox 

Lawyer,  practicing  independently  at  2  Rector  Street, 

New  York  City 

Residence,  136  East  Seventy -second  Street,  New  York  City 

Born  February  22,  1881,  in  New  York  City,  the  son  of 
Edward  Campbell  Fox  (died  in  1889),  a  broker,  and  Mary 
(Eddy)  Fox,    He  is  of  English  ancestry. 


286  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

Prepared  at  Lawreneeville  School  in  New  Jersey.  In  col- 
lege he  was  chairman  of  the  Yale  Literary  Magazine  and 
editor  of  the  Yale  Courant  in  1902.  He  was  a  Class  historian, 
a  member  of  the  Wigwam  Debating  Club  and  the  Senior 
Literary  Society,  Chi  Delta  Theta.  His  only  attempt  at 
athletics  was  as  a  member  of  the  Second  Football  Team.  He 
received  a  colloquy  appointment  in  Junior  and  Senior  years. 
He  received  the  Class  vote  for  most  versatile  man.  His 
societies  were  Alpha  Delta  Phi  and  Elihu  Club  (honorary). 

He  married  on  September  19,  1905,  in  Good  Ground,  N.  Y., 
Genevieve  O'Brien,  daughter  of  Judge  Morgan  J.  O'Brien, 
of  New  York  City.  They  have  three  daughters  and  a  son : 
Genevieve,  born  September  18,  1906,  in  New  York  City ;  Con- 
stance, born  March  25,  1908,  in  New  York  City;  Lyttleton, 
Jr.,  born  August  23,  1909,  in  Good  Ground,  N.  Y. ;  and 
Cathleen,  born  January  27,  1911,  in  New  York  City. 

On  graduation  he  took  the  course  in  the  New  York 
Law  School  and  in  June,  1904,  formed  a  partnership 
with  Henry  Escher,  Jr.,  for  the  general  practice  of 
law.  In  1912  he  opened  an  independent  oflSce.  He  is 
a  director  of  Delmonico's,  the  Security  Underwriters 
Corporation,  Mountain  Land  Company,  Chattanooga 
Estates  Company,  New  York  News  Bureau,  Hamilton 
Press,  Atlantic  Coast  Realty  Company,  John  F.  Stev- 
ens Construction  Company,  *'and  some  others." 

He  received  the  degree  of  LL.B.  at  the  New  York 
Law  School  in  1904.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Associa- 
tion of  the  Bar,  Oakland  Golf  Club,  the  Manhattan  and 
Yale  clubs  of  New  York  City.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  Decennial  Committee  and  unanimously  re-elected 
to  serve  on  the  Quindecennial  Committee. 

Lope  writes:  "My  ten  years'  history  doesn't  make 
very  interesting  reading.  I  have  spent  it  all  in  New 
York  practicing  law.  I  made  a  very  short  excursion 
once  (early  in  the  ten  years)  into  politics,  to  the  extent 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  287 

of  making  a  few  cart-tail  speeches.  I  always  thought 
I  would  do  some  writing — when  I  got  time — but  all  I 
have  ever  written  is  one  magazine  article.  I  had  a 
partner  in  the  law  for  a  while,  but  now  I  am  practicing 
by  myself.  My  work  keeps  me  very  busy,  and  I  guess 
I  was  meant  for  it,  because  I  enjoy  it.  I  try  to  keep 
out  of  a  rut  by  diversifying  my  interests  as  much  as 
possible  out  of  working  hours.  On  the  whole  I  think 
the  world  is  a  nice,  cheerful  place  to  live  in,  except 
when  it  rains." 

He  has  thrown  himself  body  and  soul  into  the  law, 
but  those  of  us  who  occasionally  come  in  contact  with 
him  find  his  mind  still  fertile  with  fun.  How  he  re- 
joiced in  his  efforts  over  those  camels  at  Decennial  and 
in  dealing  with  one  Doctor  Potter  who  had  cornered 
the  camel  market.  How  he  beat  the  head  off  his  drum 
on  said  camel,  how  he  drove  where  the  *^  shins  were 
thickest"  in  the  pushmobile  race — all  these  things  are 
now  pleasant  history.  At  one  of  our  conferences  this 
spring  he  came  into  the  Yale  Club  very  much  scratched 
up  after  a  trip  to  Collier's  at  Long  Island,  opining  he 
didn't  know  which  was  worse:  "Aeroplaning  in  the 
morning  or  polo  in  the  afternoon!"  but  one  thing  he 
was  sure  of :  he  wanted  three  days  to  rest  up  from  one 
Sunday. 

Versatility,  thy  name  is  still  Fox. 

Charles  Broaddus  Francis 

With  Commonwealth  Steel  Company,  Pierce  Building, 
St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Residence,  4421  Maryland  Avenue,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Born  August  23,  1880,  in  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  the  son  of  David 
Rowland  Francis   and  Jane    (Perry)    Francis.      His   father 


288  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

graduated  from  "Washington  University  in  1870,  and  received 
the  degree  of  LL.D.  (honorary)  from  the  following:  Shurt- 
lefiE  College  (Alton,  111.),  "Washington  University  (St.  Louis) 
and  the  State  University  of  Missouri.  He  is  a  merchant 
banker,  has  been  mayor  of  St.  Louis,  governor  of  Missouri  and 
secretary  of  the  interior  under  Cleveland.  He  is  of  Scotch- 
Irish  ancestry.  His  Yale  relatives  are  three  brothers:  John 
D.  Perry  Francis,  1897  S.,  David  Rowland  Francis,  Jr.,  1900, 
and  Talton  Turner  Francis,  1907. 

Prepared  at  St.  Paul's  School,  Concord,  and  at  the  Taft 
School,  "Watertown.  In  college  he  was  interested  in  football, 
crew  and  track  and  was  a  member  of  the  University  Club. 

He  is  unmarried. 

He  is  in  the  legal  department  of  the  Commonwealth 
Steel  Company. 


Charles  Driver  Francis 

Lawyer,  associated  with  Krauthoff,   Harmon  &  Mathewson, 
55  Wall  Street,  New  York  City 

Residence,  Yale  Club,  30  West  Forty-fourth  Street,  New  York 

City 

Born  January  7,  1875,  in  Winchester,  Tenn,,  the  son  of 
John  P.  Francis,  a  farmer,  and  Ellen  (Elliott)  Francis.  A 
brother,  Nathan  Roscoe  Francis,  also  graduated  in  1902. 

Prepared  at  Winchester  Normal  School  in  Tennessee.  At 
Yale  he  was  assistant  manager  of  the  Football  Team  in  1900, 
president  and  manager  of  the  University  Football  Association 
in  1901-02,  a  member  ex  officio  of  the  Athletic  Financial  Union 
and  the  Yale  Field  Corporation.  In  scholarship  he  received 
a  second  DeForest  Mathematical  prize  in  Freshman  and  Soph- 
omore years,  a  high  oration  appointment  Junior  year,  a  dis- 
sertation Senior  appointment,  and  an  election  to  Phi  Beta 
Kappa.    He  received  the  Class  vote  for  hardest  worker.    He 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  289 

was  a  member  of  the  Wigwam  Debating   Club  and  Delta 
Kappa  Epsilon. 
He  is  unmarried. 

On  graduation  he  remained  at  Yale  two  years  longer 
for  football  and  the  study  of  law.  In  November,  1904, 
he  opened  an  office  in  St.  Louis  for  independent  prac- 
tice, remaining  until  the  fall  of  1906,  when  he  became 
connected  with  the  firm  of  Bullowa  &  Bullowa,  New 
York  City.  After  a  time  in  independent  practice  he 
became  associated  with  the  firm  of  Krauthoif,  Harmon 
&  Mathewson,  in  July,  1912. 

He  is  a  Democrat.  He  is  a  member  of  the  New  York 
Yale  Club. 

Charlie  is  always  ready  to  discuss  any  knotty  prob- 
lem with  you  on  the  least  provocation,  and  his  intense 
manner  is  making  quite  an  impression  on  juries  and 
judges. 

Nathan  Roscoe  Francis 

Assistant    in    Mechanical    Engineering,    Sheffield    Scientific 
School,  Yale  University 

Business  address,  873  Yale  Station,  New  Haven,  Conn. 

Residence,  109  College  Street,  New  Haven,  Conn. 

Born  January  9,  1879,  in  Winchester,  Tenn.,  the  son  of 
John  Patterson  Francis,  a  farmer  (died  January  23,  1910), 
and  Ellen  (Elliott)  Francis.  He  is  of  Scotch  ancestry.  He 
is  a  brother  of  Charles  Driver  Francis,  1902,  and  another  rela- 
tive is  Roy  Ross,  Yale  1911. 

Prepared  at  the  Winchester  Normal  School  and  entered  our 
Class  in  January,  1899.  He  was  a  substitute  on  the  Football 
Team,  played  on  the  Junior  appointment  Baseball  Team,  was 
a  member  of  the  Wigwam  Debating  Club,  received  a  first  De- 


290  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

Forest  Mathematical  prize  in  Freshman  year,  a  dissertation 
Junior  and  a  dispute  Senior  appointment.  He  was  a  member 
of  Zeta  Psi. 

He  married  on  June  30,  1904,  Lora  Shook,  daughter  of 
Nathan  Greene  Shook,  a  stock  breeder,  of  Winchester,  Tenn. 
They  have  no  children. 

On  graduation  he  taught  in  the  Taft  School,  Water- 
town,  until  1904,  then  at  the  Baker-Himmel  School, 
Knoxville,  Tenn.,  for  a  year.  He  was  then  located  in 
Litchfield,  Conn.,  1905-06,  and  has  since  lived  in  New 
Haven,  teaching  and  studjdng.  He  has  also  done  some 
work  for  the  New  York  Edison  Company.  His  present 
position  is  assistant  in  mechanical  engineering,  Shef- 
field Scientific  School. 

He  received  the  degree  of  Ph.B.  at  Yale  in  1908.  He 
is  a  Democrat  and  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian 
Church. 

Nat  never  did  waste  words:  "Life  is  too  short  to 
spend  writing  of  one's  self."  These  mathematicians 
never  do,  goll  darn  them !    I  wish  they  would. 


Edward  Wiley  Frisbie 

Engaged  in  agency  work  with  Travelers  Insurance  Company, 
Main  Street,  Hartford,  Conn. 

Residence,  136  Collins  Street,  Hartford,  Conn. 

Born  January  10,  1881,  in  Hartford,  Conn.,  the  sou  of 
Edward  Clarence  Frisbie,  formerly  in  the  wholesale  drug 
business,  and  Annie  Adele  (Wiley)  Frisbie  (died  March  27, 
1912).  He  is  of  Scotch  ancestry.  Three  cousins  were  grad- 
uated at  Yale :  Leonard  Welles  Frisbie,  1903 ;  Charles  Gillette 
Frisbie,  1910  S.,  and  Robert  Taylor  Frisbie,  1912  S. 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  291 

Prepared  at  the  Hartford  (Conn.)  High  School,  where  he 
was  on  the  mandolin  and  dramatic  clubs,  did  some  track 
work  and  was  on  the  scrub  football  team.  As  for  his  col- 
lege activities  he  says:  "I  find  just  'college  life,'  without 
incident,  at  least  to  classify."  He  was  a  member  of  the 
University  Club. 

His  engagement  has  been  announced. 

He  has  been  with  the  Travelers  Insurance  Company 
almost  since  graduation,  representing  them  in  Hart- 
ford, Cleveland,  Philadelphia,  and  since  1911  in  Hart- 
ford again. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Asylum  Avenue  Baptist 
Church  and  was  formerly  a  member  of  the  church  com- 
mittee. His  clubs  are  the  Yale  of  New  York  City,  and 
the  Hartford,  Golf  and  University  clubs  of  Hartford. 

Ned,  always  self-contained,  says:  ''First  chronicles, 
briefly  told.  After  graduation,  a  hard  attack  of 
typhoid  fever,  and  a  few  weeks '  work  in  a  bank  and  in 
a  fire  insurance  office.  I  started  work  for  the  Travelers 
Insurance  Company  in  Hartford,  and  so  continued  till 
July,  1909,  when  I  went  to  Cleveland,  for  the  company, 
to  work  there.  Thence  to  Toledo,  and  after  about  a 
year,  to  Philadelphia.  In  the  fall  of  1911  I  returned 
to  Hartford  and  if  all  goes  well  I  hope  to  settle  and 
pass  my  days  here,  with  an  occasional  look-in  at  New 
York  and  the  reunions. 

' '  No,  not  married  yet,  but  it  only  remains  to  set  the 
date.  There's  not  a  great  lot  in  the  above,  but  if  I 
can  accomplish  some  little  good  in  the  world  (like  help- 
ing to  turn  out  a  good  Class  book)  it  will  be  enough." 

In  1909:  '*In  the  absence  of  any  event  unusually 
exciting  or  noteworthy,  it  is  not  easy  to  pick  out  any 
especial  thing  to  report  to  the  Class  Secretary.  Vari- 
ous duties — and  pleasures,  too — fall  to  a  man's  lot 


292  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

in  the  ordinary  course  of  things,  and  deserve  no  par- 
ticular mention,  though  they  mean  something  in  the 
aggregate  to  the  individual.  Now,  if  I  had  been  to 
the  North  Pole — !  I  find,  as  we  all  do,  that  one  does 
not  stop  learning  when  he  leaves  college. 

**I  have  assisted  one  classmate,  and  several  college- 
mates,  in  the  important  and  portentous  details  of  the 
marriage  ceremony.  I  hold  Jim  Wright's  continuous 
challenge  tennis  cup,  and  await  his  next  attack. 

"In  the  summer  of  1902,  I  had  an  attack  of  typhoid 
fever.  As  a  final  touch  to  the  recuperation,  I  made  a 
brief  trip  in  December  of  that  year  to  Winchester, 
Tenn.,  and  enjoyed  a  taste  of  Ik  Phillips'  true  south- 
ern hospitality.  The  longest  trip  I  have  made  since 
1902  was  in  October,  1905,  when,  in  company  with  my 
father,  I  traveled  some  1200  miles  or  more,  horizon- 
tally, to  Butte,  Mont.,  and  1200  feet  down,  perpendicu- 
larly, after  I  got  there. 

"What  the  future  holds,  no  man  can  tell,  and  so  I'll 
not  attempt  it,  except  to  say  that,  like  enough  Bill  God- 
frey will  win  another  long  distance  cup." 

In  neither  letter  does  he  mention  that  delightful 
little  cabin  on  the  Farmington,  of  Leonard's  and  his; 
the  national  indoor  games  that  have  taken  place,  and 
the  good  things  eaten  there. 

Henry  Larned  Galpin 

Finance:  Secretary  of  the  Union  &  New  Haven  Trust 
Company,  New  Haven,  Conn. 

Residence,  200  Livingston  Street,  New  Haven,  Conn. 

Bom  June  13,  1881,  in  New  Haven,  Conn.,  the  son  of 
Samuel  Arthur  Galpin  (died  August  5,  1902),  president 
of  the  New  Haven  Clock  Company,  and  Clara  Robinson 
(Larned)  Galpin  (died  January  12,  1898).     He  is  of  English 


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ancestry.  His  grandfather,  Samuel  Henry  Galpin,  was  grad- 
uated at  Yale  in  1835;  his  father  entered  with  the  Class  of 
1870,  took  the  course  at  the  George  Washington  University, 
receiving  the  degree  of  LL.B,  in  1872,  was  granted  an  honor- 
ary degree  of  M.A.  at  Yale  in  1880,  and  enrolled  with  his 
original  Class,  1870 ;  a  brother,  Perrin  Comstock  Galpin,  1910. 

Prepared  at  Hillhouse  High  School,  New  Haven,  and  at 
Phillips  Academy,  Andover.  In  college  he  played  on  the 
Tennis  Team,  was  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  University 
Tennis  Association  and  president  in  1901-02,  representative 
in  Intercollegiate  Tournament,  1900-01,  and  treasurer  of 
the  Yale  Athletic  Subscription  Fund.  He  received  oration 
appointments  Junior  and  Senior  years;  was  a  member  of  the 
Wigwam  Debating  Club  and  was  Class  Secretary.  He  was 
a  member  of  the  University  Club  and  Zeta  Psi. 

He  married  on  October  16,  1909,  in  New  Haven,  Conn., 
Ellen  Deere  Mixter,  daughter  of  Prof.  William  G.  Mixter, 
of  New  Haven.  They  have  one  son,  Samuel  Arthur,  born 
March  5,  1912,  in  New  Haven,  Conn. 

After  a  short  time  with  the  New  Haven  Clock  Com- 
pany, he  took  up  finance,  being  associated  with  the 
First  National  Bank,  New  Haven  Trust  Company, 
Union  Trust  Company,  and  in  1911  as  secretary  of  the 
Union  &  New  Haven  Trust  Company.  He  has  been 
treasurer  of  the  Organized  Charities  Association  since 
1908,  on  the  executive  committee  of  the  Connecticut 
Civil  Service  Reform  Association  since  1911,  and  a 
director  of  the  New  Haven  Hospital. 

He  is  a  member  of  Center  Church  (Congregational), 
for  a  time  was  treasurer  of  benevolent  contributions, 
and  is  now  treasurer  of  the  fund  for  the  erection  of 
Center  Church  House.  He  served  as  Class  Secretary 
until  1905,  when  ill  health  compelled  him  to  resign.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Graduates  Club  and  the  New  Haven 
Lawn  Club. 


294  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

Harry  writes :  ' '  The  death  of  my  father  in  August 
after  graduation  changed  my  plans,  and  tlie  shock  so 
affected  my  health  that  I  was  worthless  for  a  year.  A 
certain  amount  of  nerve  seems  to  be  required  of  every 
man  who  would  live,  but  when  he  has  enough  to  refer 
to  it  as  'nerves'  a  good  part  of  the  joy  of  living  is 
denied  him.  The  first  few  years  after  1902,  while  I 
was  nursing  my  'nerves'  back  into  the  singular,  were 
rather  monotonous — a  year  or  so  ^vith  the  New  Haven 
Clock  Company,  partly  in  the  cashier's  office  and 
mostly  in  the  manufacturing  superintendent's  office; 
then  a  year  in  the  First  National  Bank  as  a  clerk; 
then  three  or  four  years  with  the  New  Haven  Trust 
Company,  where  I  was  assistant  secretary,  when  I  went 
to  the  Union  Trust  Company  as  secretary  and  trust 
officer.  The  two  companies  combined  a  year  ago  and 
I  managed  to  hold  down  my  job.  Our  trust  business 
is  growing  all  the  time  and  I  enjoy  it.  It  looks  as  if 
I  were  condemned  to  a  life  behind  the  bars ! 

**I  was  married  on  October  16,  1909,  to  Miss  Ellen 
Deere  Mixter  of  New  Haven.  We  have  one  child,  a 
boy,  now  two  months  old.  Life  is  certainly  very  much 
worth  living! 

"This  is  no  model  letter  of  unique  literary  flavor, 
but  an  attempt  to  ease  my  conscience  before  another  of 
your  little  postals  shows  up." 

Samuel  Warren  Gardner 

Agriculture :  Manager  of  the  Colinwood  Farm, 
Maplewood,  N.  J. 

Residence,  Maplewood,  N.  J. 

Born  October  27,  1875,  in  Maplewood,  N.  J.,  the  son  of 
Samuel  A.  Gardner,  a  liveryman,  and  Laura  A.  (Smith) 
Gardner  (died  in  1884).    He  is  of  English  ancestry. 


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Prepared  at  South  Orange  (N.  J.)  High  School  and  his 
"chief  activities  in  college  were  various  schemes,  more  or  less 
ineffective,  for  keeping  the  wolf  from  the  door,  and  the 
bursar  bluffed."  He  took  the  first  two  years  of  the  course 
with  1901,  played  on  the  dissertation  ball  team  and  received 
a  dispute  Senior  appointment. 

He  is  unmarried. 

On  graduation  he  took  up  agriculture  as  a  profession 
and  has  continued  in  the  same  occupation  except  for 
short  intervals  when  he  has  been  employed  in  various 
capacities. 

He  is  a  Unitarian  and  a  Progressive  Republican. 

Sam  writes :  ' '  The  ten  years  since  graduation  have 
been  a  series  of  attempts  to  get  a  foothold  in  agricul- 
ture, in  which  I  have  been  primarily  interested.  How- 
ever, various  experiences  have  shown  a  lack  of  prep- 
aration and  knowledge,  and  success  has  been  elusive, 
that  is,  visible,  tangible  success,  in  the  form  of  nego- 
tiable securities,  etc.  I  have  spent  a  little  time  in  the 
city  as  a  clerk  and  as  a  salesman.  Have  been  a  livery- 
man for  a  couple  of  years,  finally  landing  in  the  bank- 
ruptcy court  after  that  particular  experience.  How- 
ever, in  mentioning  the  appeal  to  the  bankruptcy  court 
for  publication  in  a  Yale  Class  book,  I  would  say  this : 
If  it  is  customary  to  repeat  the  Class  book  after 
another  ten  years,  and  the  writer  still  figures  as  a 
living  graduate,  there  will  be  another  story  to  tell.  It 
will  be  the  story  of  the  superstructure,  and  it  will  be 
seen  that  the  superstructure  is  founded  upon  a  rock, 
though  at  this  writing  the  rock  cannot  be  detected  by 
the  superficial  observer. 

**  Residence  has  been  chiefly  at  home  in  Maple  wood, 
N.  J.,  though  during  the  years  1906  and  1907  I  was  a 


296  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

wanderer  in  other  parts  of  New  Jersey  and  in  New 
York  state.  While  in  the  latter  place  I  was  a  brake- 
man  on  a  freight  train  for  the  New  York  Central. 

*^The  game,  gentlemen,  is  to  become  a  master  of  the 
art  and  science  of  making  two  blades  of  grass  grow 
where  only  one  grew,  a  service  which  society  will 
increasingly  need." 


William  Smith  Garnsey,  Jr. 

Manager  of  the  Billings  Sugar  Company,  Billings,  Mont. 
Residence,  304  South  Thirty-fifth  Street,  Billings,  Mont. 

Born  January  17,  1882,  in  Gloversville,  N.  Y.,  the  son  of 
Dr.  William  Smith  Garnsey,  a  physician,  a  graduate  of  the 
New  York  Homeopathic  Medical  College,  and  Marcia  Lee 
(Taylor)  Garnsey  (died  in  1899).  English  and  Dutch  are 
the  predominating  strains  in  his  ancestry. 

Prepared  at  Gloversville  High  School,  and  in  college  sang 
in  the  Greek  Ode  chorus,  rowed  as  a  Harlequin  vs.  1902  in  the 
fall  regatta  of  1900,  and  on  the  Junior  Class  Crew.  Received  a 
first  dispute  appointment  in  Junior  year  and  a  dissertation  in 
Senior  year,  and  was  a  member  of  Sigma  Xi  and  Alpha  Delta 
Phi. 

He  married  on  June  1,  1905,  in  Port  Richmond,  Staten 
Island,  N.  Y.,  Agnes  Sprague  Wood,  Vassar  1903,  daughter 
of  J.  Walter  Wood,  M.  D.,  of  Port  Richmond.  They  have  three 
children :  Martha,  born  July  28,  1906,  in  Fort  Collins,  Colo. ; 
Walter  Wood,  born  October  21,  1908,  in  Billings,  Mont.,  and 
William  Smith,  3d,  born  November  5,  1911,  in  Billings,  Mont. 

He  spent  the  first  year  after  graduation  in  tutoring, 
and  since  then  has  been  interested  in  the  beet  sugar 
business.  Since  1907  he  has  been  a  director  of  the  Bill- 
ings Chamber  of  Commerce ;  since  1910  of  the  Mutual 
Building  and  Loan  Association  of  Billings,  and  since 


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1911  of  the  Lovell  State  Bank,  Lovell,  Wyo.,  Huntley 
State  Bank,  Huntley,  Mont.,  Rosebud  Lake  Associa- 
tion and  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association.  He 
is  also  a  commissioner  of  the  Park  Board  of  Billings. 

He  is  a  Republican  in  politics,  and  a  member  of  the 
Billings  Club  and  the  B.  P.  0.  Elks. 

Bill's  description  of  his  own  life  is  most  entertain- 
ing; here  it  is :  **  Spent  one  year  tutoring  on  the  Jersey 
coast,  in  Massachusetts,  in  New  York,  and  principally 
in  California  at  Santa  Barbara  and  Nordhoff,  expect- 
ing to  go  on  with  the  study  of  medicine  the  following 
year.  While  at  the  last  named  place  I  became  ac- 
quainted with  some  of  the  officers  of  the  beet  sugar 
factory  at  Oxnard,  Calif.  As  I  was  interested  in  their 
conversation  about  the  sugar  business  and  was  about 
through  with  the  tutoring,  anyway,  I  struck  the  super- 
intendent for  a  job,  which  he  seemed  very  loath  to  give 
me.  The  more  loath  he  got,  the  more  I  thought  I 
wanted  the  job.  He  thought  he  had  had  enough  college 
boys,  but  finally  condescended  to  give  me  the  hardest 
graft  of  manual  labor  he  could  dig  up,  considering  that 
the  easiest  way  of  getting  rid  of  me.  Feeling  that  the 
whole  burden  of  vindicating  the  college  boy  had  fallen 
to  my  lot,  I  had  to  stay  till  the  last  beets  were  worked 
up,  which  made  it  too  late  for  the  next  year's  medical 
work.  Gradually  I  was  becoming  interested  in  this 
work  and  weaned  from  medicine  and  when  the  crop 
was  gone  there,  I  started  looking  for  new  superintend- 
ents to  conquer  and  turned  to  Colorado  where  crops  are 
later  and  where  several  new  factories  were  just  coming 
into  operation.  I  drifted  around  with  the  'sugar 
tramps'  to  Rocky  Ford,  Longmont  and  Fort  Collins, 
gradually  getting  different  jobs  and  a  more  general 
idea  of  the  business.    At  Fort  Collins  I  was  offered  a 


298  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

steady  position  as  a  foreman  in  the  factory  for  the 
next  year,  which  I  accepted.  They  sent  me  to  Phila- 
delphia for  some  refinery  experience  in  the  summer  of 
1904.  I  seized  the  opportunity  to  resume  my  courting, 
which  had  been  temporarily  neglected.  In  the  summer 
of  1905  I  was  married.  About  that  time  I  left  the  fac- 
tory work  and  went  into  the  office  as  assistant  to  the 
manager,  where  I  remained  about  two  and  a  half  years. 
In  the  winter  of  1907-08, 1  came  to  Billings  as  manager 
of  the  company  here. 

"I  first  went  to  work  in  a  sugar  factory,  regarding 
it  as  a  sort  of  sociological  excursion.  I  found  myself 
among  a  very  interesting  class  of  people,  hoboes,  boys 
with  the  'Wanderlust/  and  many  who  had  seen  better 
days.  The  last  few  years  I  have  become  more  inter- 
ested in  the  agricultural  end  of  the  business.  Since 
coming  to  Billings  I  have  seen  hundreds  of  thousands 
of  acres  of  sage-brush  prairie  turned  into  beautiful 
and  prosperous  farms  by  irrigation.  There  are  several 
irrigation  projects  of  the  U.  S.  Reclamation  service 
near  us.  They  are  doing  a  grand  work,  creating  oppor- 
tunity for  many  to  establish  homes,  and  increasing  the 
nation's  real  wealth. 

''The  culture  of  sugar  beets  means  a  higher  type  of 
agriculture  than  usually  is  found  preceding  it.  A  root 
crop  is  essential  to  the  best  crop  rotations.  The  sugar 
beet  means  much  to  the  agriculture  of  the  West.  It 
offers  to  the  farmer  a  large  cash  market  for  a  culti- 
vated root  crop,  which  does  not  interfere  with,  but 
rather  increases,  the  demand  for  his  other  crops. 
Sugar  factories,  through  their  agricultural  force  (our 
factory  has  ten  experts  among  the  farmers  all  the 
time),  have  a  great  influence  in  the  promotion  of  scien- 
tific agriculture,  which  has  for  its  aims  an  increased 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  299 

jdeld  per  acre,  and  improvement  in  quality  of  crops, 
keeping  up  the  fertility  of  land,  and  the  scientific 
management  of  farms,  eliminating  waste  of  labor  and 
material.  The  possibilities  for  growth  of  this  industry 
with  the  advent  of  more  scientific  farming  are  tremen- 
dous. 

' '  Have  recently  bought  a  *  Cadillac, '  in  which  I  expect 
to  take  many  trips  into  the  mountains  near  here. 
Southwest  of  us,  at  distances  from  sixty  miles  up,  is 
the  Bear  Tooth  mountain  range,  which  bounds  the 
Yellowstone  Park  on  the  north,  and  the  many  good 
trout  streams  which  flow  from  it.  A  lake  back  in 
the  mountains  about  ninety  miles  from  here  is  being 
improved  by  a  local  club  as  a  resort.  Mountains  rise 
abruptly  on  all  sides  to  perpetual  snows,  and  you  can 't 
beat  it  in  Switzerland..  Drop  off  the  Northern  Pacific 
at  Billings  and  I'll  show  you." 

William  Thomas  Garrett 

Superintendent  of  Public  Schools,  Sandersville,  Ga. 

Born  February  28,  1869,  in  Rover,  Tenn.,  the  son  of  Robert 
Cannon  Garrett,  a  farmer,  and  Martha  (Jackson)  Garrett 
(died  March  23,  1894).  His  ancestors  were  English,  Scotch- 
Irish  and  Dutch. 

Prepared  at  the  Terrell  Normal  College,  Decherd,  Tenn., 
where  he  was  president  of  the  Literary  Society  and  stood 
second  in  mathematics.  At  Yale  he  made  the  first  division  at 
Christmas  of  Freshman  year,  honorable  mention  in  the  De- 
Forest  Mathematical  contest,  received  a  first  dispute  appoint- 
ment in  Junior  year  and  a  dispute  appointment  in  Senior 
year. 

He  married  on  June  26,  1907,  in  Cedartown,  Ga.,  Mary 
Adela  Harris,  daughter  of  Dr.  Charles  H.  Harris,  a  physician 
of  Cedartown.    They  have  no  children. 


300  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

During  1902-03  he  was  master  of  mathematics  at 
Groton  School,  Groton,  Mass.  The  next  year  he  was 
head  teacher  at  Peacock's  School  for  Boys,  Atlanta, 
Ga.,  and  from  1904  to  1907  was  superintendent  of 
public  schools  in  Cedartown,  Ga.  Three  months  of 
1906  were  spent  in  travel  in  eight  countries  of  Europe. 
From  1907  to  1911  he  was  principal  of  the  high  school 
in  Griffin,  Ga.,  and  since  that  time  has  been  superin- 
tendent of  public  schools  in  Sandersville,  Ga. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Church.  In  politics 
he  is  a  Democrat.  He  is  a  Mason,  and  a  member  of 
the  Knights  of  Pythias.  He  is  scoutmaster  of  the  Boy 
Scouts  of  America  at  Sandersville. 

Pop  gives  only  the  facts,  and  requests  for  letters 
have  brought  no  response.  Better  luck  next  time,  I 
hope. 

John  Stephen  Garvan 

Secretary  of  P.  Garvan,  Inc.,  205-207  State  Street,  Hartford, 

Conn. 

Residence,  236  Farmington  Avenue,  Hartford,  Conn. 

Born  December  2,  1881,  in  East  Hartford,  Conn.,  the  son 
of  Patrick  Garvan,  a  paper  manufacturer  (died  in  1912),  and 
Mary  (Carroll)  Garvan  (died  in  1907).  His  ancestry  is 
Irish.  Two  brothers  have  graduated  at  Yale :  Edward  Joseph 
Garvan,  1894,  and  Francis  Patrick  Garvan,  1897. 

He  prepared  at  Mohegan  Lake  School,  Peekskill,  N.  Y., 
where  he  was  a  member  of  the  baseball  and  football  teams. 
In  college  he  was  a  member  of  the  University  Baseball  Team 
all  four  years  as  a  pitcher,  served  on  the  Cup  Committee, 
and  was  a  member  of  the  University  Club,  Eta  Phi  and  Alpha 
Delta  Phi.    He  received  the  Class  vote  for  biggest  bluffer. 

He  is  unmarried. 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  301 

Six  months  after  graduation  he  started  to  learn  the 
paper  business  in  his  father's  company,  having  charge 
of  one  of  the  departments.  The  company  was  later 
incorporated,  and  he  is  now  secretary  of  the  concern. 
Since  1904  he  has  also  been  secretary  of  the  Hartford 
Board  Company  and  of  the  Newington  Paper  Com- 
pany. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Hartford,  University,  Golf 
and  Republican  clubs  of  Hartford,  the  Farmington 
Country  Club,  the  Hope  Club  of  Providence,  R.  I.,  and 
the  Quinnipiack  Club  of  New  Haven.  In  religion  he  is 
a  Roman  Catholic.    Politically  he  is  a  Republican. 


Robert  Shaeffer  Gast 

Junior  partner  in  the  law  firm  of  Adams  &  Gast,  Pueblo,  Colo. 
Besidence,  1801  Greenwood  Street,  Pueblo,  Colo. 

Born  September  27,  1879,  in  Pueblo,  Colo.,  the  son  of 
Charles  E.  Gast,  a  lawyer,  graduate  of  Franklin  and  Marshall 
College  and  the  Albany  Law  School  (died  April  8,  1908),  and 
Elizabeth  S.  (Shaeffer)  Gast  (died  September  3,  1907).  His 
ancestors  were  Germans,  with  a  sprinkling  of  Scotch-Irish  on 
his  mother's  side. 

Prepared  at  Lawrenceville  School,  and  in  college  received 
an  oration  appointment  in  Junior  and  Senior  years. 

He  married  on  May  16,  1908,  in  Pueblo,  Colo.,  Corinne 
Neville  Busey,  a  graduate  of  Monticello,  daughter  of  Dr. 
Alfred  P.  Busey,  of  Pueblo.  They  have  one  daughter,  Eliza- 
beth Busey,  born  July  8,  1909,  in  Pueblo. 

After  graduation  he  entered  the  Columbia  Law 
School,  receiving  the  degree  of  LL.B.  in  1905.  Here 
he  was  a  member  of  Phi  Delta  Phi.  In  the  fall  of  1905 
he  was  admitted  to  the  Colorado  Bar,  and  on  January 


302  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

1,  1906,  became  a  partner  with  his  father  in  the  firm  of 
Gast  &  Gast.  On  his  father's  death  this  firm  was  dis- 
continued, and  on  May  11,  1908,  mth  Alva  B.  Adams, 
'96  S.,  the  firm  of  Adams  &  Gast  was  formed.  In  reply 
to  the  question  concerning  membership  or  directorship 
in  other  firms  he  modestly  says  ''none  of  other  than 
local  fame. ' ' 

In  religion  he  writes  that  he  is  a  member  of  the  Pres- 
byterian Church,  but  as  he  married  an  Episcopalian 
each  church  has  reason  to  believe  that  he  belongs  to 
the  other.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  New  York  Yale  Club,  University  Club 
of  Denver  and  various  local  clubs,  and  a  director  of 
the  Pueblo  Commerce  Club. 

Bob's  is  distinctly  a  legal  career:  "If  you  have 
ever  lived  in  any  place  other  than  New  York  you  must 
know  that  life  may  be  satisfactorily  fruitful,  even  to 
the  point  of  winning  laudatory  editorials  in  the  even- 
ing astonisher,  without  it  being  possible  to  chronicle 
activities  that  would  be  of  interest  even  to  your  best 
friends,  when  they  are  many  miles  away.  And  so, 
while  I  have  been  quite  as  successful  as  was  to  have 
been  hoped  for,  I  find  it  difficult  to  reward  your  efforts 
for  a  worthy  Class  book  by  being  concrete. 

''After  leaving  Yale  I  had  three  years  at  the  Colum- 
bia Law  School ;  then  after  a  summer  spent  in  Europe 
was  admitted  to  the  Colorado  Bar  and  settled  down  to 
a  somewhat  active  realization  of  how  little  I  really 
knew.  But  in  a  year  my  father  admitted  me  to  part- 
nership, the  firm  of  Gast  &  Gast  continuing  until  his 
death  in  1908.  In  May  of  that  year  I  formed  a  part- 
nership with  Alva  B.  Adams,  '96  S.,  a  cousin  of 
Shorty's,  in  whose  reflected  light  I  now  shine.  We 
have  been  kept  busy  with  work  that  is  steadily  increas- 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  303 

ing  in  value  and  have,  I  believe,  a  future.  For  the  past 
five  years  I  have  been  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Law 
Examiners  for  this  state. 

''And  so,  if  at  Mory's  I  become  confidential  and  try 
to  persuade  you  that  I  have  really  had  a  tremendous 
career,  don't  believe  me." 


Robert  Hale  Ives  Goddard,  Jr. 

Partner  in  firm  of  Goddard  Brothers,  cotton  manufacturers, 
50  South  Main  Street,  Providence,  R.  I. 

Residence,  66  Power  Street,  Providence,  R.  I. 

Born  February  12,  1880,  in  Providence,  R.  I.,  the  son  of 
Robert  Hale  Ives  Goddard,  Brown  1858,  a  cotton  manufac- 
turer and  colonel  in  the  United  States  Army,  and  Rebekah  B. 
(Groesbeck)   Goddard.     Two  cousins,  William  Gammell,  Jr., 

1908,  and  Arthur  Amory  Gammell,  1911,  and  a  brother-in- 
law,  Rowland  Hazard,  1903,  have  graduated  from  Yale. 
Another  brother-in-law,  Thomas  Pierrepont  Hazard,  is  a 
member  of  the  Class  of  1915  in  Yale  College. 

Prepared  at  Groton  School,  Groton,  Conn.  In  college  he 
received  a  second  dispute  appointment  in  Junior  year  and  a 
dispute  appointment  in  Senior  year;  was  a  member  of  the 
Dunham  Boat  and  Cross  Country  clubs,  secretary  Yale  Corin- 
thian Yacht  Club  in  1900-01,  and  member  of  the  house  com- 
mittee of  that  club  during  1901-02,  chairman  membership 
committee  of  the  Berkeley  Association  and  chairman  of  the 
Ivy  Committee.  He  was  also  a  member  of  Psi  Upsilon,  the 
Elihu  Club  (honorary)  and  the  University  Club. 

He  married  on  July  15,  1908,  in  Peace  Dale,  R.  I.,  Mar- 
garet Hazard,  daughter  of  Rowland  G.  Hazard,  of  Peace  Dale. 
They  have  one  son,  Robert  Hale  Ives,  3d,  born  December  9, 

1909,  in  Providence. 


304  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

Since  graduation,  with  the  exception  of  one  year 
spent  in  travel,  he  has  been  engaged  in  the  manufactur- 
ing business  in  Providence.  Since  1907  he  has  been  a 
director  of  the  Providence  National  Bank  and  the 
Rhode  Island  Hospital  Trust  Company;  since  1908 
partner  in  Browai  &  Ives,  cotton  dealers,  and  since  1912 
a  director  of  the  Narragansett  Electric  Lighting  Com- 
pany. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Episcopal  Church.  He  was  a 
delegate  from  Rhode  Island  to  the  Republican  National 
Convention  in  Chicago  in  June,  1912,  and  in  November 
was  elected  to  the  Common  Council  in  Providence, 
having  received  the  nomination  of  both  the  Republican 
and  Democratic  parties. 

William  Benjamin  Godfrey 

Manufacturers'  Agent  at  Room  164,  Hansford  Building, 
268  Market  Street,  San  Francisco,  Calif. 

Born  August  29,  1878,  in  Honolulu,  Hawaii,  the  son  of 
William  Benjamin  Godfrey  (died  January  20,  1907),  who 
was  in  the  steamship  business,  and  Carrie  Elizabeth  (McLean) 
Godfrey.     His  ancestors  were  English  and  Scotch. 

Prepared  at  Oahu  College,  Honolulu,  and  at  Yale  received 
a  dissertation  appointment  in  Junior  and  Senior  years  and 
was  a  member  of  the  University  Club. 

He  married  on  February  7,  1906,  in  Amsterdam,  N.  Y., 
Anne  Hale  Stover,  daughter  of  Martin  Luther  Stover,  senior 
member  in  the  law  firm  of  Stover  &  Hall,  60  Wall  Street, 
New  York  City.  They  have  one  daughter,  Helen  McLean,  born 
July  28,  1907,  in  San  Francisco,  Calif. 

For  four  months  after  graduation  he  was  in  the 
office  of  Spohn-Patrick  Company,  wholesale  commis- 
sion merchants.  He  then  became  connected  with  W.  A. 
Boole  &  Son,  Inc.,  shipbuilders  and  engineers  of  San 


One  Half  of  the  Wok  id 

Long  Distance  Trophy  of  Decennial,  inscribed  as  follows: 
Vale  1902  Marathon.  New  Haven  to  San  Francisco  and 
return.  Halved  by  William  B.  Godfrey,  Jr.,  and  George 
W.  .\lbin. 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  305 

Francisco,  remaining  with  this  company  for  six  years. 
Since  then  he  has  been  in  business  for  himself,  acting 
as  manufacturers'  agent  for  hardware  and  household 
specialties  and  novelties. 

Kanaka  Bill  is  a  Republican  in  politics.  He  divided 
with  George  Albin  the  Long  Distance  Trophy  awarded 
at  Decennial,  and  at  Sexennial  divided  the  same  honor 
with  Norman  Thorne,  while  at  Triennial  he  bore  it  off 
single  handed  all  the  way  from  Honolulu. 

There  is  a  record  that  he  may  well  be  proud  of  for 
Class  spirit  and  here  is  a  letter  that  shows  the  cost: 
"I  am  enclosing  you  herewith  my  check  for  $16.00  in 
payment  of  the  Decennial  dues.  It  is  with  regret  that 
I  am  unable  to  assist  you  further  financially,  but  to 
tell  you  the  truth,  you  err  grievously  when  you  con- 
sider me  a  malefactor  of  great  wealth.  In  fact,  I  am 
having  a  hard  time  at  present  staving  off  my  unruly 
creditors,  and  when  you  take  into  the  fact  that  it  will 
be  necessary  to  borrow  to  make  this  trip,  I  think  you 
wdll  admit  that  my  heart  is  in  the  right  place  and  my 
Yale  spirit  there.  It  is  easy  enough  for  you  fellows 
who  only  have  to  spend  about  $3.00  on  the  round  trip, 
and  the  few  days  necessary.  But  please  to  remember 
that  this  trip  will  cost  me  at  least  $275.00  for  fares 
alone,  to  say  nothing  of  Eastern  expenses,  and  it  will 
also  take  me  considerably  over  a  month  to  make  the 
trip  in  the  right  manner!  If  this  is  not  a  formidable 
undertaking  for  a  fellow  who  is  just  getting  started  in 
business,  I  miss  my  guess  as  to  your  correct  judgment. 
In  fact,  if  anyone  needs  assistance,  it  is  I.  However,  I 
do  not  ask  or  expect  it,  as  the  good  times  I  anticipate 
will  more  than  repay  me.  However,  I  am  taking  a 
chance  on  sending  you  my  check  now,  as  my  presence 
is  contingent  on  my  borrowing  the  necessary  shekels 


306  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

to  pay  my  fare.     Surely  'tis  a  long  walk  from  San 
Francisco  to  New  Haven. ' ' 

This  should  be  read  in  connection  with  the  following : 
'*My  life  has  been  a  quiet  one,  at  best.  For  six  years 
I  was  with  W.  A.  Boole  &  Son,  Inc.,  shipbuilders  and 
engineers,  rising  from  time  clerk  to  purchasing  agent, 
and  owning  an  interest.  The  earthquake  and  fire  of 
1906  about  put  us  out  of  business,  and  we  had  to  sell 
out  at  a  great  sacrifice.  The  fire  also  cleaned  me  out 
of  about  everything  I  possessed,  and  it  was  a  case  of 
starting  afresh  on  nothing  but  nerve.  I  took  up  the 
factory  agency  business  and  while  I  had  a  very  hard 
time  the  first  three  years,  affairs  are  going  a  little 
better  now,  and  I  am  in  hopes  of  having  a  more  rosy 
future.  Gauged  from  a  financial  point  of  view,  my 
life  has  been  what  may  be  termed  a  failure.  But  judged 
otherwise,  I  think  it  a  success,  for  I  have  the  best  ^vife 
and  kiddie  in  the  world,  eat  three  times  a  day  with  a 
good  old  drink  when  desired,  have  plenty  of  fun,  and 
am  boss  of  my  own  time.  I  am  not  rich ;  in  other  words, 
I  am  poor,  but  I  am  happy  and  possessed  of  a  clear 
conscience,  and  that  is  more  than  great  riches.  I  am 
in  hopes  the  riches  will  come  later;  if  they  do  not,  I 
am  not  going  to  worry  myself  to  death. ' ' 

James  Lester  Goodwin 

Treasurer  and  General  Manager  for  the  Whitlock  Coil  Pipe 

Company,  Hartford,  Conn. 

Residence,  880  Asylum  Avenue,  Hartford,  Conn. 

Born  January  12,  1880,  in  Hartford,  Conn.,  the  son  of 
Lester  Henry  Goodwin,  a  druggist  (died  May  14,  1904),  and 
Esther  (Campbell)  Goodwin  (died  March  9,  1900).  He  is  of 
Scotch  ancestry.  A  brother,  Howard  Goodwin,  was  graduated 
at  Yale  in  the  Class  of  1906. 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  307 

Prepared  at  the  Hartford  (Conn.)  Public  High  School.  At 
Yale  he  sang  on  the  Freshman  and  Apollo  Glee  clubs,  was  a 
second  "Wrangler,  a  member  of  the  Ivy  Committee,  received  a 
dissertation  Junior  and  a  dispute  Senior  appointment.  His 
societies  were  Eta  Phi  and  Alpha  Delta  Phi. 

He  is  unmarried. 

On  graduation  he  began  work  with  the  Waterbury 
Brass  Company,  working  in  their  Providence  office, 
but  returned  to  Hartford  on  the  death  of  his  father 
to  look  after  the  business  of  the  Goodwin  Drug  Com- 
pany. He  became  secretary  of  this  company,  a  posi- 
tion which  he  still  holds,  as  well  as  a  directorship,  but 
for  a  number  of  years  his  main  interests  and  labors 
have  been  as  treasurer  and  manager  of  the  Whitlock 
Coil  Pipe  Company. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Asylum  Hill  Congregational 
Church. 

Coon  was  kidnapped  for  Sexennial  but  has  been  hard 
to  reach  ever  since.  It  seems  too  bad  that  his  genial 
countenance  doesn't  more  often  shine  upon  us.  What's 
the  matter,  Jim? 

Percy  Van  Duzer  Gott 

Lawyer,  Joseph  W.  and  Percy  V.  D.  Gott,  Goshen,  N.  Y. 

Residence,  16  South  Street,  Goshen,  N.  Y. 

Born  August  21,  1880,  in  Goshen,  N.  Y.,  the  son  of  Joseph 
Wadsworth  Gott,  Yale  1873,  a  lawyer,  and  Jennie  (Sayer) 
Gott.    He  is  of  English  and  Dutch  ancestry. 

Prepared  at  Hotchkiss  School,  Lakeville,  Conn.  In  college 
he  received  a  Senior  colloquy  appointment  and  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  University  Club. 

He  married  on  April  10,  1907,  Theodora  Vanamee,  Vassar 
1903,  daughter  of  William  Vanamee,  a  lawyer,  of  Newburgh, 
N.  Y.    They  have  two  children,  both  born  in  Goshen,  N.  Y. : 


308  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

Theodora,  born  March  28,  1908,  and  Peter  Van  Duzer,  born 
January  5,  1910. 

He  received  the  degree  of  LL.B.  at  New  York  Law 
School  in  1904  aud  has  since  practiced  law,  becoming 
his  father's  partner  in  1906.  He  has  many  other  busi- 
ness interests,  being  treasurer  and  a  director  of  the 
Sayer  Lumber  Company  since  1908,  director  and 
president  of  the  Goshen  Savings  &  Loan  Association 
since  1910,  and  director  and  treasurer  of  the  Goshen 
Inn  Company  since  1912. 

He  is  a  Eepublican  in  politics  and  served  as  police 
justice  from  1906  to  1908.  He  is  an  Episcopalian.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  Lodge,  chapter  and  com- 
mandery,  local  clubs,  New  York  Yale  Club  and  Orchard 
Lake  Fish  Preserve. 

Percy  writes:  "The  only  thing  I  have  done  since 
college  that  in  the  least  surprised  anyone  is  w^ork.  My 
course  in  the  New  York  Law  School  I  supplemented 
with  office  work  which,  with  my  usual  financial  ability, 
I  made  to  net  me  $5.00  for  the  two  years.  I  was 
admitted  in  June,  1904,  and  practiced  in  the  city  for 
a  year  and  a  half.  In  1906  I  formed  a  partnership 
with  my  father  in  a  country  practice  which  has  been 
in  the  family  for  four  generations.  I  have  sometimes 
had  to  defend  myself  to  myself  for  breaking  away 
from  the  greater  opportunities  of  the  city,  but  my 
work  has  been  so  demanding  that  I  have  never  had 
much  chance  to  feel  that  I  was  sidestepping.  I  have 
been  in  every  political,  social  and  municipal  move- 
ment within  reach,  and  have  been  drawn  into  busi- 
ness more  or  less  outside  the  law.  I  have  a  tennis 
court  on  my  place  which  I  keep  pretty  warm  and  fre- 
quent walking  trips  serve  to  prevent  that  corporate 
rotundity  so  much  in  evidence  at  Decennial. 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  309 

''But  in  the  final  analysis  I  work  eleven  months  to 
'go  fishing'  the  twelfth.  This  principle  being  highly 
acceptable  to  the  arbiter  of  the  family's  destiny,  she 
and  I  pack  a  canoe,  and  for  that  month  get  as  far  back 
in  the  woods  as  the  existence  of  the  rest  of  the  family 
will  permit.  That,  after  all,  gives  each  year  its  own 
achievement. ' ' 


Charles  Gould 

General  Inspector  for  Jacobs  &  Davies,  Inc.,  construction 
engineers,  Guild,  Tenn. 

Residence,  Guild,  Tenn. 

Permanent  address,  30  West  Forty-fourth  Street, 
New  York  City 

Born  April  16,  1881,  in  Albany,  N.  Y.,  the  son  of  Captain 
Charles  Gould  (died  July  4,  1895),  formerly  a  member  of 
Wm.  Gould's  Sons,  law  books,  and  Janet  (Gray)  Gould  (died 
April  6,  1910).  His  ancestry  is  Welsh  and  Scotch.  Two 
relatives  have  studied  at  Yale:  a  cousin,  Neil  Gray,  Jr., 
1890  S.,  and  an  uncle,  Anthony  Gould,  ex-lSll. 

Prepared  at  the  Albany  Academy,  Albany,  N.  Y.,  where 
he  was  a  member  of  all  the  teams  (he  says  "it  was  a  cinch, 
small  school")  and  senior  class  president.  At  Yale  he  was 
a  member  of  the  Freshman  Football  Team;  Varsity  Football 
Team  for  three  years,  playing  end,  being  captain  in  1901 ; 
was  assistant  manager  of  the  Track  Team  in  1900-01  and 
manager  during  1901-02,  a  member  of  the  Yale  Field  Corpora- 
tion and  the  Athletic  Subscription  Fund,  and  manager  and 
president  of  the  Athletic  Association.  He  sang  on  the  Fresh- 
man Glee  Club  and  the  Kneiselet  Quartet.  He  received  a 
second  colloquy  appointment  in  Junior  year,  was  chairman 
of  the  Class  Day  Committee,  and  a  member  of  the  Kaiser 
Kase  Kraut  Club  and  Alpha  Delta  Phi. 


310  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

He  married  on  January  31,  1906,  in  New  York  City,  May 
Williams,  daughter  of  John  Williams,  of  Philadelphia.  They 
have  no  children. 

The  following  outline  of  his  business  activities  is 
given  by  Gould : 

''East  Orange,  1902.  A  salesman  for  Standard  Oil 
Company. 

''Camden,  1904.  Still  a  salesman  in  a  dear  old  city 
whose  two-steps  are  Philadelphia's  dead  marches. 

"Bayonne,  1905-06.  Firing  stills  (oil)  and  again  in 
a  dear  old  city. 

"Havana,  1906-08.  Superintendent  of  a  refinery, 
still  the  Standard  Oil  Company,  but  fandangoes  now 
instead  of  two-steps. 

"Eahway,  1909-10.  Back  to  dead  marches.  Manag- 
ing a  steel  foundry — out  of  the  trust  and  into  the  open 
hearth. 

"Guild,  Tenn.,  1911-12.  In  the  Tennessee  mountains 
helping  to  dam  a  big  river  and  about  to  accomplish  my 
one  desire  and  one  ambition  since  graduation  by  going 
into  business  for  myself.  Have  sought  to  obtain  a  well- 
rounded  business  education  and  to  keep  clearly  before 
me  the  light  and  truth  of  Yale." 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Episcopal  Church,  and  belongs 
to  the  Yale  and  Alpha  Delta  Phi  clubs  of  New  York 
City,  the  American  Club  of  Havana,  Cuba,  and  the 
Navy  League. 

Under  danger  of  repetition  we  quote  a  1908  sketch : 
"You  ask  for  a  letter  and  suggest  the  subjects — which 
cover  everything  and  leave  no  skeleton  closeted. 
Here's  the  letter. 

"Since  I  left  college  in  1902 — it  may  have  been 
Sunday — I  have  lived  in  East  Orange,  N.  J. — but  will 
waive  that  for  I  was  young.    I've  lived  in  Camden,  on 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  311 

the  Washington-crossed  Delaware  where  Philadelphia 
dead  marches  make  lively  two-steps.  Being  a  Demo- 
crat, most  of  my  time  was  spent  at  the  Republican 
Club  there.  Business  now  and  then  took  me  to  Phila- 
delphia. I  have  eaten  and  slept  beneath  the  tranquil 
poplars  of  Amherst  and  the  tall  mainmasts — and 
son^e  jiggers — of  Annapolis;  and  Bayonne  and  Mont- 
clair  have  felt  the  support  of  my  board  money.  Before 
leaving  for  this  land  of  shot  and  smell  I  called  the 
Ansonia  home  and  from  there  came  here — from  the 
sublime  to  the  rotten. 

''Once  caught  in  the  octopus'  grasp,  I  have  let  him 
support  me,  so  far,  and  have  no  complaint,  Lincoln 
Steffens,  Ida  M.  Tarbell  and  Kenesaw  Mountain  Lan- 
dis  to  the  contrary,  not  understanding.  Oil  has  been 
my  partner  and  I've  made  it  and  eaten  it  and  betimes 
rubbed  it  on  my  hair  and  yet  it's  some  sparser  always. 

*'I  have  managed  to  escape  organizations — always 
was  successful  at  that — though  while  a  laborer  at 
Bayonne  the  Golden  Eagles,  Hibernians  and  Friendly 
Sons  of  Poland  nearly  won  me  over.  Politics  and 
cutting  coupons,  to  me,  are  synonymous  and  when  I 
start  the  second  I  shall  begin  the  first. 

*'My  journeys  would  tire  you,  as  I  started  life  as  a 
salesman  in  New  Jersey  and  am  now  stationary — the 
only  worthy  trips  I've  taken  were  one  to  Triennial 
and  another  keeping  step  to  Beethoven's  wedding 
march.  If  you  thought  Camden  and  Bayonne  were 
enough  for  one  man's  share,  stop,  for  Havana  out- 
Hobokens  them  all.  Frank  Spear  is  the  only  member 
of  the  Class  who  has  come  here.  Arthur  Moore — 
eftsoons  '02 — dropped  in  for  a  while  also.  George 
Vietor,  '04,  and  Joe  Gray,  '04,  and  I  have  sung,  'March, 
March  on  down  the  Field'  at  the  American  Club  in 


312  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

Havana  with  as  much  feeling  and  good  old  Yale  spirit 
as  you  will  ever  sing  it  there,  and  we  did  the  lock  step 
and  Omega  Lamba  Chi  while  we  sang  it,  too.  The 
'Banda  de  la  Artilleria'  plays  it  now  betimes  in  the 
Plaza,  so  now  and  then  I  get  the  old  feeling  back 
again.  The  two  Grays — '04  and  '06,  light  and  dark — • 
are  the  only  Yale  men  who  live  here  whom  I  Ve  met. 

**I  have  been  away  so  long  I  feel  like  an  outsider  but 
am  planning  an  early  return  to  the  States — which 
sounds  better  than  you  think — as  soon  as  possible. 

''To  the  Class, 

''Saludy  Pesetas.'  " 


Edwin  Carleton  Granbery 

Manager  of  the  Railroad  Bond  Department,  Harris,  Forbes  & 
Company,  Pine  and  William  Streets,  New  York  City 

Residence,  124  Joralemon  Street,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Bom  February  22,  1879,  in  New  York  City,  the  son  of 
William  Henry  Granbery,  College  of  the  City  of  New  York 
1862,  a  banker  and  broker,  and  Imogene  (Bishop)  Granbery. 
He  is  the  child  of  his  mother's  second  marriage.  His  ancestry 
is  Scotch  and  English.  A  brother,  Eugene  Thurman  Gran- 
bery, was  with  the  Class  of  1903  S.  for  two  years. 

Prepared  at  the  Berkeley  School,  New  York  City,  where 
he  went  out  for  track,  football  and  hockey,  managed  various 
teams,  edited  the  Berkeley  Bulletin,  etc.  At  Yale  he  played 
on  the  football  squad  and  ran  on  the  Track  Team ;  was  man- 
ager of  the  Cross  Country  Association  Senior  year;  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Yale  Athletic  Subscription  Fund.  He  received  a 
second  collo(iuy  appointment.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
University  Club,  Corinthian  Yacht  Club,  Kraut  Club,  Alpha 
Delta  Phi  and  Elihu  Club  (honorary). 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  313 

He  married  on  October  2,  1907,  Julia  Kinport  Barr,  daugh- 
ter of  Edward  Barr,  of  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  They  have  two  chil- 
dren, both  born  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. :  Elise  Barr,  born  July  4, 
1908,  and  John,  born  May  30,  1911. 

In  the  fall  of  1902  he  began  work  with  the  G.  A. 
Fuller  Company,  building  construction,  in  their  New 
York  office.  After  one  year  with  them  he  entered  the 
employ  of  N.  W.  Harris  &  Company,  investment  bank- 
ers, and  has  remained  with  them  ever  since.  In  1911 
the  firm  name  was  changed  to  Harris,  Forbes  &  Com- 
pany and  he  was  given  an  interest  in  the  business. 

He  served  the  Class  of  1902  as  Secretary  from  1905 
to  1910,  and  edited  and  published  the  Triennial  Record. 
He  is  a  Presbyterian.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Yale 
and  Lawyers  clubs  of  New  York  City,  the  Heights 
Casino  of  Brooklyn  and  the  Graduates  Club  of  New 
Haven,  Conn. 

Gran  is  brief  and  to  the  point,  the  result  of  his  bond 
training.  He  is  climbing  steadily  up  the  financial  lad- 
der and  will  some  day  be  one  of  the  most  prominent 
men  of  that  terrible  den  of  iniquity,  "Wall  Street." 
To  quote :  ' '  I  lived  in  New  York  until  my  marriage  in 
1907,  and  shortly  thereafter  moved  to  Brooklyn.  This 
is  the  extent  of  my  travels,  with  the  exception  of  trips 
to  New  Haven." 

The  Class  owes  him  many  votes  of  thanks ;  especially 
for  arranging  the  first  Class  Dinner  in  New  York,  and 
for  the  efforts  he  put  in  as  Class  Secretary,  a  task  made 
doubly  difficult  by  his  long  hours  and  increasing  finan- 
cial responsibility  in  N.  W.  Harris  &  Company. 

By  the  way,  if  anyone  sees  Alton  Farrel,  get  him  to 
tell  you  of  the  cash  grocery  business — Gran's  first 
business  venture.    It's  a  scream! 


314  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

Robert  Perkins  Griffing 

Lawyer,  member  of  the  firm  of  Timothy  M.  Griffing  &  Robert 

P.  Grififing,  Riverhead,  N.  Y. 

Residence,  Riverhead,  N.  Y. 

Born  May  25,  1881,  in  Riverhead,  N.  Y.,  the  son  of  Hon. 
Timothy  Miller  Griffing,  Yale  1864,  judge  of  Suffolk  County, 
and  Caroline  A.  (Perkins)  Griffing.  He  is  of  Dutch  and 
Welsh  ancestry. 

Prepared  at  Andover,  where  he  made  an  attempt  at  the 
track  team  in  the  line  of  pole  vault,  but  was  not  very  success- 
ful. In  college  his  activities  were  "painfully  slight.  Trom- 
bone in  the  University  Orchestra  and  leader  of  the  Band, 
which,  as  I  remember,  did  not  always  interpret  the  music  or 
render  the  same  in  the  most  desirable  manner.  We  had  a 
lot  of  fim  and  quite  a  considerable  amount  of  ridicule,  both 
of  which  I  am  sure  did  us  all  a  great  deal  of  good.  I  know 
I  am  a  better  loser  now  for  having  been  one  of  the  'Univer- 
sity Band. '  ' '  He  received  dispute  appointments,  was  a  mem- 
ber of  Corinthian  Yacht  Club  and  Zeta  Psi. 

He  married  on  October  23,  1907,  Ethel  Counselman  Sharp, 
Goucher  College,  Baltimore,  1901,  daughter  of  Abraham 
Sharp,  Dickinson  1865.  They  have  one  daughter,  Dorothy 
Counselman,  born  April  9,  1910,  in  Riverhead,  N.  Y. 

On  graduation  he  entered  the  New  York  Law 
School  and,  upon  completion  of  the  course,  became 
associated  in  the  practice  of  law  mth  his  father  in 
Eiverhead,  N.  Y.  In  1902  he  was  elected  superintend- 
ent of  the  Riverhead  Water  Company,  and  in  1910, 
director  of  Suffolk  County  National  Bank  and  treas- 
urer of  the  Riverhead  Electric  Light  Company. 

He  is  town  auditor  of  Riverhead  and  chairman  of  the 
board.  He  is  a  Methodist,  member  of  the  Riverhead 
Methodist  Church,  one  of  the  trustees  of  the  institu- 
tion, leader  of  the  choir,  assistant  superintendent  of 
the   Sunday   school   and   an   officer   of   the   Epworth 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  315 

League.  In  1906  he  became  a  member  of  Riverhead 
Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  645. 

Grif  is  modest,  as  ever :  * '  From  college  I  went  to  the 
law  school  for  two  years  and  then  straight  to  work  in 
the  line  I  had  been  preparing.  If  it  hadn't  been  for 
the  fact  that  my  father  had  more  business  in  the  little 
village  of  Riverhead  than  he  could  attend  to,  it  is  very 
probable  that  I  should  still  be  in  my  office  waiting  for 
that  client  who  should  be  my  first. 

**I  had  been  admitted  to  the  bar  only  a  few  months 
when  my  father  was  appointed  county  judge  of  this 
county  and  was  afterwards  elected  for  a  term  of  six 
years.  This  disqualified  him  from  practicing  in  the 
justice's  courts  and  any  business  that  came  to  him 
that  could  be  so  disposed  of  was  handed  to  me  to  prac- 
tice on.  I  practiced  on  the  clients  as  fast  as  they  came 
and  would  be  sent  over  to  my  little  office.  Some  of 
them  never  came  back  to  me  and  I  know  they  have  had 
legal  business  since.  One  or  two,  however,  evidently 
appreciated  my  efforts  in  their  behalf,  even  though 
they  neglected  to  observe  my  legal  ability,  and  I  can 
now  truthfully  boast  that  I  have  several  real  clients 
of  my  own. 

'  *  I  have  never  had  any  cases  that  involved  any  large 
amounts  of  money ;  most  of  my  battles  have  been  in  the 
interest  of  justice.  Some  I  have  won,  some  I  have  lost, 
but  withal  I  have  learned  that  the  place  to  go  with  an 
important  lawsuit  is  to  the  best  lawyer  in  the  state  and 
that  whatever  his  charge  may  be  it  will  be  the  cheapest 
in  the  end. 

'*My  home  life  has  been  one  uninterrupted  line  of 
comfort  and  happiness,  with  nothing  to  mar  any  of  the 
joys  of  such.  I  hope  I  may  be  able  to  appreciate  my 
great  good  fortune,  while  it  is  with  me. 


316  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

' '  In  1908  I  was  under  the  weather  a  bit  with  rheuma- 
tism. It  lasted  from  May  until  about  the  end  of  the 
year.  The  only  time  I  have  been  away  from  home  for 
any  length  of  time  during  the  ten  years  was  then,  when, 
with  my  wife,  I  spent  three  delightful  months  at  Vir- 
ginia Hot  Springs.  My  other  travels  can  be  easily 
described,  as  they  consisted  of  a  week  or  so  now  and 
then  at  Atlantic  City  and  such  places. 

"It  is  difficult  to  say  definitely  what  I  have  accom- 
plished in  the  ten  years.  Perhaps  it  would  be  well  said 
by  saying  that  I  don't  know  nearly  so  much  as  I  did 
when  I  left  New  Haven  in  1902  with  a  diploma  in  the 
locker  of  the  good  ship  Winona.  That  ship,  by  the  way, 
is  still  doing  wonderful  work  in  her  line. ' ' 


Raymond  Gano  Guernsey 

Lawyer,  member  of  the  firm  of  Guernsey  &  Guernsey,  Pough- 
keepsie  Trust  Company  Building,  Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y. 

Residence,  75  South  Hamilton  Street,  Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y. 

Born  August  21,  1878,  in  Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y.,  the  son  of 
Stephen  G.  Guernsey,  a  lawyer  and  president  of  the  Pough- 
keepsie Trust  Company,  and  Marianna  (Hicks)  Guernsey. 
He  is  of  English  ancestry.  He  modestly  says  that  no  near 
relatives  have  graduated  at  Yale,  but  that  all  the  Guernseys 
who  have  graduated  are  distantly  related  to  deponent. 

Prepared  at  Poughkeepsie  High  School  and  Phillips  Acad- 
emy, Exeter,  N.  H.  He  played  on  the  baseball  teams  of  both 
schools  each  year  of  his  attendance.  At  Yale  he  was  captain 
of  the  Freshman  Baseball  Team  and  played  on  the  Varsity 
Nine  for  three  years,  being  captain  Senior  year.  Served  on 
Class  Day,  Cap  and  Gown  and  Bicentennial  committees,  was 
a  second  Wrangler.     He  received  second  colloquy  appoint- 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  317 

ments.     His  societies  were  Alpha  Delta  Phi  and  Skull  and 
Bones. 

He  is  unmarried. 

He  taught  the  first  year  after  graduation  at  the 
Westminster  School,  Simsbury,  and  then  studied  law 
at  the  New  York  Law  School.  He  was  admitted  to 
practice  in  June,  1905,  was  with  his  father  one  year, 
managing  clerk  for  James  E.  Ely,  New  York  City, 
November,  1906,  to  May,  1907 ;  with  McKeen,  Brewster 
&  Morgan,  from  May,  1907,  to  February,  1909.  On 
the  latter  date  he  formed  a  partnership  with  his  class- 
mates. Mason  Trowbridge  and  Harold  Stone,  which 
continued  until  October  1, 1910,  when  he  entered  a  part- 
nership with  his  father,  in  Poughkeepsie,  under  the 
name  of  Guernsey  &  Guernsey. 

He  is  a  Democrat  and  a  member  of  the  Poughkeepsie 
Board  of  Education.  He  is  a  member  and  trustee  of 
the  First  Congregational  Church,  and  a  member  of  the 
board  of  directors  of  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.  His  clubs  are  the 
Yale  of  New  York  City  and  the  Amrita  and  Pough- 
keepsie Tennis  and  University,  all  of  Poughkeepsie. 

Cap  drops  into  the  Yale  Club  every  once  in  a  while 
for  a  good  old-fashioned  chat,  and  his  political  views 
are  most  interesting,  particularly  as  they  are  always 
quietly  backed  by  his  genial  personality.  He  did  most 
of  the  introducing  of  Democratic  Senator  Roosevelt 
of  New  York  in  a  recent  campaign.  Here  it  is  :  ''Allow 
me  to  introduce  Mr.  Roosevelt;  he  has  all  the  good 
points  of  the  Colonel  and  none  of  his  faults !"  and  then 
that  inimitable  smile !  He,  unlike  many  of  us,  has  kept 
up  his  athletics  and  has  ''taken  an  active  part  in  reli- 
gion and  politics  since  graduation,  and  is  greatly  inter- 
ested in  the  schools  of  his  native  city,  giving  special 
attention  to  the  playgrounds  for  the  children. ' ' 


318  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

William  Potter  Haines 

Secretary  of  the  National  Lumber  Insurance  Company  and 

Laverack,  Haines  Company,  728  White  Building, 

Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

Residence,  812  Auburn  Avenue,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

Born  October  19,  1879,  in  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  the  son  of  Alfred 
Haines  (died  in  1903),  a  wholesale  lumber  merchant,  and 
Emily  (Potter)  Haines.  He  is  the  child  of  his  father's  sec- 
ond marriage.  He  thinks  he  is  of  English  ancestry  and  that 
his  family  were  some  of  the  million  who  came  in  the  May- 
flower. 

Prepared  at  Nichols  School,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  where  he  played 
baseball.  In  college  he  was  a  member  of  the  Cross  Country 
Club,  "Wigwam  Debating  Club,  received  a  third  Ten  Eyck 
prize  and  did  some  Dwight  Hall  work.  He  received  an  ora- 
tion Junior  and  a  dissertation  Senior  appointment.  He  was 
a  member  of  Psi  Upsilon. 

He  married  on  June  1,  1909,  Bertha  Sackett,  daughter  of 
Myron  W.  Sackett,  of  Meadville,  Pa.  They  have  one  son, 
William  Sackett,  born  June  15,  1910,  in  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

On  graduation  he  entered  the  lumber  business  with 
his  father  and  continued  in  the  same  business  for  sev- 
eral years  after  the  death  of  his  father  had  caused  a 
transferal  of  the  business.  In  1905  he  became  secre- 
tary of  the  National  Lumber  Insurance  Company  and 
in  1910  secretary  of  Laverack,  Haines  Company,  fire 
insurance  brokers. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  University  and  Canal  clubs  of 
Buffalo. 

Here  is  Bill's  letter:  "Started  work  in  family  lum- 
ber yard.  Following  year  my  father  died  and  business 
was  sold.  I  went  to  peddling  boards  for  the  buyers  of 
the  business.  Kept  it  up  a  year  and  made  the  very  im- 
portant discovery  that  a  lot  of  very  decent  people  had 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  319 

graduated  from  Yale  (this  I  had  guessed  before).  I 
made  the  further  and  astonishing  discovery  that  a  lot  of 
decent  people  graduated  from  other  schools  than  Yale. 
I  further  discovered,  and  this  is  the  most  remarkable 
discovery  of  all,  that  a  lot  of  very  decent  people  didn't 
go  to  college  at  all.  After  this  I  discovered  that  God 
had  ordained  me  to  be  secretary  of  a  fire  insurance 
company  organized  in  Buffalo  in  1905.  When  I  had 
invested  all  my  funds  in  it  (the  company  was  not 
increased  perceptibly  thereby),  I  soon  discovered  I 
knew  precious  little  about  the  fire  insurance  business. 
Have  been  taking  P.  Gr.  courses  in  it  ever  since.  In 
1910  I  became  a  fire  insurance  broker  with  a  Harvard 
'99er  for  'Pardner,'  as  more  money  was  needed  for 
baby  clothes  than  the  secretary  was  getting.  Yes,  you 
are  right,  guessed  it  exactly — it  happened  three  years 
ago  day  before  yesterday,  June  1.  One  child  has  graced 
their  union  and  if  the  price  of  butter,  eggs,  baby 
clothes  and  trips  to  reunions  stops  going  up, — but  I 
anticipate.  'If  'tis  to  be  done  twice,  well  twice  done 
quickly,'  which  of  course  refers  to  this  veracious  his- 
tory of  one  of  the  proud  and  humble  members  of 
certainly  the  greatest  Class  that  ever  went  to  Yale." 


Arthur  Benedict  Hall 

Member  of  Thomas  A.  Hall  &  Company,  real  estate  dealers, 
1675  Old  Colony  Building,  Chicago,  III. 

Residence,  6636  Minerva  Avenue,  Chicago,  111. 

Born  March  27,  1881,  in  Mount  Vernon,  Ohio,  the  son  of 
Rev.  Russell  Thaddeus  Hall,  B.A.  Oberlin  1865,  MA.  1870 
and  D.D.  1894,  and  Union  Theological  Seminary  1870  (died 
August  9,  1905,  in  New  Britain,  Conn.),  a  Congregational 
minister,  and  Mary  (Tyler)  Hall.    His  ancestors  were  English. 


320  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

Prepared  at  the  Greenwich  (Conn.)  and  New  Britain 
(Conn.)  high  schools,  where  he  was  interested  in  baseball 
and  football.  At  Yale  he  was  a  member  of  the  Freshman 
Basketball  Team,  received  a  high  oration  appointment  in 
Junior  year  and  an  oration  appointment  in  Senior  year,  and 
was  a  member  of  Phi  Gamma  Delta  and  Phi  Beta  Kappa. 

He  married  on  October  18,  1910,  in  Chicago,  Elsie  Springer, 
daughter  of  Edward  Bowen  Springer  of  Chicago.  They  have 
one  son,  Russell  Edward,  born  October  13,  1911,  in  Chicago. 

He  spent  the  first  two  months  after  graduation  trout 
fishing  in  the  Vermont  mountains.  He  then  went  to 
Chicago  and  engaged  in  the  real  estate  business  with 
Thomas  A,  Hall  &  Company,  becoming  a  member  of 
this  firm  in  December,  1909. 

He  is  a  trustee  of  the  Woodlawn  Park  Presbyterian 
Church,  treasurer  of  the  Men's  League  and  teacher  of 
a  young  men's  Bible  class  of  that  church,  and  treasurer 
of  the  Chicago  Brotherhood.  He  is  a  member  of  the  City 
Club  of  Chicago,  the  Beverly  Country  Club  and  the 
Phi  Gamma  Delta  Club  of  New  York.  In  politics  he  is 
a  Progressive  Republican. 

A.  B.  's  philosophy  is  brief,  but  it  is  philosophy,  just 
the  same:  ''As  soon  as  I  was  entitled  to  wear  A.B.  at 
both  ends  of  my  name,  I  rushed  out  to  dirty  Chicago  to 
pick  up  the  A.  B.  C.  's  of  the  real  estate  business.  I  have 
learned  that  commissions,  like  all  Gaul,  are  divided 
into  two  or  three  parts,  generally  three.  In  addition 
to  raising  a  few  rents  at  opportune  moments,  I  am 
trying  to  raise  a  sturdy  recruit  for  the  Class  of  '34. 
His  name  is  Russell  Ed,  and  he  says  he  now  expects  to 
vote  for  milk  as  his  favorite  drink  because  the  after 
effects  are  better. 

"In  1905  and  again  in  1908  I  turned  back  to  New 
Haven  to  fill  and  relight  the  lamp  of  joy.    Next  June 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  321 

(Decennial)  I  am  going  to  bring  back  a  larger  size, 
warranted  to  burn  for  five  years  without  attention. 
Fishing,  golf  and  braving  the  untamed  hospitality  of 
the  far  West  have  served  to  dull  the  edge  of  toil.  Two 
years  ago  my  number  was  changed  from  singular  to 
plural.  The  change  has  done  me  good,  and  I  expect 
to  be  found  permanently  at  the  new  address. 

^*In  conclusion,  while  I  am  told  that  the  ten  years 
gone  have  no  return  ticket — and  they  were  friendly 
years — I  like  to  anticipate  a  visit  from  many  others 
fully  as  well  disposed. ' ' 


John  Raymond  Hall 

With  Hallgarten  &  Company,  5  Nassau  Street,  New  York  City 
Residence,  Hartsdale,  N.  Y. 

Born  July  16,  1879,  in  Elmira,  N.  Y.,  the  son  of  Francis 
Granger  Hall,  a  banker,  and  Maria  Almira  (Angell)  Halt 
(died  June  16, 1910).  His  ancestors  were  Scotch  and  English. 
Two  brothers  have  studied  at  Yale:  Francis  Granger  Hall,. 
Jr.,  erc-1899S.,  and  Edwin  Augustus  Hall,  1904  S.  Noah 
Webster,  Yale  1778,  is  an  ancestor. 

Prepared  at  Hotchkiss  School,  Lakeville,  Conn.,  and  at  Yale 
was  a  substitute  on  the  Freshman  Nine,  member  of  the  Col- 
lege (Second  Varsity)  Baseball  Team  ia  1901,  served  on  the 
Supper  Committee,  member  of  the  Apollo  Glee  Club,  Univer- 
sity Club,  Wigwam,  Eta  Phi,  Delta  Kappa  Epsilon  and  the 
Elihu  Club  (honorary),  and  was  one  of  the  organizers  of 
our  Class  suppers  in  New  York. 

He  was  married  June  8,  1909,  in  Hartford,  Conn.,  to  Louise 
Hopkins  Twichell,  daughter  of  Rev.  Joseph  Hopkins  Twich- 
ell,  LL.D.,  Yale  1859,  a  member  of  the  Yale  Corporation. 
They  have  one  son,  Joseph  Twichell,  born  June  13,  1910,  in. 
New  York  City. 


322  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

During  the  first  three  years  after  graduation  he  held 
the  following  positions :  private  secretary  to  Mr. 
Robert  C.  Pruyn,  president  of  the  National  Commer- 
cial Bank  of  Albany,  N.  Y. ;  collector  in  the  First 
National  Bank  of  New  York,  and  clerk  in  the  Bankers 
Trust  Company,  New  York.  On  November  1,  1907, 
he  became  connected  with  Crawford,  Dyer  &  Cannon, 
bankers.  The  firm  name  of  this  company  was  changed 
in  November,  1911,  to  Crawford,  Patton  &  Cannon, 
and  Toots  was  manager  of  the  bond  department.  He  is 
also  president  of  the  Luxemoor  Leather  Company  of 
New  York.  He  has  just  formed  a  new  connection  with 
Hallgarten  &  Company,  bankers,  5  Nassau  Street,  New 
York  City. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Brick  Presbyterian  Church  of 
New  York.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Yale  and  Recess 
clubs,  and  in  politics  is  a  Republican. 

But  Toots  has  written  no  letter. 


Lewis  Burton  Hall,  Jr. 

Manager   Stock   Department,   Jas.   B.   Colgate   &   Company, 
bankers  and  brokers,  36  Wall  Street,  New  York  City 

Residence,  47  Claremont  Avenue,  New  York  City 

Born  July  24,  1880,  in  New  York  City,  the  son  of  Lewis 
Burton  Hall,  a  silverware  manufacturer,  and  Amelia  (Top- 
ping) Hall.    His  ancestry  is  Puritan  (English)  and  French. 

Prepared  at  Adelphi  Academy,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  where  he 
played  on  baseball  and  basketball  teams  and  was  captain  of 
the  track  team.  At  Yale  he  was  a  member  and  captain  of 
the  Freshman  Basketball  Team,  substitute  on  the  University 
Basketball  Team  of  1900,  and  a  regular  member  of  the  team 
in  1901  and  1902.  He  received  a  first  colloquy  appointment 
in  Junior  year  and  a  dispute  appointment  in  Senior  year. 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  323 

He  married  on  January  17,  1905,  in  New  York  City,  Flor- 
ence Isabel  Wise,  daughter  of  Frank  Eugene  Wise,  of  New 
York  City.  They  have  one  daughter,  Ethel  Wise,  born 
November  7,  1905,  in  New  York  City. 

For  two  years  after  graduation  he  was  salesman  for 
Pratt  &  Lambert  Varnish  Company  of  New  York.  He 
then  tried  business  for  himself,  importing  enamels. 
In  1907  he  went  into  the  stock  brokerage  business, 
being  connected  with  several  New  York  firms  until 
1910,  when  he  became  manager  of  the  stock  department 
of  Jas.  B.  Colgate  &  Company. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Emmanuel  Baptist  Church  of 
Brooklyn.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican.  During  the 
past  five  years  he  has  written  various  financial  arti- 
cles for  Moody's  Magazine,  Bankers'  Magazine,  The 
Ticker,  Town  and  Country  and  the  New  York  Globe. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  New  York  Yale  Club. 

Lew  has  a  few  pointed  remarks  to  make  on  business 
in  general  and  his  in  particular:  ''Started  business 
on  my  own  account  as  American  agent  for  a  German 
enamel  manufacturer.  Another  fellow  put  in  his  expe- 
rience and  I  put  in  my  money.  When  we  quit  he  had 
the  money  and  I  the  experience. 

* '  October,  1907.  Entered  Wall  Street  at  panic  times, 
but  doubt  if  my  entrance  caused  the  trouble.  After 
serving  with  consolidated  exchange  houses,  accepted 
position  of  manager  for  Morrison  &  Townsend,  mem- 
bers New  York  Stock  Exchange,  in  January,  1908. 
September,  1909.  Made  manager,  stock  and  invest- 
ment department  of  E.  P.  Field  &  Company  of  New 
York  Stock  Exchange. 

''August,  1910.  Called  by  Jas.  B.  Colgate  <&  Com- 
pany, 36  Wall  Street,  bankers  and  brokers,  to  manage 
stock  department — where  I  still  hold  forth.     One  of 


324  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

my  ambitions  is  to  obtain  a  partnership  in  this  old 
reliable  triple  A  1  house,  but  I  haven 't  mentioned  it 
to  the  firm — yet. 

''Have  found  the  past  ten  years  a  period  of  hard 
work  and  constant  fight  to  keep  ahead.  Seems  as  if 
I  had  not  made  much  progress,  yet  the  only  setbacks 
I  have  had  have  been  of  my  own  making.  .1  have  no 
kick  to  register.  I  have  supreme  confidence  in  the 
future. ' ' 


Henry  William  Hamlin 

Member  of  Hamlin  &  Hamlin,  attorneys  and  counsellors  at 
law,  Canandaigua,  N.  Y. 

Born  January  13,  1880,  in  Canandaigua,  N.  Y.,  the  son  of 
Hon.  Frank  Harwood  Hamlin,  Yale  1869,  banker  and  lawyer, 
and  Elizabeth  Pearce  (Wright)  Hamlin  (died  January  23, 
1912).  Besides  his  father,  two  brothers,  George  Wright  Ham- 
lin, 1895,  and  Arthur  Sears  Hamlin,  1899,  and  a  cousin,  Fred 
Holcomb  Hamlin,  1895,  have  graduated  at  Yale. 

Prepared  at  Hotchkiss  School,  so  long  ago  that  he  has  for- 
gotten what  part  he  took  in  the  life  there.  At  Yale  he  was 
a  member  of  the  Tennis  Team  and  captain  of  the  First  Collo- 
quy Baseball  Nine;  was  associate  editor  of  the  Yale  Daily 
News  in  1899-1901,  and  editor  in  1902,  and  received  two  year 
honors  in  history.  He  was  awarded  a  first  colloquy  appoint- 
ment in  Junior  year  and  a  dispute  appointment  in  Senior 
year,  received  honorable  mention  in  the  Porter  prize  competi- 
tion, and  was  a  member  of  the  Cap  and  Gown  and  Bicenten- 
nial committees.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Wigwam  Debating 
Club  and  Psi  Upsilon. 

His  engagement  has  been  announced. 

After  graduation  he  took  up  the  study  of  law  at  the 
New  York  Law  School,  where  he  was  a  member  of 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  325 

Phi  Delta  Phi.  Since  1904  he  has  practiced  in  Canan- 
daigua.  He  modestly  says  that  he  "has  been  and  still 
is  connected  mth  divers  and  sundry  organizations  in 
this  vicinity  which  might  not  interest  the  general 
public. ' ' 

He  received  the  degree  of  LL.B.  at  New  York  Law 
School  in  1904.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Congregational 
Church.  ''Politics  used  to  be  Republican,  but  by 
advice  of  my  campaign  manager,  will  w^ait  until  after 
the  conventions  to  find  out.  At  present  I  am  a  thug, 
liar,  mollycoddle  and  one  or  two  other  things."  His 
clubs  are  the  Yale  of  New  York  City,  the  University  of 
Rochester,  Rochester  LaAvn  Tennis  Club  and  Red 
Jacket  Club  of  Canandaigua.  He  writes  that  his  sole 
fraternal  organization  is  Yale  1902  at  Decennial,  that 
he  is  a  man  of  peace,  belongs  to  no  union,  is  not  a  Dutch 
Dame  nor  the  cousin  of  the  Cuban  War,  and  thinks 
that  he  was  once  in  the  Mayflower,  like  everyone  else. 
He  says  his  ''lit'ry  and  artistic  persoots"  were  blasted 
early  in  life  by  long  application  as  a  News  heeler,  and 
that  he  never  painted  any  pictures,  either  "with  or 
without  dates." 

Bill's  letters  are  pleasant,  long  ones:  "The  events 
in  my  career  since  June,  1902,  have  not  been  such  as 
to  startle  the  world  unduly.  At  least,  the  world  has 
shown  no  signs  of  excitement. 

'  *■  Having  withdrawn  myself  from  Hadleyburg  in  the 
month  last  mentioned,  and  after  taking  a  much  needed 
rest  of  upwards  of  two  months  to  restore  my  physical 
and  nervous  system,  shattered  by  too  close  application 
incident  to  acquiring  a  first  dispute  stand  at  gradua- 
tion, I  repaired  to  the  metropolis  for  a  residence  of 
two  years  for  the  purpose  of  acquiring  sufficient  legal 
lore  at  the  New  York  Law  School  in  order  to  get 


326  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

admitted  to  the  bar  (legal,  not  liquid,  you  know)  of 
the  State  of  New  York,  which  happened  in  due  time 
in  1904.  Not  wishing  to  deprive  such  struggling  young 
barristers  as  Joseph  H.  Choate  and  Elihu  Root  of  much 
needed  sustenance  in  the  metropolis,  I  generously 
removed  to  my  native  town  of  Canandaigua,  where  my 
competition  would  not  injure  these  deserving  persons, 
and  have  ever  since  resided  and  practiced  there.  As 
to  success,  I  am  able  to  pay  the  stenographer  and 
janitor  from  time  to  time,  with  possibility  of  paying 
for  room  rent  at  Kent  Hall  at  Decennial,  if  suflScient 
credit  is  given.  Financially,  I  am  equally  solvent  as 
in  June,  1902. 

*'From  December,  1907,  for  fourteen  months,  I 
assisted  the  receivers  of  the  Lisk  Manufacturing 
Company,  a  $2,000,000  corporation,  situated  in  my  vil- 
lage, which  failed  with  about  a  million  and  a  quarter  of 
liabilities,  which  were  injudiciously  scattered  from 
Maine  to  California,  in  trying  to  reorganize  the  con- 
cern on  a  safe,  sane  and  sanitary  basis,  keep  it  from 
being  gobbled  up  by  certain  of  the  creditors  at  the 
expense  of  the  others  and  to  run  the  business  in  the 
meantime.  All  of  these  things  being  accomplished,  on 
March  1,  1909,  I  resumed  my  accustomed,  more  peace- 
ful pursuits. 

"My  most  notable  exploits  since  graduation  have 
occurred  during  a  brief  term  of  oflfice  as  justice  of 
the  peace,  during  which  time  I  acted  as  committing 
magistrate  in  performing  one  marriage  ceremony  with 
much  eclat  (consideration  not  stated),  and  acted  (at 
a  distance)  in  the  case  of  the  People  of  the  State  of 
New  York  vs.  one  skunk,  deceased. 

**You  should  visit  my  burg.  It  looks  to  be,  and  is, 
the  finest  in  the  world. ' ' 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  327 

John  LeRoy  Hammond 

President  of  John  L.  Hammond  &  Company,  bankers  and 
brokers,  Savannah,  Ga. 

Born  October  10,  1879,  in  Savannah,  Ga.,  the  son  of  John 
L.  Hammond,  a  banker  (died  June  21,  1891),  and  Ella  Marion 
(Merrell)  Hammond.  He  is  of  Scotch  ancestry  on  his  moth- 
er's side. 

Prepared  at  Lawrenceville  School,  Lawrenceville,  N.  J.,  and 
in  college  played  for  a  time  on  the  Freshman  and  scrub  base- 
ball teams,  was  a  member  of  the  University  Club,  Kraut  Club 
and  Delta  Kappa  Epsilon. 

He  married  on  November  28,  1905,  in  Savannah,  Ga.,  Nina 
Anderson  Crane,  daughter  of  Horace  Averill  Crane,  of  Savan- 
nah. They  have  three  children,  all  born  in  Savannah,  Ga. : 
John,  born  June  29,  1906;  Nina,  born  March  18,  1908;  and 
Anderson,  born  July  10,  1911. 

He  entered  his  present  business,  banking  and  broker- 
age, under  the  firm  name  of  John  L.  Hammond  & 
Company,  in  1905.  He  is  also  a  director  of  the  Mer- 
chants National  Bank  and  the  Planters  Eice  Mill  Com- 
pany, both  of  Savannah. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  First  Baptist  Church,  the 
Oglethorpe  Club,  Savannah  Golf  Club,  Hussars  Club, 
Savannah  Yacht  Club,  B.  P.  and  T.  Club,  and  Savannah 
Gun  Club  and  the  Yale  Club  and  Delta  Kappa  Epsilon 
Association  of  New  York  City. 

Nig  writes :  '  *  Traveled  one  year  in  Europe.  Loafed 
the  next  in  Savannah.  Then  went  into  my  present 
business  and  between  getting  married,  shooting,  fish- 
ing and  raising  children,  besides  attending  to  business, 
have  had  a  very  pleasant  time,  indeed.  Have  a  place 
to  sleep,  a  place  to  eat,  and  some  one  to  stroke  my  head. 
What  more  could  a  good  man  want?" 


328  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

William  Hance 

Teacher  in  the  High  School  of  Commerce,  New  York  City 

Residence,  155  East  Sixty-fifth  Street,  New  York  City 

Born  June  21,  1880,  in  Pleasant  Grove,  N.  J.,  the  son  of 
Holloway  H.  Hance,  a  lumber  merchant,  and  Mary  Allen 
(Magie)  Hance.    He  is  of  German  ancestry. 

Prepared  at  the  Centenary  Collegiate  Institute,  Hacketts- 
town,  N.  J.,  where  he  played  on  the  baseball  team.  In  college 
he  received  honorable  mention  in  DeForest  Mathematical  con- 
test Freshman  year,  a  philosophical  oration  Junior  appoint- 
ment and  an  oration  Senior  appointment.  He  played  on  the 
Class  Baseball  Team  in  Senior  year.  He  graduated  eleventh 
in  the  Class,  and  was  elected  to  Phi  Beta  Kappa. 

He  is  unmarried. 

He  taught  two  years  in  the  Berkeley  School  and 
since  then  in  the  High  School  of  Commerce  in  New 
York  City.  As  a  side  issue  he  has  passed  the  examina- 
tions for  admission  to  the  New  York  Bar. 

He  is  a  Presbyterian. 

Bill  gives  us  some  sidelights  on  the  New  York  high 
schools : 

''You  find  there  Gentiles,  Jews,  Italians,  Hungarians, 
Poles,  Irish  and,  last  and  least,  Americans,  sitting 
side  by  side  on  the  same  bench.  To  get  this  mass  in 
good  working  order  elicits  patience  and  skill. 

''The  Irishman  sulks  in  the  corner  because  you 
insulted  him,  the  Jew  comes  back  for  more  when  you 
slam  him,  the  Italian  pastes  his  neighbor  with  spit 
balls  when  your  back  is  turned,  and  the  good  little 
American  becomes  disgusted  with  their  homely  ways. 

"Possessed  of  the  high  and  noble  purpose  of  purify- 
ing their  tin  for  thin,  idear  for  idea,  nuttin'  for  noth- 
ing and  thoid  avenue   for  third  avenue,  your  ears 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  329 

catch  this  edifying  outburst  from  a  highly  respected 
teacher,  'Son,  your  English  is  on  the  blink!' 

"Sometimes  they  show  almost  human  intelligence. 
They  will  tell  you  the  sum  of  6  is  3 ;  1/2  +  /4  =  % ;  the 
price  of  a  dozen  eggs  at  12  cents  a  dozen  is  a  dollar 
forty-four  and  the  square  of  2  is  64.  On  one  occasion 
I  asked  a  class  why  a  boat  does  not  sink  as  deeply  in 
New  York  as  in  Albany  and  received  the  reply,  'Be- 
cause the  people  get  off!' 

''Another  time  I  was  told  with  great  seriousness  that 
the  reason  two  stockings  are  warmer  than  one  is 
because  the  warm  from  the  inside  meets  the  cold 
from  the  outside  in  the  space  between  the  stockings 
and  after  a  victorious  struggle  turns  its  enemy  back 
whence  it  came. 

''Seriously  speaking,  our  task  is  unusually  hard, 
because  these  children  are  trained  from  their  earliest 
years  in  memoriter  work.  Thought  is  a  word  with- 
out meaning.  There  are  lots  of  words  and  they  are 
apparently  to  be  used.  That  is  education.  Their  use 
of  words  reminds  me  of  the  lover  of  beautiful  sen- 
tences, who  exclaimed,  'The  beautiful  flower  blooms 
on  the  hillside  in  winter.'  When  reminded  that  flow- 
ers do  not  bloom  in  winter  on  a  hillside,  he  remarked, 
'Who  cares  for  the  sense,  it  sounds  good.'  But  unfor- 
tunately they  don't  even  try  to  make  it  sound  'good.' 
They  make  sounds  enough  but  their  sounds  are  not 
'good.' 

"There  is  one  thing,  though,  that  rouses  them  to 
activity  and  that  is  the  idea  of  money.  If  you  can 
make  them  believe  that  learning  Ohm's  Law  will  put 
money  in  their  pockets,  they  will  put  forth  a  mighty 
effort.  Most  of  the  time  you  will  find  written  on  their 
faces,  'What  in  the  devil  is  this  all  about,  anyway?' 


330  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

Your  explanations  of  the  value  of  a  topic  does  not 
explain  to  them  unless  they  see  some  coin  in  it. 

"Such  is  the  picture  quickly  drawn.  They  are  not 
all  as  bad  as  this  might  lead  one  to  infer,  but  there  is 
a  homogeneousness  in  their  attainments  which  comes 
from  previous  training  in  a  large  city  where  of  neces- 
sity they  are  treated  en  masse,  and  individuality  is 
lost. 

''I  might  add  that  I  have  had  in  my  classes  since 
1904  in  the  neighborhood  of  five  thousand,  and  so  you 
see  have  had  a  large  chance  to  pass  on  a  little  of  what 
Yale  spirit  I  have." 


John  Babinger  Hart 

Treasurer   of  the   Rowe   Calk   Company,    manufacturers   of 

horseshoes  and  horseshoe  calks,  Room  426,  Connecticut 

Mutual  Building,  Hartford,  Conn. 

Residence,  143  "Woodland  Street,  Hartford,  Conn. 

Born  July  14,  1880,  in  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  the  son  of  John 
Babinger  Hart,  a  manufacturer,  and  Catherine  Louise  (Hall) 
Hart.  He  is  of  English  ancestry.  A  brother,  Joseph  Hall 
Hart,  was  graduated  at  Yale  in  1898. 

Prepared  at  the  Cincinnati  High  School,  Cincinnati,  Ohio. 
In  college  he  played  on  the  Freshman  and  University  Foot- 
ball teams,  was  a  second  Wrangler,  editor  of  the  Yale  Banner 
and  a  member  of  Delta  Kappa  Epsilon. 

He  married  on  April  17,  1906,  Margaretta  Fletcher  Brod- 
head,  a  graduate  of  Miss  Hazen's  School,  Pelhara  Manor, 
daughter  of  John  C.  Brodhead  of  Kingston,  N.  Y.  They  have 
had  one  son,  John  Brodhead,  born  February  11,  1907,  and 
died  February  12,  1907,  in  Hartford,  Conn. 

He  coached  a  football  team  in  Texas  in  1902  and  at 
Amherst  in  1903-04,  also  working  for  Munsey's  Maga- 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  331 

zine.  He  was  in  the  main  office  of  the  Mohican  Com- 
pany in  1904-05,  and  in  their  branch  stores  in  New 
Haven  and  Holyoke.  Later  he  went  with  the  "VVhit- 
lock  Coil  Pipe  Company  of  Hartford  and  then  with 
the  Eowe  Calk  Company,  manufacturers  of  horseshoes 
and  horseshoe  calks.  He  is  president  and  director  of 
the  North  &  Pfeiffer  Manufacturing  Company,  treas- 
urer and  director  of  the  National  Safety  Appliance 
Company,  and  vice-president  and  director  of  the  Ring 
Point  Company,  all  Hartford  concerns. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Hartford  Golf  Club,  Hartford 
University  Club  and  the  Farmington  Country  Club. 

The  Ironman  has  thrown  himself  into  business,  but 
occasionally  can  be  found  relaxing  at  tennis,  and  is  as 
genial  as  ever. 

Wells  South  worth  Hastings 

Author,  The  Players,  New  York  City 

Winter  address,  Rockledge,  Fla. 

Born  June  24,  1878,  in  New  Haven,  Conn.,  the  son  of  Col. 
George  S.  Hastings,  Hamilton  1857,  a  lawyer  (died  January 
1,  1909),  and  Harriet  Mills  (Southworth)  Hastings.  He  is 
a  son  by  his  father's  second  marriage.  His  ancestry  is  Eng- 
lish with  some  Scotch,  French  and  Dutch.  His  Yale  rela- 
tives are  Gideon  Southworth,  1727;  George  Champlin  Shep- 
ard  Southworth,  1863;  Mase  Shepard  Southworth,  1868; 
Edward  Wells  Southworth,  1875,  an  uncle ;  Thomas  Shepard 
Southworth,  1883 ;  and  Herbert  Mason  Southworth,  1909. 

Prepared  at  St.  Paul's  School,  Concord,  N.  H.,  where  he 
was  orator.  In  college  he  was  editor  of  the  Record  in  Junior 
year  and  chairman  in  Senior  year,  a  member  of  the  Wigwam 
Debating  Club  and  the  University  Club.  He  took  the  part  of 
the  Earl  of  Leicester  in  the  Dramatic  Club  performance  of 
"The  Critic,"  was  a  Class  historian  and  a  member  of  the 


332  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

Cup  Committee.     He  was  a  member  of  the  Senior  Literary- 
Society,  Chi  Delta  Theta,  and  of  Delta  Kappa  Epsilon. 

He  married  on  June  28,  1902,  Elisabeth  Putnam  Steams, 
daughter  of  Charles  Cummings  Steams,  Yale  1872,  professor 
of  Biblical  history,  Pomona  College,  Claremont,  Calif.  They 
have  four  children:  Elisabeth,  born  May  14,  1903,  in  Paris, 
France;  Isobel,  born  December  22,  1904,  in  New  York  City; 
"Wells  Southworth,  Jr.,  born  July  9,  1908,  in  Paris,  France, 
and  Constance  Southworth,  born  April  6,  1911,  in  New  York 
City. 

Since  graduation  he  has  devoted  most  of  his  time 
to  writing,  and  in  addition  to  many  short  stories  in 
magazines  he  has  published  two  novels,  one  written  in 
conjunction  with  Brian  Hooker.  He  is  a  director  of 
the  Hampshire  Paper  Company,  South  Hadley  Falls, 
Mass.,  and  of  the  Metallic  Decorating  Company  and 
the  Phcenix-Hermetic  Company,  both  of  New  York 
City. 

He  is  a  Kepublican.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Epis- 
copal Church.  His  clubs  are  the  Players  and  Yale  of 
New  York  City. 

If  you  want  an  occupation,  try  following  Hells  Wast- 
ings'  address.  Brian  Hooker  took  off  his  hat  to  me 
when  I  told  him  he  was  in  Rockledge,  Fla.,  for  the 
winter.  ''Well,"  he  said,  "I'm  a  poor  correspondent 
myself,  but  at  least  you  can  get  a  registry  return  card 
from  me !  And  that  is  such  a  satisfaction ! ' '  Wells  has 
lived  in  Paris,  Germany,  Englewood,  N.  J.,  New  York 
City,  Old  Lyme,  Conn.,  Westerly,  R.  I.,  Maine  and  now 
Florida.  Humiston  said  the  other  day, '  *  I  should  think 
it  would  be  expensive  moving  a  family  like  that ! "  It 
is  rumored  in  Farmington,  Conn.,  that  Wells  has 
bought  a  house  there.  I  hope  it  is  true,  for  Wells  and 
Brian  go  together  and  the  stimulation,  altogether 
mental,  should  benefit  both. 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  333 

For  the  instruction  of  the  Class  in  follow-up  cam- 
paigns, I  quote  a  letter  and  a  telegram.  [Ed.  com- 
ment.] 

**Dear  Jim: 

''Think  not,  0  secretaire,  that  I  didn't  receive  your 
night  letter — but  know  that  I  am  School  Lane,  not 
Park  Lane,  Apts.  I  have  set  my  influence  to  work, 
having  written  twice  to  Wells  and  implored  him  by 
High  Olympus  to  be  inspired  for  a  minute  or  two 
when  pen  and  paper  are  within  reach.  Wells  is  at 
Rockledge,  Fla. — without  care,  I  mean  care  of  nobody 
— in  case  you  want  to  supplement  my  exhortation.  In 
my  second  'te  oramus'  (not  guaranteed) — I  enclosed 
your  night  letter  to  bring  home  to  him  how  necessary 
immediate  action  is. 

**I  have  seen  Hue's  etching  which,  I  believe,  is  to 
frontispiece  the  Magna  Opus  of  1902.  It  is  excellent 
and  sheer  inspiration  on  your  part  to  suggest  the  mak- 
ing of  it. 

''As  Mac  Moore   Saith,   <roi    fi^xp,    Oavarov     KT-qfm     €9     aci, 

which  the  same,  I  take  it,  means  compliments  of  the 
season  to  you. 

Yours, 

BuNNiE  Leab.'' 

"JAS  WEIGHT: 

"331  MADISON  A  VENT 

"YOUR  PASSIONATE  APPEAL  TO  BUNNY  JUST  REACHED 
ME.  AM  DULY  CONTRITE  AND  REALY  APPOLIGETIC.  SHALL 
DO  NOTHING  ELSE  UNTIL  I  WRITE  SOMETHING  FOR  YOU 
AND  I  SHALL  TRY  MY  BEST.  FORGIVE  ME  AND  AWAIT 
RESULTS. 

837AM 
WELLS  HASTINGS, 

JANY  14,  1913." 

Consult  article  for  results! 


334  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

Laurent  Heaton 

Manager  of  the  Electric  Department  of  the  Orange  County 
Lighting  Company,  14  South  Street,  Middletown,  N.  Y. 

Residence,  90  Linden  Avenue,  Middletown,  N.  Y. 

Born  November  12,  1880,  in  New  York  City,  the  son  of 
Major  Edward  Heaton,  Yale  1869  (died  January  12,  1884), 
a  lawyer,  and  Charlotte  Gray  (Beers)  Heaton.  He  is  of 
French  and  English  descent.  Besides  his  father  the  follow- 
ing relatives  were  graduated  at  Yale :  uncle,  Henry  Augustin 
Beers,  1869 ;  cousins,  Charles  Clerc  Deming,  1872 ;  Henry 
Champion  Deming,  1872 ;  Laurent  Clerc  Deming,  1883 ; 
William  Wilson  Heaton,  1896 ;  Frederick  Beers,  1902 ;  Henry 
Augustin  Beers,  Jr.,  1909 ;  and  Donald  Beers,  1912. 

Prepared  at  the  Hartford  (Conn.)  Public  High  School, 
where  he  managed  the  track  team  and  played  football.  In 
college  he  was  secretary  of  the  University  Athletic  Associa- 
tion, a  member  of  the  Dunham  Boat  Club  and  of  the  Wigwam 
Debating  Club.  He  received  a  second  colloquy  appointment 
Junior  year  and  a  first  colloquy  Senior  year.  His  society  was 
Alpha  Delta  Phi. 

He  married  on  October  17,  1911,  in  Middletown,  N.  Y., 
Frances  Brewster  Boak,  daughter  of  Abram  Vail  Boak,  of 
Middletown,  N.  Y. 

He  has  devoted  all  his  time  to  one  branch  of  work, 
electricity,  having  been  connected  with  the  C.  &  C. 
Electric  Company,  Garwood,  N.  J.,  Poiighkeepsie 
Light,  Heat  &  Power  Company,  and  now  as  manager 
for  the  Orange  County  Lighting  Company,  of  Middle- 
town,  N.  Y. 

He  is  a  Republican.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Episco- 
pal Church,  the  National  Electric  Liglit  Association, 
Middletown  University  Club,  and  associate  member 
of  the  American  Institute  of  Electrical  Engineers. 


AUTOBIOGEAPHIES  335 

Red  appears  pleasantly  in  other  parts  of  the  book, 
and  here  is  another  touch  of  1902  humor:  ''Having 
decided  before  graduation  'to  learn  the  electrical  busi- 
ness' and  having  got  a  job,  I  reported  about  August 
1, 1902,  at  Garwood,  N.  J.,  to  the  works  superintendent 
of  the  C.  &  C.  Electric  Company  (now  defunct).  It 
is  hard  to  recall  just  what  my  anticipatory  mental  atti- 
tude towards  the  job  was  on  that  day  and  date,  but  I 
have  a  hazy  notion  that  I  thought  the  factory  people 
would  say  that  they  were  glad  to  see  me,  slap  me  on  the 
back  and  explain  that  as  a  Yale  graduate  I  would  be 
welcome  in  any  department  of  the  works,  where  all 
details  of  the  design  and  construction  of  the  company's 
product  would  be  cheerfully  explained  to  me. 

"I  was  turned  over  to  the  foreman  of  the  winding 
department — a  hustler  with  close-trimmed  mustache, 
shiny  black  hair  and  red  neck.  'Hang  yer  coat  and  hat 
on  that  nail ! '  was  the  only  crack  he  made  before  deliv- 
ering me  to  my  boss,  who  I  soon  found  was  the  goat  of 
the  whole  shop.    I  was  his  goat. 

"After  a  year  in  the  works,  having  absorbed  through 
my  skin  a  general  knowledge  of  how  electrical  machin- 
ery is  built  and  a  more  or  less  hazy  idea  of  the  design 
of  apparatus  on  the  theoretical  side,  I  left  in  October, 
1903,  for  Poughkeepsie,  with  a  wholesome  respect  for 
the  gray  matter  of  the  average  American  mechanic,  a 
keen  appreciation  of  what  it  means  to  work  ten  and 
one  half  hours  a  day  with  twenty-seven  minutes — 
twenty-seven — count  'em — for  lunch,  and  a  broken 
finger  which  is  now  useful  only  to  blame  for  sliced 
brassy  shots. 

' '  In  Poughkeepsie  I  got  busy  with  a  firm  of  electrical 
contractors,  wiring  for  motors  and  lights,  and  in  the 
spring  went  with  the   Poughkeepsie  Light,   Heat  & 


336  ACHIEVEMENTS  OP  1902 

Power  Company  as  ground-hog  with  the  line  gang.  I 
remained  with  this  well-managed  and  wide-awake  or- 
ganization about  two  years,  in  several  capacities — arc 
lamp  trimmer,  trouble  shooter,  new  business  solicitor 
and  the  greater  part  of  the  time  meter  tester.  I  can 
prove  that  DeWolf  Hopper  slanders  the  profession  of 
whom  I  am  which  when  he  says  that  'a  Bachelor  of 
Arts  doesn  't  know  any  more  about  art  than  an  electric 
meter  does  of  the  Truth.'  Honest,  there  is  nothing 
immoral  about  a  meter. 

' '  In  February,  1906,  I  came  to  Middletown  as  meter 
man  for  the  Orange  County  Lighting  Company.  As 
the  business  grew  I  was  appointed  successively  elec- 
trician, assistant  superintendent,  new  business  man- 
ager. I  am  now  manager  of  the  electrical  department 
and  would  be  pleased  to  submit  our  best  proposition  for 
lighting  your  garage  or  running  your  factory  with 
electric  power.     Yours  truly.  Prof.  Tungsten. 

"I  have  not  traveled  in  foreign  countries  \vith  the 
exception  of  that  year  in  New  Jersey  and  one  Sunday 
in  Toronto,  have  no  definite  plans  for  the  future  beyond 
the  intensive  cultivation  of  the  light  and  power  field  in 
Orange  County  to  the  saturation  point. 

*'I  am  happily  married,  to  a  Middletown  girl,  and 
if  any  of  the  grand  old  Class  of  Nineteen  hunnerd  and 
a  couple  journey  hitherwards  I  can  assure  them  a 
warm  welcome  and  shelter,  food  and  gasoline  for  man 
and  beast." 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  337 

William  Worthington  Herrick,  M.D. 

Physician,  50  East  Fifty-third  Street,  New  York  City 
Residence,  31  West  Forty-seventh  Street,  New  York  City 

Bom  February  19,  1879,  in  Sherman,  Conn.,  the  son  of 
Edward  Pierrepont  Herrick,  D.D.,  Yale  1871  D.,  a  clergyman 
in  charge  of  the  American  Church  in  Cuba,  and  Amelia  G. 
(Wheeler)  Herrick.  He  is  of  English  ancestry.  Three  other 
generations  of  the  name  graduated  at  Yale :  great-grandfather, 
Claudius  Herrick,  1798;  grandfather,  Henry  Herrick,  1821; 
father ;  and  great-uncle,  Edward  Claudius  Herrick,  1838  Hon., 
librarian  of  the  College  from  1843  to  1858  and  treasurer  from 
1852  to  1862. 

Prepared  at  Hopkins  Grammar  School,  New  Haven,  and 
at  Rollins  College,  Winter  Park,  Fla.,  but  modestly  disclaims 
preparatory  school  activities  of  note.  In  college  he  was 
manager  and  a  member  of  the  Freshman  Glee  Club  and  sang 
on  the  University  Glee  Club  and  in  the  Choir  three  years.  In 
Junior  year  he  received  a  first  dispute  appointment  and 
played  first  base  on  their  team  and  Senior  year  a  dissertation 
appointment.    He  was  a  member  of  Delta  Kappa  Epsilon. 

He  married  on  June  15,  1910,  at  Scarborough-on-Hudson, 
Emily  Schwab,  a  graduate  of  Miss  Spence's  School,  daughter 
of  Gustav  H.  Schwab  and  a  sister  of  his  classmate.  They  have 
one  son,  William  Worthington,  Jr.,  born  November  22,  1911, 
in  New  York  City. 

Entering  the  Yale  Medical  School  he  won  the  Camp- 
bell Medal  for  highest  standing  in  medical  studies,  was 
chairman  of  the  editorial  board  of  the  Yale  Medical 
Journal,  1904-05,  and  was  a  member  of  Delta  Epsilon 
Iota.  After  a  few  months '  practice  in  Wallingf ord  and 
Gaylordsville,  Conn.,  he  entered  St.  Luke's  Hospital, 
serving  two  years,  and  then  opened  an  office  in  New 
York  City. 


338  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

He  received  the  degree  of  M.D.  at  Yale  in  1905.  He 
has  written  various  technical  articles  which  have 
appeared  in  the  American  Journal  of  Medical  Sciences, 
Archives  of  Internal  Medicine,  Journal  of  the  Ameri- 
can Medical  Association,  etc.  He  is  a  Presbyterian, 
and  a  member  of  the  New  York  Yale  Club  and  the 
Sleepy  Hollow  Country  Club. 

Few  of  us  know  the  ins  and  outs  of  a  doctor's  life, 
so  Bill  enlightens  us:  ** There  is  little  in  the  life  of  a 
mere  medical  man  to  record  except  w^ork,  and  that  of 
the  sort  having  little  of  interest  to  anyone  beyond 
himself. 

* '  It  was  my  melancholy  privilege  to  stay  on  in  New 
Haven  after  1902,  and  it  was  solitary  living.  I  tried 
the  Yale  Medical  School  and  found  it  good,  making  my 
place  at  St.  Luke's  Hospital,  New  York  City,  along 
with  the  men  from  Physicians  and  Surgeons.  Gradu- 
ating in  medicine  in  June,  1905,  I  spent  six  profitable 
months  in  country  practice  in  Wallingford,  Conn.,  and 
later  in  Gaylordsville,  Conn.  For  two  j^ears  from  Jan- 
uary 1, 1906, 1  lived  in  St.  Luke's  Hospital,  graduating 
from  the  medical  and  pathological  services  in  January, 
1908. 

''Immediately  I  began  practice  at  76  West  Eighty- 
sixth  Street,  New  York  City,  removing  after  six  months 
to  131  East  Sixtieth  Street,  where  I  remained  until 
October,  1911,  when  I  moved  to  50  East  Fifty-third 
Street.  It  was  my  good  fortune  to  be  from  the  first  of 
my  practice  the  assistant  of  Dr.  E.  G.  Janeway,  and  of 
Dr.  Theodore  Janeway. 

''The  summer  of  1910  was  spent  in  Germany,  Italy, 
Switzerland,  France  and  England,  supposedly  in  study, 
but  I  admit  more  knowledge  of  mountain  climbing  than 
of  the  hospitals  and  clinics  of  Europe. 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  339 

**At  present  I  am  an  'internist,'  which,  being  inter- 
preted, is  general  practitioner;  am  interested  in 
teaching,  being  an  instructor  in  medicine  at  Physicians 
and  Surgeons,  and  chief  of  clinic  in  medicine  at  Van- 
derbilt  Clinic." 

Ainslie  Hewett 

Student  in  New  York  School  of  Fine  and  Applied  Art,  2237 

Broadway,  New  York  City 

Home  address,  958  Third  Avenue,  Louisville,  Ky. 

Born  October  30, 1880,  in  Louisville,  Ky.,  the  son  of  Edward 
Anderson  Hewett,  a  banker,  and  Ida  F.  (Ainslie)  Hewett. 
He  is  of  Scotch  and  English  ancestry. 

Prepared  at  the  Louisville  Male  High  School,  Louisville, 
Ky.,  and  in  college  sang  on  the  Freshman  and  Apollo  Glee 
clubs,  was  editor  of  the  Record  and  received  first  colloquy 
appointments.    He  was  a  member  of  Alpha  Delta  Phi. 

He  is  unmarried. 

Since  graduation  he  has  been  engaged  as  a  news- 
paper man,  artist,  medical  student  and  traveling 
salesman,  but  is  now  studying  interior  decorating  in 
New  York.  For  about  five  years  he  was  a  bill  clerk 
with  the  Mengel  Box  Company  of  Louisville. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Pendennis,  Tavern  and  Coun- 
try clubs  of  Louisville. 

Angle  gives  a  good  letter,  with  thoughts  in  it :  *  'After 
ten  years  away  from  the  coat-tails  of  my  suffragist 
Alma  Mater — so  called  because  she  thoroughly  believes 
in  'turning  out'  the  men  and  in  'giving  the  women  a 
chance'  at  them — I  find  myself  once  again  enrolled  as 
a  student.  This  time  it  is  art  that  calls,  and  interior 
decoration  is  the  aim.  When  entering  Yale  my  chief 
object  was  to  learn  simply  enough  to  give  this  little 
world  a  big  jolt  as  it  turned  in  its  puny,  petty  whirl 


340  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

through  space.  My  aim  in  entering  an  art  school  is 
rather  more  modest.  I  want  to  learn  as  much  as  pos- 
sible along  one  definite  line.  Since  the  days  of  dear  old 
Savin  Rock,  where  multi-colored  cocktails  and  pie- 
bald frappes  were  a  joy  to  my  artistic  soul,  interior 
decorating  as  a  vocation  (not  as  a  libation)  has  been 
beckoning.  Five  years  I  spent  in  a  grubby  office,  bill- 
ing goods  and  figuring  cost  of  production;  five  years 
were  passed  as  a  free-lance,  catch-as-catch-can  com- 
mercial artist  and  designer.  At  last  Fortune  (spelled 
with  a  capital  F  and  fingers  crossed)  has  flung  me  into 
the  midst  of  the  maelstrom  of  money-mad  manhattan 
(spelled  with  a  small  m,  as  who  should  say  'Pooh,  pooh, 
for  you!').  The  five  years  in  a  manufacturing  plant 
taught  the  lesson  that  the  best  trade  has  to  offer  is 
three  squares  a  day  and  a  good  bed  at  night.  Five 
years  as  a  free-lance  have  taught  a  harder  lesson,  for 
to  be  free  means  that  we  are  free  from  the  things  we 
don't  like  in  order  to  be  slaves  of  things  we  do  like, 
as  Life  wisely  puts  it.  I  have  taken  another  leaf  out 
of  the  ledger,  and  am  starting  again.  This  time  it  is 
with  the  full  knowledge  of  what  is  worth  while — at 
least  for  myself.  Stevenson  says  that  to  know  what 
you  like  is  the  beginning  of  wisdom  and  old  age,  but  I 
can't  fall  for  the  latter  dictum,  as  I  feel  ten  years 
younger  since  getting  into  the  right  line — the  line  I 
have  always  desired." 

Theodore  Brown  Hewitt 

Instructor  in  German,  Williams  College,  Williamstown,  Mass. 

Bom  December  5,  1881,  in  Hanover,  Germany,  the  son  of 
John  Haskell  Hewitt,  LL.D.,  Yale  1859,  for  twenty-eight 
years  professor  of  ancient  languages  at  Williams  and  retired 


AUTOBIOGKAPHIES  341 

in  1909,  and  Mary  Louisa  (Downing)  Hewitt.  He  is  of  Scotch- 
Irish  descent.  His  relatives  have  been  graduating  from  Yale 
since  1780,  when  his  great-grandfather,  Lemuel  Tyler,  received 
his  degree.  Others  are  his  grandfather,  Lemuel  Tyler  Down- 
ing, 1838;  great-uncle,  John  Witter,  1812;  father;  brother, 
Erastus  Henry  Hewitt,  1911 ;  cousins,  Thomas  Browning 
Hewitt,  1864;  Thomas  Denison  Hewitt,  1899;  and  Brower 
Hewitt,  1903 ;  and  an  uncle,  Francis  Urquhart  Downing,  1872. 

Prepared  at  Norwich  Free  Academy,  Norwich,  Conn.,  where 
he  was  interested  in  debating  and  public  speaking.  In  col- 
lege he  belonged  to  various  scrub  baseball  and  football  organi- 
izations,  which  had  a  larger  reputation  away  from  New  Haven 
than  in  the  city  itself,  where  the  cruel  competition  of  Cap 
Guernsey's  and  Gould's  corporations  usurped  all  interest! 
In  Sophomore  year  he  divided  the  third  DeForest  Mathemati- 
cal prize  and  in  Senior  year  received  a  dissertation  appoint- 
ment and  played  on  the  dissertation  championship  team.  He 
was  interested  in  college  debating  to  some  extent. 

He  is  unmarried. 

The  first  two  years  out  of  college  were  spent  as 
instructor  of  modern  languages  at  Mount  Pleasant 
Military  Academy,  Ossining,  N.  Y. ;  and  1904-06  in  the 
same  position  at  Lawrenceville.  In  the  summer  of 
1905  he  established  Camp  Susquehannock,  in  the  Blue 
Ridge  Mountains,  Pennsylvania,  which  has  been  very 
successful  and  is  now  in  charge  of  a  Princeton  man. 
He  studied  at  Harvard  and  abroad  from  1906  to  1908, 
was  instructor  in  German  at  Andover  in  1908-09,  and 
in  the  latter  year  became  instructor  at  Williams  Col- 
lege. 

He  received  the  degree  of  M.A.  at  Harvard  in  1907 
and  is  a  member  of  the  Harvard  Modern  Language 
Association.  He  is  a  member  of  Yale  College  Church 
and  has  retained  his  name  on  its  books.  He  is  secre- 
tary or  similar  officer  in  four  or  five  literary,  social  and 


342  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

civic  organizations  of  a  local  character  in  the  college  or 
town.  He  has  delivered  three  or  four  short  addresses 
before  the  Williams  Deutscher  Verein,  but  has  made  no 
political  speeches,  showing  his  loyalty  to  Taft  by 
declining  to  make  a  speech  before  the  local  Hughes 
Club.  He  is  a  member  of  a  local  chorus,  Deutscher 
Verein  and  the  Boy  Scout  Council. 

Ted  seems  able  to  think  in  two  languages.  Here's 
one :  ''In  1909  was  called  to  Williams  College,  and  shall 
remain  here  at  least  through  next  year,  spending  the 
summer  in  Germany.  Hope  in  time  to  develop  some 
work  I  am  doing  in  collaboration  with  one  of  my  col- 
leagues here.  The  child  is  slow  in  its  development, 
and  has  not  even  been  named  yet,  but  we  hope  to  call 
him  something  that  sounds  like  Practical  German 
Composition — ^though,  of  course,  one  can  never  be  sure 
of  the  gender,  and  it  may  have  to  be  called  something 
quite  different.  That  will  be  its  ultimate  fate  at  the 
hands  of  the  luckless  wights  who  have  to  wade  through 
its  mazes,  anyway — but  this  is  not  a  challenge  to  the 
mt  of  Wells  Hastings  or  anybody  else! 

"The  pictures  and  poetry  which  I  would  like  to 
insert  here  I  find  no  room  for.  The  former  cannot  be 
adequately  represented  with  the  one  means  I  am  now 
employing — and  i  MaKE  tomAnYmistaKesanyway, 
and  as  for  the  latter,  why  I  must  refer  you  to  that  well- 
known  Gedicht,  das  man  gewohnlich  dem  beriihmten 

Dichter  ( , , Friedrich  Ulrich 

Beethoven  von  Gotterddmmer  -ngenlied)  ztischreibt, 
eigentlich  aber  meine  eigene  Arbeit  gewesen  sein  soil, 
obgleich  ich  selber  nicht  daran  schuld  sein  will.  {Ueber- 
setzung  folgt  im  Jahre  1922.) 

Here 's  the  other :  '  *  During  Senior  year  I  decided  to 
teach  at  least  a  year  or  two,  as  my  good  father  had 


AUTOBIOGEAPHIES  343 

told  me  that  no  matter  what  I  did,  the  best  training  was 
to  teach,  and  I  am  certain  of  that  fact — it  is  the  sound- 
est advice  ever  imparted  to  me.  I  learned  a  lot  about 
human  nature,  and  much  self-reliance  that  I  could  have 
gained  in  no  other  way.  The  discouragements  were 
too  great  to  go  into  here,  but  altogether,  I  would  not 
care  to  be  doing  anything  else,  I  think.  You  men  in 
New  York  are  subjected  to  all  sorts  of  annoyances  that 
the  country  mouse  does  not  have  to  contend  with,  and 
we  lead  a  more  natural  existence.  We  rarely  come  into 
contact  here  in  this  college  with  disagreeable  men,  and 
we  have  many  advantages  in  the  way  of  lectures,  musi- 
cal entertainments,  golf,  faculty  baseball — we  have 
games  in  the  intramural  series  with  the  fraternities 
and  'joints,'  tennis,  coasting  and  skating.  I  am  for- 
tunate, too,  in  being  able  to  live  ^vith  my  parents,  who 
have  a  very  pleasant  large  house  and  grounds  not  far 
from  the  college.  This  is  my  third  year  here,  and 
though  it  is  my  'home  towTi'  and  has  disadvantages  on 
that  account,  I  am  perhaps  too  contented  here  for  my 
own  best  welfare.  Now  I  do  not  mean  to  picture  life 
for  me  as  any  Utopian  existence — far  from  it — on  an 
'off  day'  I  would  give  you  some  of  the  'outs,'  but  this 
is  one  of  the  better  moods — Einc  illi  risus!  When 
you  wish  to  make  a  trip  into  the  Berkshire  Hills,  let 
me  know. 

"Taught  at  Phillips  Andover,  1908-09,  which  institu- 
tion I  wish  to  praise  as  being  to  my  mind  the  finest 
school  in  the  United  States,  and  due  very  largely,  I 
think,  to  the  Yale  ideals  and  atmosphere  that  pervade 
its  classic  halls.  Since  1909  I  have  been  here  [Wil- 
liams]. In  the  summer  of  1905  I  joined  with  two 
Lawrenceville  colleagues  and  helped  found  Camp  Sus- 
quehannock  in  the  Blue  Ridge  Mountains  in  Pennsyl- 


S44  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

vania.  It  has  prospered,  I  am  glad  to  say,  and  is  a  fine 
place  for  both  tutoring  and  recreation.  Dick  Merritt 
was  one  of  the  fourteen  counsellors  up  there  last  sum- 
mer and  is  so  enthusiastic  that  he  expects  to  do  duty 
again  this  year.  The  head  of  the  camp  is  a  Princeton 
'03  man — and  one  of  the  best.  I  am  not  financially 
interested  in  the  camp  now,  as  I  sold  my  share  some 
years  ago,  but  I  try  to  go  back  there  for  part  of  each 
summer.  There  were  thirty  or  more  boys  there  last 
year. 

"  'Write  for  booklet'  for  further  detail. 

*'Do  you  want  to  know  about  ideals  and  ambitions'? 
I  want  to  reach  sometime  some  position  of  prominence 
in  educational  circles.  I  am  a  firm  believer  that  interest 
in  one's  students  is  always  a  greater  incentive  than 
great  scholarship.  You  may  agree  ^vith  me  that  much 
of  the  instruction  we  received  at  Yale  had  the  latter, 
but  not  the  former.  I  have  sat  under  the  dullest  men 
in  my  time — much  of  it  was  my  own  fault — but  I  think 
they  should  have  devised  some  means  of  stirring  me 
out  of  my  lethargy. 

**I  should  not  be  stilling  my  conscience  unless,  in 
closing,  I  speak  of  some  'regrets.'  The  four  years  of 
college  passed  like  a  flash,  and  missed  opportunities 
have  been  a  source  of  much  '  self-cursing. '  Being  some- 
what handicapped  by  only  moderate  funds,  a  mediocre 
preparation  and  indifferent  health,  this  member  of 
1902  must  admit  that  at  the  time  he  did  not  'take  a  very 
large  helping'  of  what  was  offered,  though  he  is  most 
willing  to  admit  that  a  vast  amount  which  did  not  mani- 
fest itself  at  the  time  has  come  continually  to  the  sur- 
face, and,  perhaps,  needed  only  the  right  conditions  to 
show  them  up  (if  this  metaphor  is  not  too  much 
mixed!). 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  345 

"One  more  thing — this  more  cheerful.  Last  May  I 
went  down  to  New  Haven  over  the  Spring  Regatta  to 
visit  my  brother  (1911),  who  was  captain  of  his  Class 
crew.  Now,  he  and  I  both  had  the  opportunity  of 
choosing  Williams  or  Yale,  and  I  asked  him  if  he  had 
ever  felt  that  he  would  have  gotten  more  from  a  *  small 
college. '  I  think  he  would  be  willing  to  have  me  quote 
him.  'No,'  said  he,  'the  class  of  men  and  opportuni- 
ties far  outweigh  the  many  advantages  of  more  inti- 
mate relations  mth  the  faculty.'  That  is,  of  course, 
Yale's  weak  point — that  the  faculty  and  students  'have 
so  little  in  common '  and  are  out  of  sympathy  with  each 
other.  While  this  does  not  lie  with  us  to  remedy,  we 
may  think  it  over,  and  try  to  solve  in  some  way  the 
questions  Owen  Johnson  propounds  in  regard  to  col- 
lege men 's  ambitions,  or  lack  of  them ! ' ' 

James  Crane  Higgins 

With  Guthrie,  Bangs  &  Van  Sinderen,  lawyers,  44  Wall  Street, 

New  York  City 

Residence,  27  Washington  Square,  New  York  City 

Born  March  26,  1881,  in  East  Orange,  N.  J.,  the  son  of 
Thomas  Higgins,  a  manufacturer  and  importer  of  glue  and 
gelatine,  and  Elizabeth  Hartwell  (Crane)  Higgins  (died 
October  27,  1910).  Hon.  Anthony  Higgins,  Yale  1861,  is  an 
uncle. 

Prepared  at  Newark  Academy,  Newark,  N.  J.  In  college  he 
managed  the  Cross  Country  Team  in  Junior  year,  was  a 
second  Wrangler,  received  dissertation  appointments  Junior 
and  Senior  years,  was  manager  of  the  Dissertation  Ball  Team 
and  was  a  member  of  Psi  Upsilon. 

He  is  unmarried. 

After  a  long  vacation  abroad  he  entered  the  Colum- 
bia Law  School,  where  he  was  a  member  of  the  Story 


346  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

Chapter  of  Phi  Delta  Phi.  He  has  since  been  con- 
nected with  the  law  offices  of  Strong  &  Cadwalader  and 
Guthrie,  Bangs  &  Van  Sinderen  in  New  York  City. 

He  received  the  degree  of  LL.B.  at  Columbia  in  1906. 
He  is  a  Republican,  a  member  of  the  Yale  Club,  the  New 
York  Bar  Association,  Loyal  Legion,  veteran  of  the 
Seventh  Regiment  and  the  New  York  National  Guard. 

Jim  was  always  modest  and  continues  so.  The  only 
way  we  can  get  under  his  coat  is  by  conversation,  but 
here  is  a  letter  that  throws  a  little  light  upon  him. 

**My  life  since  I  graduated  at  Yale  runs  in  its  main 
features  as  follows:  I  started  at  Columbia  Law 
School  the  following  fall  but  soon  realized  that  my 
eyes  would  not  stand  the  strain  of  reading  and  so 
after  drifting  around  for  a  while,  I  sailed  for  Europe 
with  my  bicycle  and  toured  the  continent  for  the 
greater  part  of  a  year.  Then  with  eyes  in  somewhat 
better  shape  I  was  able  to  take  up  the  work  at  Colum- 
bia and  I  graduated  there  in  1906.  While  I  was  in  the 
law  school  I  became  interested  in  the  Columbia  Politi- 
cal Club.  We  used  to  meet  about  twice  a  month  for 
discussion  of  political  questions  and  frequently  had 
prominent  New  York  politicians  as  our  guests  and 
speakers.  But  I  have  had  no  connection  mth  politics, 
practically  speaking. 

*' During  my  law  school  course,  through  the  kind- 
ness of  Mr.  Henry  W.  Taft,  I  was  able  to  get  some 
practical  experience  summers  in  the  office  of  Strong 
&  Cadwalader  in  New  York  and  have  been  there  since 
I  graduated. 

' '  I  am  not  married  and  am  beginning  to  feel  a  sense 
of  irresponsibility  about  it  as  the  great  flood  of  1902 
wedding  invitations  or  announcements  which  comes 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  347 

pouring  in  on  me  would  seem  to  indicate  that  the  Class 
is  making  a  matrimonial  record,  anyway. 

''Vacations  for  the  last  three  years  spent  in  Maine 
with  T.  B.  Hewitt,  Yale  '02." 


William  Alvin  Higgins 

Actuary  for  the  Southern  Life  &  Trust  Company, 
Greensboro,  N.  C. 

Residence,  Greensboro,  N.  C. 

Born  January  30,  1876,  in  Flemington,  N.  J.,  the  son  of 
Vandevere  Higgins,  a  farmer,  and  Mary  (Merrell)  Higgins 
(died  in  June,  1896).  As  for  his  ancestry  he  says,  "Really 
I  do  not  know,  but  we  are  very  proud  of  it."  A  cousin, 
Asa  Suydam  Merrell,  was  graduated  at  Sheff  in  1910. 

Prepared  at  Peddie  Institute,  Hightstown,  N.  J.,  where  he 
played  football  as  long  as  it  was  allowed,  and  was  interested 
in  the  religious  work  of  the  school.  As  for  his  college  career, 
he  writes :  *  *  Here  appears  a  woeful  lack ;  however,  it  may  be 
said  that  I  was  rather  busy  during  my  undergraduate  days, 
making  all  seventeen  ends  meet. 

"As  I  recall  it,  I  stood  somewhere  near  the  middle  of  the 
Class,  this  position  affording  a  splendid  view  in  perspective 
of  the  divisions  above  and  below  me ;  and  a  most  pleasing  and 
edifying  sight  it  was ! 

"For  myself,  I  am  fairly  content  with  that,  belonging,  as 
I  did,  to  the  emerged  tenth ;  and  while  it  does  not  yet  appear 
that  I  was  blazing  any  particular  trail  for  anybody,  I  must 
persist  in  my  belief,  and  faith,  that  the  day  in  which  I  seized 
my  resolution  and  luggage  in  my  hand  and  started  for  Yale 
was  a  big  day. ' '  He  received  a  first  colloquy  Junior  appoint- 
ment and  a  dispute  Senior  year. 

He  married  on  November  26,  1907,  in  Lynchburg,  Va., 
Louise  Page  Camm,  daughter  of  Charles  Camm,  a  graduate 
of  William  and  Mary  College,  a  druggist,  of  Williamsburg, 


348  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

Va.     They  have  one  son,  William  Waller,  born  January  5, 
1910,  in  Lynchburg,  Va. 

Since  graduation  he  has  devoted  his  time  to  the  life 
insurance  business,  in  the  actuarial  department  of  the 
New  York  Life  Insurance  Company,  the  American 
National  Life  Insurance  Company  of  Lynchburg,  Va., 
and  his  present  connection,  actuary  for  the  Southern 
Life  &  Trust  Company  of  Greensboro. 

He  is  a  Student  of  the  Actuarial  Society  of  America. 
He  is  a  Baptist  and  a  member  of  the  Greensboro  Golf 
and  Country  clubs. 

Bill  is  a  man  with  ambitions  and  is  willing  to  give  us 
a  look  in.  In  1909 : ' '  In  some  mysterious  way  the  com- 
bination of  your  name  and  the  formidable  array  of 
questions  you  ask  has  reminded  me  of  the  days  when 
you  and  I  used  to  sit  on  the  first  row  of  Bailey's 
remarkable  course  in  statistics  and  look  as  wise  as  the 
circumstances  would  permit.  It  is  very  probable,  too, 
that  my  first  recitation  in  that  course  was  a  prophecy 
of  the  way  in  which  I  should  treat  your  requests  for 
information  about  myself,  for  I  remember  that  I 
flunked  miserably,  to  the  great  amusement  of  the 
Juniors  in  the  class,  because  I  had  read  some  forty 
pages  of  the  second  volume  instead  of  the  first. 

*  *  It  is  a  notable  fact  that  since  I  left  the  New  York 
Life  Insurance  Company  in  Jnly,  1906,  the  business  of 
that  company  has  fallen  off  miserably,  but  I  can 
scarcely  claim  that  my  absence  has  been  the  real 
cause." 

In  1912:  **A  history  of  my  activities  in  earning  a 
livelihood  concerns  solely  the  business  of  life  insurance. 
Since  August  following  graduation,  when  I  began  by 
adding  columns  of  figures  in  one  of  the  life  offices  on 


AUTOBIOGEAPHIES  349 

lower  Broadway,  my  periods  of  consciousness  have 
been  almost  exclusively  devoted  to  becoming  and  being 
an  actuary;  and  I  have  every  reason  now  to  believe  a 
goodly  portion  of  the  balance  of  my  expectation  of  life 
will  be  so  spent. 

* '  For  the  first  four  years  I  kept  on  trying  it  in  New 
York ;  after  that  I  tried  it  for  four  years  in  Lynchburg, 
Va.,  following  which  I  have  tried  it  for  nearly  two 
years  here  in  Greensboro,  N.  C.  Regardless  of  loca- 
tion, I  find  it  very  interesting,  exacting  and  full  of 
service ;  therefore,  I  expect  to  keep  on  trying. 

"In  the  near  future,  furthermore,  I  expect  to  add 
to  the  scope  of  my  efforts  in  this  direction  by  fostering 
a  company  that  will,  say  about  the  time  of  our  quarter- 
century  reunion,  be  one  of  the  important  financial 
institutions  of  the  country,  and  in  the  interim  will  test 
by  actual  trial  my  own  qualifications  for  real  work; 
with  emoluments  to  match! 

"Lynchburg,  Va.,  be  it  recorded,  is  a  town  filled  with 
a  splendidly  human  lot  of  people,  and  surrounded  by 
ranges  of  romantic  hills,  offshoots  of  the  Blue  Ridge, 
from  which  the  shadows  fall  most  enticingly  at  even- 
ing, and  the  breezes  soothe  one's  cares,  and  the  river 
is  bordered  by  leafy  paths. 

"And  so  it  was  that  the  event  recorded  above 
occurred;  and  we  found  a  new  house  almost  under  the 
shadows  of  a  mountain,  where  the  breezes  kept  on 
blowing,  and  a  band  played  for  dancers  in  a  park  near 
by,  and  the  green  grass  grew  all  around  and  all  was 
well. 

"Going  home  from  the  many  cares  of  office  one 
evening  when  'Little  Billy'  was  scarcely  a  year  old, 
I  was  surprised  and  gratified,  to  be  met  thus : 

"  *  Daddy,  ain't  it  'most  time  to  start  for  the  game?' 


350  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

' '  '  Game,  Son  1    What  game  ? ' 

'*  'Why,  the  Harvard  game,  of  course!  I'm  to  play 
quarter ;  and  I  can  just  kick  drops  to  beat  Harvard ! ' 

*'I  did  my  best  to  explain  to  him  that  there  was  no 
Harvard  or  Princeton  game  to  be  played  soon  in  which 
he  might  hope  to  take  part,  but  I  only  persuaded  him  to 
weep  the  more. 

''Indeed,  he  has  wept  many,  many  times  since,  and 
for  causes,  in  comparison,  how  trivial!" 

Alfred  Reed  Hill 

Rector  of  All  Saints'  Church,  Minneapolis,  Minn. 

Residence,  1928  Portland  Avenue,  Minneapolis,  Minn. 

Bom  August  13,  1878,  in  Nevada,  Mo.,  the  son  of  Micajah 
Townsend  Hill,  a  jeweler  (died  in  1909),  and  Ellen  (Bierce) 
Hill.  He  is  the  child  of  the  second  marriage  of  both  parents. 
His  ancestry  is  English  and  French. 

Prepared  at  Mount  Hernion  School  for  Boys,  Mount 
Hermon,  Mass.,  and  at  St.  Stephen's  College,  Annandale, 
N.  Y.  He  entered  Yale  at  the  beginning  of  Sophomore  year 
and  was  a  member  of  the  University  Glee  Club,  the  College 
Choir  and  the  Dramatic  Association.  He  won  the  Willys 
Betts  Sophomore  prize,  the  first  Ten  Eyck  Junior  Exhibition 
prize,  two  year  honors  in  English,  and  received  a  first  dispute 
Junior  and  a  dissertation  Senior  appointment. 

He  married  on  June  13,  1905,  in  Seymour,  Conn.,  Minerva 
James  Camp,  a  graduate  of  Dana  Hall,  Wellesley,  daughter 
of  Lewis  A.  Camp,  secretary  of  the  New  Haven  Copper 
Company,  of  Seymour,  Conn. 

On  graduation  he  entered  the  Episcopal  Theological 
School  in  Cambridge,  Mass.,  and  on  completing  the 
course  became  an  assistant  in  the  cathedral  at  Fari- 
bault, Minn.  Since  December,  1906,  he  has  been  rector 
of  All  Saints'  Church,  Minneapolis. 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  351 

He  received  the  degree  of  B.D.  from  the  Episcopal 
Theological  School  in  1905.  He  is  a  Republican.  He 
serves  as  chaplain  of  Masonic  Lodge,  Minneapolis 
19,  is  president  of  the  Ministerial  Federation  (all 
churches)  of  Minneapolis,  and  is  editor  of  the  Minne- 
sota Church  Record,  the  diocesan  paper.  His  only 
writings  are  a  large  assortment  of  sermons. 

Fred  writes  of  his  work  and  purpose :  ^^  A  week  after 
my  graduation  I  had  the  pleasure  of  setting  sail  for 
Europe,  where  I  saw  a  little  of  everything  between 
Liverpool  and  Naples.  The  most  notable  event,  of 
course,  was  my  pilgrimage  to  the  tomb  of  Elihu  Yale 
in  Wrexham. 

''That  autumn  I  entered  the  Episcopal  Theological 
School,  Cambridge,  Mass.,  where  I  remained  until  my 
graduation  in  1905.  You  see,  even  while  at  college,  I 
felt  that  so  many  men  were  going  into  law,  medicine, 
brokerage,  etc.,  that  these  fields  could  probably  get 
along  without  me.  With  so  many  doing  yeomen  ser- 
vice in  pushing  the  world  along,  a  few  of  us  must  not 
be  blamed  for  wanting  to  lift  it  up. 

''After  my  marriage,  as  above  noted,  and  Triennial, 
which  was  greatly  enjoyed  (not  to  mention  a  honey- 
moon in  Maine),  I  went  to  my  first  post  of  duty — to 
Faribault,  Minn.,  to  be  the  assistant  of  the  cathedral 
there.  This  was  the  town  made  famous  in  America 
and  England  as  the  home  of  the  great  Bishop  Whipple, 
the  apostle  to  the  Indians.  Dr.  Slattery  of  New  York 
was  then  the  dean  of  this  cathedral.  Here  I  had  a 
happy  period  of  apprenticeship  which  lasted  a  year 
and  four  months. 

"In  December,  1906,  I  became  rector  of  All  Saints', 
Minneapolis,  where  I  have  labored  ever  since.  I  need 
not  enlarge  on  the  beauties  of  this  fair  city  or  the 


352  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

privilege  of  living  among  such  people  as  fill  this  great 
state.  In  regard  to  my  church  work,  I  am  trying  to 
forget  the  things  which  are  behind  and  am  stretch- 
ing forward  to  the  things  which  are  before.  I  am 
ambitious  to  see  my  church  leave  all  compromises  with 
the  world  and  be  as  a  city  set  on  a  hill  which  cannot 
be  hid. 

"Should  my  classmates  ever  need  my  services,  as 
doubtless  I  may  sometime  need  theirs,  I  shall  be 
happy  to  do  what  I  can.  As  I  have  said,  I  am  not  a 
lawyer,  but  I  can  tell  them  of  an  Advocate  with  the 
Father ;  I  am  not  a  doctor,  but  I  can  point  to  the  great 
Physician ;  nor  am  I  a  broker,  but  I  can  advise  them  of 
an  investment  in  a  security  where  thieves  do  not  break 
through  or  steal — a  treasure,  indeed." 


George  Washington  Hitner 

Teaching  at  The  Hill  School,  Pottstown,  Pa. 
Residence,  832  High  Street,  Pottstown,  Pa. 

Born  December  25,  1879,  in  Pottstown,  Pa.,  the  son  of 
Henry  C.  Hitner,  Dickinson  College  (died  November  6,  1908), 
treasurer  of  Potts  Brothers  Iron  Company,  and  Anna  K. 
(Meigs)  Hitner.  He  is  of  German  descent.  Two  relatives 
on  his  mother 's  side  have  received  degrees  at  Yale :  an  uncle, 
John  Meigs,  1908  Honorary,  and  a  cousin,  Dwight  Raymond 
Meigs,  1907. 

Prepared  at  the  Hill  School  and  in  college  was  chairman 
of  the  Deputation  Committee  of  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.,  a  member 
of  the  "Wigwam  Debating  Club  and  the  University  Club.  He 
played  interappointment  baseball  and  was  umpire,  received 
a  high  oration  appointment  Junior  year,  a  dissertation  Senior 
appointment  and  an  election  to  Phi  Beta  Kappa. 


AUTOBIOGEAPHIES  353 

He  married  on  June  28,  1906,  in  Titusville,  Pa.,  Grace 
Deborah  Edwards,  daughter  of  Burton  F.  Edwards.  They 
have  one  son,  John  Meigs,  born  September  16,  1911,  in 
Titusville,  Pa. 

He  has  been  engaged  in  teaching  since  graduation 
and  since  January,  1903,  has  been  at  the  Hill  School, 
Pottstown,  Pa. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  and  is  a 
Master  Mason  and  a  silent  voter. 

Bill's  school  education  suggests  the  catalogue,  so  in 
this  form  of  literature  he  unfolds  his  life.  It  is  worth 
perpetuating,  so  we  quote  entire : 

* '  Here  is  the  record  of  a  simple  life : 

' '  Summer,  1902 — Tutoring  at  Bemis  Point,  Chautau- 
qua Lake. 

**  Autumn,  1902 — Coached  football  team  at  Syracuse. 

'*  January,  1903 — Came  to  The  Hill  School  to  teach, 
and  have  remained  here  ever  since,  spending  summers 
as  follows: 

'^1903 — Harvard  Summer  School. 

* '  1904 — Germany. 

''1905 — With  Senator  (now  Secretary  of  State) 
Knox. 

**1906 — Married.    Spent  summer  in  Adirondacks. 

' '  1907— Adirondacks. 

**1908 — Tutoring  and  motoring. 

"1909 — Adirondacks  and  motoring  in  Canada  and 
New  York. 

'  *  1910 — Motoring  and  camping. 

*  *  1911 — Built  a  bungalow  near  Titusville,  Pa.  John 
Meigs  Hitner  born  September  16. 

'^912— Attended  Decennial!  X?X?X!X!X?X?X!X! 

"  (To  be  continued — I  hope.)  " 


354  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

Lucius  Hudson  Holt 

Professor  of  English  and  History,  with  rank  of  Lieutenant 

Colonel,  United  States  Military  Academy, 

West  Point,  N.  Y. 

Born  January  16,  1881,  in  Atchison,  Kans.,  the  son  of  Fred 
Park  Holt,  bank  commissioner  of  Connecticut,  and  Regina 
Miller  (Hudson)  Holt.  He  is  of  English  ancestry.  His 
grandfather,  William  Miller  Hudson,  was  graduated  at  Yale 
in  the  Class  of  1853. 

Prepared  at  the  Hartford  (Conn.)  Public  High  School.  In 
college  he  rowed  bow  oar  on  the  Freshman  Crew,  was  a 
member  of  the  crew  squad  in  Junior  year  and  played  inter- 
appointment  baseball;  received  a  high  oration  appointment 
Junior  year  and  oration  appointment  Senior  year ;  was  elected 
to  Phi  Beta  Kappa.    He  was  a  member  of  Zeta  Psi. 

He  married  on  June  18,  1903,  Katherine  Beers,  daughter 
of  Prof.  Henry  Augustin  Beers,  Yale  1869,  and  a  sister  of  his 
classmate.  They  have  two  sons,  both  born  in  New  Haven, 
Conn. :  Guy  Bryan,  born  December  16,  1904,  and  Roger  Clerc, 
born  June  29,  1906. 

The  six  years  following  graduation  were  spent  in 
New  Haven,  in  study  until  1905,  and  three  years  as 
instructor  in  English  in  the  college.  From  1908  until 
1910,  when  he  was  appointed  to  his  present  position  at 
West  Point,  he  held  a  responsible  editorial  position 
with  G.  &  C.  Merriam  Company,  publishers,  of  Spring- 
field, Mass. 

He  received  the  degree  of  M.A.  in  1904  and  Ph.D.  in 
1905  from  Yale.  He  is  a  Republican  and  has  the  rank 
of  lieutenant  colonel  in  the  United  States  Army.  His 
clubs  are  the  Yale  of  New  York  City,  Graduates  of 
New  Haven,  Nyasset  of  Springfield,  and  the  Army  and 
Navy  of  New  York  City  and  Washington. 

Lucius  writes:  "I  am  anxious  to  lielp  you  as  much 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  355 

as  possible  in  your  thankless  [it  is  not  thankless,  and  it 
is  delightful,  my  boy]  job  of  compiling  a  Class  book,  so 
I  am  sending  this  off  at  once. 

''After  the  graduation  of  the  Class,  I  stayed  on  at 
New  Haven  studying  in  the  Graduate  School.  (You 
have  no  idea  what  a  dreary  place  New  Haven  was  for 
me  after  my  Class  had  gone.)  When  the  Graduate 
School  spewed  me  forth  with  a  Doctor  of  Philosophy, 
the  College  took  me  on  as  instructor  in  English.  I 
remained  there  three  years  and  was  engaged  for  a 
fourth  when  the  G.  &  C.  Merriam  Company  offered 
me  a  position  as  one  of  their  assistant  editors  on  the 
New  International  Dictionary.  I  accepted  this  offer 
and  left  New  Haven  after  a  residence  there  of  ten 
years.  I  lived  in  Springfield,  Mass.,  until  President 
Taft  appointed  me  professor  of  English  and  history 
here  at  the  United  States  Military  Academy  in  the 
rank,  pay  and  allowances  of  lieutenant  colonel  in  the 
regular  army.  The  retiring  age  is  sixty-four,  so  you 
can  see  I  have  a  long  stay  in  prospect. ' ' 


Brian  Hooker 

Author 

Residence,  Farmington,  Conn. 

Born  November  2,  1880,  in  New  York  City,  the  son  of 
William  Augustus  Hooker,  Columbia  1866,  a  mining  engineer, 
and  Elizabeth  (Work)  Hooker.  His  ancestry  is  English  since 
1490  and  American  since  1636.  He  does  not  "name  all  Yale 
relatives ' '  because  the  ' '  list  begins  with  Nathan  Hale,  includes 
the  Hartford  and  New  Haven  Hookers,  and  more  others  of 
various  patronymics  than  I  can  keep  count  of. ' ' 

Prepared  at  Hartford  (Conn.)  Public  High  School,  where 
he  was  class  poet,  editor  of  the  Chronicle  and  a  member  of 


356  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

Gamma  Delta  Psi.  At  Yale  he  was  editor  and  manager  of  the 
Record,  editor  of  the  Lit,  assistant  editor  of  the  Class  book, 
won  the  Cook  prize  in  poetry  (University),  1901,  honors 
Freshman  year,  the  Heald  prize  in  English  composition 
Sophomore  year,  second  Berkeley  premium  in  Latin  composi- 
tion and  a  dissertation  appointment  in  Junior  year.  He  played 
dissertation  ball  and  received  the  Class  vote  for  most  original 
and  for  brightest  man.  His  societies  were  Chi  Delta  Theta 
and  Zeta  Psi. 

He  married  on  August  18,  1911,  in  Farmington,  Conn., 
Doris  Eedfield  Cooper,  daughter  of  Frederic  Taber  Cooper,  of 
New  York  City.  They  have  one  daughter,  Belinda,  born 
July  28,  1912,  in  Farmington,  Conn. 

After  a  year  in  the  Graduate  School  at  Yale  he  went 
to  Columbia  University  as  assistant  in  English,  and 
returned  to  Yale  as  instructor  in  rhetoric  in  1905,  in 
which  position  he  remained  for  four  years,  leaving  Yale 
in  1909  to  take  up  writing  as  a  profession.  While  an 
instructor  he  had  found  time  for  a  number  of  publica- 
tions as  the  President's  Report  for  1909  lists  a  novel, 
''The  Right  Way,"  and  eighteen  short  stories,  songs 
and  critical  articles  published  in  the  Forum,  Harper's 
Monthly  Magazine  and  Scrihner's.  In  1909  his  song, 
''Mother  of  Men,"  won  the  prize  offered  for  a  Yale 
song.  His  work  has  continued  along  a  diversity  of 
lines  and  includes  a  second  novel  entitled,  "The  Pro- 
fessor's Mystery,"  written  in  conjunction  mth  Wells 
Hastings,  Yale  1902;  "From  the  Hillside";  and  the 
libretto,  "Mona,"  which,  set  to  music  by  Professor 
Horatio  Parker,  won  the  $10,000  prize  offered  by  the 
Metropolitan  Opera  Company  for  the  best  grand  opera 
written  in  English  and  composed  by  an  American. 
There  were  five  performances  of  the  opera  "Mona"  at 
the  Metropolitan  Opera  House  with  the  following  cast : 
Mona,  Louise  Homer;  Enya,  Rita  Fornia;  Arth,  Her- 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  357 

bert  Witherspoon ;  Gloom,  William  Hinshaw;  Nial, 
Albert  Reiss ;  Caradoc,  Lambert  Murphy ;  The  Roman 
Governor  of  Britain,  Putnam  Griswold;  Quintus, 
Riccardo  Martin;  An  Old  Man,  Basil  Ruysdael. 

He  received  the  degree  of  M.A.  in  course  at  Yale  in 
1904,  and  in  1912  an  honorary  degree  of  the  same  grade 
was  conferred.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Institute  of 
Arts  and  Letters,  the  Yale  and  Players  clubs  of  New 
York  City,  Graduates  and  Elizabethan  clubs  of  New 
Haven  and  the  Farmington  Country  Club. 

The  Bard's  letters  are  always  a  delight  (when  they 
come!)  and  without  any  attempt  at  congruity  three 
appear.  They  bear  upon  the  subject  of  follow-up 
letters  and  give  a  rather  well-defined  viewpoint  worth 
considering. 

''Heaven  knows,  and  I  appreciate,  that  in  getting 
out  the  Sexennial  you  have  a  weary  and  a  thankless 
job  which  demands  unselfish  patriotism  to  put 
through ;  and  I'm  sorry  to  be  one  of  those  who,  however 
unwittingly,  have  by  delayed  information  made  your 
lot  the  harder.  All  the  same  (this  in  your  ear)  never 
write  an  acidulous  circular  letter ;  for  we,  your  friends, 
love  not  to  be  reproved  in  bulk,  though  we  deserve  it ; 
and  to  mere  acquaintances  it  is  an  impertinence.  For 
example,  I  am  one  of  a  few  who  have  totally  ignored 
the  Class  Fund  for  no  other  reason  than  the  improper 
tone  of  certain  of  the  circulars  thereof.  Really,  it 
defeats  its  own  purpose. 

''Now,  and  for  publication — I've  done  nothing 
worth  printing  except  what  has  been  printed.  I  spent 
1903-04  in  the  bosom  of  Alma  Mater,  disporting  myself 
with  the  Class  of  1903  and  collecting  a  B.A.,  delayed 
by  a  rampageous  appendix,  and  an  M.A.  to  hold  it 
down.    Then  for  two  years  I  was  assistant  in  English 


358  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

at  Columbia.  Then  I  returned  to  Yale  as  instructor 
in  rhetoric,  where  I  read  the  dead-sea-apples  of  Sopho- 
moria  for  four  years.  During  this  time  I  made  sundry 
unprovoked  assaults  upon  the  magazines,  and  perpe- 
trated a  bum  novel  (I  suspect,  because  I  tried  too  hard 
to  make  it  a  good  one).  His  et  aliis  quibusque  rebus 
peractis,  I  laid  aside  the  blue  pencil,  cut  loose  the  edu- 
cational umbilicus,  and  have  just  set  out  to  earn  my 
bread  by  the  sweat  of  my  Moore's  Non-Leakable ;  in 
which  desperate  endeavor  I  implore  the  prayers  of  the 
faithful.  Si  monumentum  requiris,  circumspice ;  stu- 
diose  tamen,  et  acriter  intentis  oculis;  opera  nam  mea 
adhuc  paucissima  et  longo  intervallo,  prcesertim  in 
Foro  et  Mensali  Harperis  Magazina  qucerenda.  To 
return  to  the  Vernacular,  I  have  displayed  before  an 
unexcited  public  sundry  stories,  critical  articles  and 
poems.    And  I  mean  to  keep  at  it  as  best  I  may. 

*  *  Good  luck  to  you,  and  more  material  from  the  rest 
of  the  bunch  than  my  peaceful  and  unhistoric  exist- 
ence is  able  to  furnish. ' ' 

**  First  allow  me  to  remark,  on  the  evidence  of  your 
system  of  reminders,  that  you  are  a  commercial  and 
promotive  genius  (the  cold  cream  is  much  appre- 
ciated) ;  secondly,  that  I  am  as  usual  a  pachycephalous 
procrastitute.  The  reason  for  which  last  is  that,  with 
regard  to  the  songs,  I  lost  the  'Old  Gray  Bonnet'  one 
in  the  confusion  of  moving,  and  have  but  lately 
unearthed  it;  and  with  regard  to  my  cheque,  I  am 
busted  and  respectfully  crave  your  indulgence  yet  a 
while  longer.  Howbeit,  I  enclose  the  songs  herewith, 
hoping  to  Gosh  (and  to  whatever  other  deities  preside 
over  our  Decennial  destinies)  that  they  may  yet  be  in 
time.  Better  show  the  ''High  Society"  one  to  Porter 
and  get  his  0.  K.  on  the  way  it  goes  to  the  music.    If  I 


The  Principal  Prodiceus  of  "Mona"  at  the   Metropolitan 
Opera  House,  New  York  City 

Standing  (left  to  right):  Prof.  Horatio  W.  Parker,  composer;  Gatti-Casazza. 
general  manager  of  the  Metropolitan  Opera  Company:  Brian  Hooker, 
'02,  librettist.  Seated  (left  to  right):  Alfred  Hertz,  conductor;  Louise 
Homer,  Mona 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  359 

have  time,  and  it  seems  worth  while,  I  '11  try  and  string 
words  to  the  whole  march;  but  the  trio  which  I  send 
you  is  all  we  arranged  for,  and  probably  all  we  can  get 
the  oinobathetic  bunch  to  memorize. 

**Let  me  know  if  there  is  anything  else  I  can  do — 
that  is,  anything  which  you  think  there  is  the  remotest 
prospect  of  my  actually  doing. ' ' 

''This  time  I  am  weighed  in  the  balance  and  found 
wanting.  The  Farmington  library  is  too  blue-legged 
an  institution  to  be  very  long  on  Mohammedan  litera- 
ture. I  went  and  looked  and  found  nothing  and  then 
fell  back  on  my  forgetting  specialty.  The  Antony  and 
Cleopatra  quotation, 

'  I  have  yet 
Room  for  six  scotches  more,' 

is  in  Act  IV,  Scene  7.  You  must  have  found  it  already 
unless  you  looked  for  it  in  Julius  Ccesar.  As  for  the 
call  to  prayer,  I  shall  try  to  get  that  from  some  Oriental 
traveler  in  New  Haven ;  for  I  must  be  there  a  day  or 
two  before  the  beginning  of  things,  and  shall  go  thence 
to  Bridgeport  to  meet  the  faithful.  I  have  some 
thoughts  of  an  Arab  chant  along  the  lines  of  *  Yes,  there 
is  Rest'  and  'The  Cross-Eyed  Chief  of  the  Muskogee,' 
a  thing  of  infinite  elasticity,  in  wailing  minors  with  a 
tom-tom  accompaniment;  which,  if  it  materializes,  I'll 
communicate  to  you  at  the  last  stage  on  the  road  to 
Mecca.  Wherefore,  may  Allah  have  thee  in  his  keep- 
ing, and  the  potent  spirits  Djinnfizz  and  Rhumsaour 
(whom  I  discover  to  be  our  patrons)  uphold  thy  hands 
upon  the  way. ' ' 


360  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

Henry  Stewart  Hooker 

Partner  in  the  law  firm  of  Marvin,  Hooker  &  Roosevelt,  52 
Wall  Street,  New  York  City 

Residence,  Tuxedo  Park,  N.  Y. 

Born  September  21,  1881,  in  San  Francisco,  Calif.,  the  son 
of  Capt.  Richard  Campbell  Hooker,  of  the  United  States 
Navy,  and  Elizabeth  (Stewart)  Hooker.  He  is  of  English 
ancestry.  His  grandfather,  William  Morris  Stewart,  was 
graduated  at  Yale  in  the  Class  of  1852. 

Prepared  at  Groton  School,  where  he  was  a  member  of  the 
football  team  and  crew  and  president  of  the  debating  society. 
In  college  he  played  guard  on  the  Freshman  Football  Team, 
was  captain  of  the  Freshman  Crew,  stroke  on  the  Varsity 
Four,  played  on  college  scrub  team,  rowed  on  the  Varsity 
Crew,  coached  Freshman  Crew  in  Senior  year,  served  on 
Sophomore  German  and  Prom  committees,  marshal  of  Class 
at  Bicentennial  celebration;  was  a  member  of  the  Dunham 
Boat  Club,  Wigwam  Debating  Club  and  on  the  board  of 
governors  of  the  University  Club  in  Senior  year.  He  received 
a  second  colloquy  Junior  and  colloquy  Senior  appointment. 
His  societies  were  Kappa  Psi,  Psi  Upsilon  and  Scroll  and  Key. 

He  is  unmarried. 

He  entered  the  New  York  Law  School  after  gradua- 
tion from  Yale  and  at  the  same  time  worked  in  the 
law  office  of  De  Lancey  Nicoll.  He  was  admitted  to 
the  bar  in  1904,  but  continued  in  the  office  of  Mr.  Nicoll 
until  1908,  when  he  became  a  partner  in  the  firm  of 
Crocker  &  Wickes.  In  1911  the  present  firm  of  Marvin, 
Hooker  &  Roosevelt  was  formed.  He  is  a  director  of 
the  Wright  Company  (aeroplanes)  and  of  Bench  and 
Bar,  a  law  magazine. 

He  received  the  degree  of  LL.B.  from  the  New  York 
Law  School  in  1904.  He  is  an  Independent  Republican 
and  is  treasurer  of  the  assembly  district  of  judicial 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  361 

nomination  movement.  He  is  an  Episcopalian.  He  is 
a  member  of  the  Union,  Racquet  and  Tennis,  Tuxedo 
and  Yale  clubs,  the  New  York  Bar  Association  and  is 
an  ex-member  of  Squadron  A. 

Harry  writes:  "Took  a  trip  abroad  as  a  vacation 
two  years  ago,  going  on  the  southern  trip  up  the  Med- 
iterranean. Landed  at  Naples  and  motored  to  Paris 
via  Rome,  Italian  mountain  towns,  Genoa  and  Monte 
Carlo  and  returned  via  London  on  Mauretania.  Have 
been  to  Arizona  and  British  Columbia  on  various  occa- 
sions on  business  trips.  Have  spent  most  of  the  last 
ten  years  in  studying  and  practicing  the  profession  of 
the  law  and  am  still  engaged  in  this  pursuit  with  my 
associates." 

Philip  Mead  Howe 

Principal  of  the  Rockville  High  School  and  Superintendent 
of  the  Evening  Schools,  Rockville,  Conn. 

Residence,  93  Union  Street,  Rockville,  Conn. 

Born  December  12,  1880,  in  South  Windsor,  Conn.,  the  son 
of  William  A.  Howe,  a  farmer,  and  Jennie  E.  (Kellogg) 
Howe.  He  is  of  English  descent.  A  brother,  Robert  K, 
Howe  (died  in  1892),  was  a  member  of  the  Class  of  1893. 

Prepared  at  Phillips  Academy,  Exeter,  where  he  was  inter- 
ested in  debating.  In  college  he  received  a  philosophical 
oration  Junior  appointment,  oration  Senior  appointment,  two 
year  honors  in  history,  and  an  election  to  Phi  Beta  Kappa. 

He  married  on  June  16,  1903,  in  Frankfort,  Ky.,  Alice 
Butler  Taylor,  daughter  of  Robert  B.  Taylor,  who  died  in 
1888.  They  have  one  son,  William  Taylor,  born  March  19, 
1907,  in  Rockville,  Conn, 

He  taught  one  year  in  a  private  school  in  Richmond, 
Ky.,  in  the  home  of  Samuel  Bennett,  Yale  1882,  and 
then  returned  to  Connecticut,  instructing  in  history, 


362  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

later  acting  as  assistant  principal  and  in  1912  becom- 
ing principal  of  the  Rockville  High  School. 

He  received  the  degree  of  M.A.  at  Yale  in  1908.  He 
is  a  Republican  and  has  served  as  a  delegate  to  county 
political  nominating  conventions,  etc.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Union  Congregational  Church  of  RocWille, 
and  a  member  of  its  standing  committee,  and  of  the 
Rockville  Business  Men's  Association.  He  has  deliv- 
ered a  few  lectures  locally  on  historical  subjects. 

Philip  writes:  "Haven't  missed  a  Class  reunion  at 
New  Haven  yet,  and  hope  I  \vill  not  for  some  time  to 
come ;  perhaps  by  the  twenty-fifth  a  junior  member  of 
the  family  may  be  present  as  an  undergraduate." 

A  record  to  be  proud  of ! 

''After  graduation,  I  went  south  to  Richmond,  Ky., 
for  a  year,  where  I  met  my  better  half.  For  nine  years 
I  have  been  teaching  in  the  High  School  here  [Rock- 
ville, Conn.],  instructing  in  history,  and  helping  run 
the  school;  occasionally  sending  some  youngster  to 
old  Yale.  We  have  a  boy  of  five  who  is  headed  in  the 
same  direction,  if  all  goes  well.  We  have  a  pleasant 
little  home  in  a  town  of  about  10,000  people,  not  far 
'removed  from  civilization.'  Financially  I  am  not  out 
for  the  money  in  life,  or  I  would  not  be  teaching  school. 
Have  always  managed  to  be  self-supporting  from  the 
time  I  left  college,  however.  Perhaps  to  many,  these 
ten  years  might  not  be  deemed  'successful,'  but  I  do 
not  feel  so ;  and  I  hope  the  community  in  which  I  exer- 
cise my  humble  influence  does  not  either.  One  of  my 
regrets  has  been  that  I  have  been  so  busy  I  do  not  see 
more  of  old  college  friends.  Can  only  hope  for  reform 
along  this  line.  Have  been  blessed  with  excellent 
health  since  I  graduated,  of  course  due  to  'plain  living 
and  high  thinking,'  etc.,  etc," 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  363 

Samuel  Henry  Howe,  Jr. 

With  Castle,  Gottheil  &  Overton,  paper  mills  supplies,  200 
Fifth  Avenue,  New  York  City 

Residence,  630  West  139th  Street,  New  York  City 

Born  September  24,  1880,  in  Washington,  D.  C,  the  son  of 
Rev.  Samuel  Henry  Howe,  D.D.,  and  Katherine  Boucher 
(Buss)  Howe.  He  is  of  English  ancestry.  A  brother,  John 
Ralph  Howe,  was  graduated  at  Yale  in  1904. 

Prepared  at  the  Norwich  Free  Academy,  Norwich,  Conn., 
where  he  went  in  for  football.  In  college  he  was  a  member 
of  the  Dunham  Boat  Club,  Junior  and  Senior  Class  crews,  and 
received  first  colloquy  appointments. 

He  married  on  February  6,  1904,  in  New  York  City,  Lucy 
Lavinia  Verrill,  daughter  of  Prof.  Addison  E.  Verrill,  Yale 
1867  Hon.  They  have  one  son,  Marshall  Victor,  born  April 
9,  1905,  in  New  York  City. 

For  a  time  after  graduation  he  was  a  wholesale 
importer,  but  for  a  number  of  years  he  has  been  a  clerk 
with  Castle,  Gottheil  &  Overton,  dealers  in  paper  mill 
supplies. 


Harry  Mortimer  Hubbell 

Instructor  in  Greek  and  Latin,  Yale  University 

Residence,  31  Livingston  Street,  New  Haven,  Conn. 

Born  August  30,  1881,  in  Belone,  Kans.,  the  son  of  Morti- 
mer B.  Hubbell,  who  deals  in  dairy  products,  and  Virginia 
(Buzzard)  Hubbell.    He  is  of  English  ancestry. 

Prepared  at  the  Hillhouse  High  School,  New  Haven,  and 
devoted  himself  to  winning  scholastic  honors  in  college,  win- 
ning a  Berkeley  premium  in  Latin  composition  of  the  first 
grade  in  Freshman  year,  the  third  Robinson  Latin  prize 
Sophomore  year  and  the  first  in  Junior  year,  philosophical 


364  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

oration  stand  Junior  and  Senior  years,  and  an  election  to 
Phi  Beta  Kappa. 
He  is  unmarried. 

The  ten  years  since  graduation  have  been  devoted 
to  teaching  a  variety  of  subjects  at  public  and  private 
preparatory  schools  and  as  instructor  at  Yale  since 
1910.  The  classics  have  remained  the  chief  subject  of 
interest  and  it  is  in  that  branch  that  he  is  now  teaching. 
He  is  also  secretary  of  M.  B.  &  F.  S.  Hubbell,  Inc. 

He  received  the  degree  of  M.A.  at  Yale  in  1905.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Congregational  Church.  In  1908 
he  traveled  abroad  with  George  Davis. 

Harry  writes:  "On  graduating  I  decided  to  try 
teaching  for  a  few  years.  I  had  expected  that  school 
superintendents  would  hasten  to  secure  my  services, 
and  I  received  a  rude  shock  when  they  told  me  I  was 
'young  and  inexperienced!'  After  much  searching  I 
found  a  school  that  was  willing  to  take  my  youth  and 
inexperience  on  trial.  It  was  a  position  I  would  have 
scorned  when  I  began  my  search,  but  by  that  time  I 
was  humble  enough  to  be  thankful  for  any  kind  of  a 
position,  without  thinking  what  the  salary  was. 

**A  year  of  teaching  showed  me  that  I  liked  it  well 
enough  to  make  it  my  life  work,  and  that  it  would  be 
worth  my  while  to  get  a  better  preparation,  so  I 
returned  to  Yale  for  graduate  study.  I  had  expected 
to  stay  there  three  years  and  secure  a  degree  of  Doctor 
of  Philosophy,  but  financial  needs  led  me  to  leave  after 
one  year.  I  began  teaching  again,  this  time  in  the 
Pingry  School  at  Elizabeth,  N.  J.  Here  I  stayed  for 
three  years,  teaching  Latin  and  Greek.  Once  more  I 
changed,  this  time  to  Pennington  (N.  J.)  Seminary, 
where  I  taught  the  same  branches,  and  acted  as  dean. 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  365 

''By  this  time  I  had  almost  given  up  hope  of  return- 
ing to  Yale  for  any  further  study.  But  I  still  had  the 
ambition  to  teach  in  college,  and,  if  possible,  at  Yale. 
The  contest  between  the  attractions  of  a  pleasant  school 
life,  and  the  chances  of  a  still  pleasanter  one  in  college, 
ended  in  my  returning  to  Yale  two  years  ago.  My 
course  has  been  longer  than  I  expected,  for  after  the 
first  year  I  was  appointed  instructor  in  the  College,  a 
position  that  has  required  nearly  all  my  time. 

''James  Wright  has  suggested  that  I  add  to  my  bio- 
graphical notes  some  impressions  of  the  difference  be- 
tween the  Yale  of  today  and  Yale  ten  years  ago.  I 
shall  mention  two  points  in  which  I  see  a  change.  In 
the  first  place,  the  men  are  doing  better  work.  I  do 
not  mean  by  this  that  the  number  of  grinds  has 
increased,  but  that  the  average  man  is  taking  the  class- 
room work  more  seriously.  This  is  only  a  part  of  a 
much  wider  movement.  The  average  undergraduate 
is  not  only  more  ready  to  receive  what  the  faculty  have 
to  give,  but  he  is  less  ashamed  to  have  intellectual 
interests  outside  the  classroom.  I  write  of  this  because 
it  is  so  little  mentioned  in  print,  while  w^e  read  so  much 
about  'extra-curriculum  activities'  taking  too  much  of 
the  student 's  time.  To  my  mind  the  increase  of  '  activi- 
ties'  and  the  increase  of  intellectual  interests  are  on 
even  terms,  and  are  both  expressions  of  the  idea  that 
a  Yale  man  must  not  loaf.  It  was  an  idea  that  was 
growing  when  we  were  in  college,  but  it  is  much  more 
powerful  today. 

"The  second  point  is  a  counterpart  of  the  first.  If 
the  students  are  more  interested  in  what  the  faculty 
have  to  offer,  it  is  likewise  true  that  the  faculty  are 
more  interested  in  the  students.  We  are  coming  to 
realize  that  a  closer  relation  between  instructor  and 


366  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

student  will  benefit  both.  You  would  be  surprised,  as 
I  was  on  returning  to  New  Haven,  to  find  such  cordial- 
ity between  student  and  teacher;  to  find  the  faculty 
inviting  the  students  to  their  homes,  and  the  students 
glad  to  accept  the  invitation.  We  hope  that  the  stu- 
dents get  in  this  way  some  things  they  would  not  get 
from  the  lecture  room;  we  are  sure  that  we  get  from 
the  students  an  understanding  of  their  needs  and  a 
breadth  of  view  which  is  invaluable  to  us." 


James  Wakeman  Hubbell 

A  District  Manager  for  the  New  York  Telephone  Company, 
81  Willoughby  Street,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Residence,  5  Warren  Place,  Montclair,  N.  J. 

Born  April  8,  1881,  in  Danbury,  Conn.,  the  son  of  James 
Wakeman  Hubbell,  D.D.,  Yale  1857  (died  in  1896),  a  clergy- 
man, and  Mary  Wing  (Gregory)  Hubbell.  He  is  a  Connecti- 
cut Yankee,  though  the  family  was  originally  English. 
Besides  his  father,  his  Yale  relatives  are  uncles,  Henry  Lynes 
Hubbell,  D.D.,  1854,  and  Lewis  Gregory,  1864;  and  "various 
and  sundry  cousins." 

Prepared  at  Oberlin  Academy,  and  attended  Oberlin  Col- 
lege Freshman  year.  Regarding  his  Yale  activities  he  says: 
* '  A  careful  survey  of  my  scholastic  attainments  brings  to  light 
only  a  one  year  honor  in  English,  but  ten  years  after,  the 
honors  which  I  missed  look  smaller  and  my  broader  enjoy- 
ment of  life  looks  larger  because  of  recollections  of  So-si- 
etologee,  Wheeler 's  Waterloo  campaign,  Billy  Phelps '  Tenny- 
son and  Browning,  Elizabethan  drama,  etc."  He  received  a 
first  colloquy  appointment  Junior  year  and  a  dispute  Senior 
appointment.    He  was  a  member  of  Beta  Theta  Pi. 

He  married  on  January  17,  1907,  in  Plainfield,  N.  J., 
Frances  Whitney  Phillips,  Mount  Holyoke  1903,  daughter  of 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  367 

Edward  Phillips,  deceased,  of  Passaic,  N.  J.  They  have  two 
sons:  James  Wakeman,  Jr.,  born  November  2,  1909,  in  Brook- 
lyn, N.  Y.,  and  Edward  Phillips,  born  October  6,  1911,  in 
Montclair,  N.  J. 

He  has  been  with  New  York  Telephone  Company 
since  July,  1902,  and  is  now  manager  of  a  district 
embracing  half  of  Brooklyn. 

In  politics  he  is  *  *  part  Eepublican,  part  Democrat. ' ' 
He  enlisted  in  the  Twenty-third  Infantry,  New  York 
National  Guard,  February  19,  1903,  and  has  been  cor- 
poral, sergeant,  quartermaster,  first  sergeant  and  was 
commissioned  second  lieutenant  in  1911.  This  is  his 
chief  outside  interest  and  he  gives  a  lot  of  time  and 
study  to  it  and  gets  lots  of  fun  out  of  it.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  First  Congregational  Church  of  Montclair. 

Can  anyone  think  of  Hubbell  or  Hudson  without  a 
pleasant  smile  turning  up  the  corners  of  his  sour  old 
mouth?  There's  a  reason  and  Jim  has  it:  ''A  spicy 
autobiography  is  the  product  of  no  mean  genius — this 
and  not  high-toned,  priggish  reticence,  restrains  my 
labored  pen.  I  can  only  say  that  while  high  ambi- 
tions for  financial  success  have  not  been  realized,  I 
have  got  a  lot  of  fun  out  of  these  last  ten  years.  My 
work  is  interesting  because  of  its  demands  for  more 
brains  than  I  possess,  and  carking  care  does  not  lurk 
under  my  rooftree. " 

Brewster  Terry  Hudson 

Central  Office  Manager  for  the  New  York  Telephone  Com- 
pany, 8  Hardenbrook  Avenue,  Jamaica,  N.  Y. 

Residence,  860  Ocean  Avenue,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Born  January  12,  1880,  in  New  Suffolk,  N.  Y.,  the  son  of 
Charles  Brewster  Hudson  and  Elizabeth   (Tuthill)   Hudson. 


368  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

His  Yale  relatives  are  an  uncle,  Arthur  Hutchinson  Terry, 
1879,  and  Arthur  Hutchinson  Terry,  Jr.,  1906.  His  ancestry 
is  English. 

Prepared  at  Rochester  Free  Academy  and  at  Andover.  He 
received  second  dispu^^^e  appointments  in  college  and  was  a 
member  of  Beta  Theta  Pi. 

He  is  unmarried. 

He  was  connected  with  shoe  factories  in  the  vicinity 
of  Boston  until  September,  1903,  when  he  came  to 
New  York  to  enter  the  telephone  business.  Like  Hub- 
bell,  he  is  with  the  New  York  Telephone  Company,  but 
in  the  capacity  of  central  office  manager. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  Church. 


John  Joseph  Hughes 

Member  of  the  law  firm  of  Hughes  &  Holden, 
White  Plains,  N.  Y. 

Residence,  White  Plains,  N.  Y. 

Born  December  19,  1871,  in  Liverpool,  England,  the  son  of 
Terence  Hughes,  a  merchant,  and  Rose  (Mackrell)  Hughes 
(died  March  10,  1873).     He  is  of  Irish  ancestry. 

Prepared  at  Phillips  Academy,  Andover,  where  he  went 
in  for  minor  athletics  (street  teams)  and  debating.  At  Yale 
he  received  a  first  colloquy  Junior  and  a  dispute  Senior 
appointment. 

He  married  on  June  25,  1906,  in  White  Plains,  N.  Y,,  Mary 
T.  Kelly,  a  graduate  of  Sacred  Heart  Convent,  New  York  City, 
daughter  of  Columban  J.  Kelly,  of  New  York  City.  They 
have  one  son,  John  Joseph,  Jr.,  born  January  24,  1909,  in 
White  Plains,  N.  Y. 

After  two  years  in  the  Yale  Law  School,  he  was 
admitted  to  the  New  York  State  Bar  and  commenced 


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practice  mtli  the  firm  of  Digney  &  Horton  of  White 
Plains.  July  1,  1905,  he  formed  a  partnership  with 
Thomas  Holden,  Jr.,  which  firm  still  continues,  with 
offices  in  White  Plains  and  New  York  City. 

He  received  the  degree  of  LL.B.  from  Yale  in  1904, 
He  is  Independent  in  politics.  He  is  a  Roman  Catholic 
and  active  in  Catholic  educational  work  and  the  Young 
Men's  Catholic  Club  work.  His  clubs  are  the  Yale  of 
New  York  City,  St.  John's  Catholic  Club  of  White 
Plains  and  the  Yale  Alumni  Association  of  West- 
chester County. 

John  writes :  ' '  After  being  graduated  from  the  Yale 
Law  School  in  June,  1904,  I  tutored  at  New  Haven 
until  about  September  1,  1904.  Was  admitted  to  the 
New  York  Bar  September  10,  1904,  at  Saratoga. 
Worked  in  a  law  office  at  White  Plains  for  eight 
months,  where  the  prospects  were  so  encouraging  that 
I  became  ill  and  was  laid  up  for  about  four  months. 
July  1,  1905,  with  Thomas  Holden,  Jr.,  I  formed  the 
law  firm  of  Hughes  &  Holden,  and  this  firm  has  been 
very  successful  from  the  beginning.  I  soon  found  that 
my  forte  in  the  profession  was  the  trial  of  cases  and 
have  been  very  successful  in  this  line  of  work.  I  have 
tried  all  sorts  of  cases,  civil  and  criminal,  and  am  now 
considered  one  of  the  best  trial  lawyers  of  the  West- 
chester County  Bar.  My  firm  has  from  the  beginning 
worked  for  a  reputation  for  ability  and  integrity,  be- 
lieving that  the  income  would  follow  quickly  upon  the 
achievement  of  the  former.  While  we  are  not  rapidly 
growing  rich,  we  are  satisfied  with  the  results. 

"I  have  accumulated  some  real  estate,  have  built  a 
nice  home  in  one  of  the  best  sections  of  White  Plains 
and  am  enjoying  good  health.    I  have  tried  at  all  times 


370  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

to  help  others  and  believe  that  considerable  has  been 
done  in  this  line. 

**  Experience  has  taught  me  that  Yale  can  produce 
good  lawyers  and  in  my  case  has  done  so  (at  that,  I 
was  one  of  the  mediocre  as  an  undergraduate).  I  have 
further  learned  that  an  honest  lawyer  cannot  become 
rich  working  at  the  law  exclusively,  if  he  measures 
his  income  wholly  in  dollars  and  cents.  I  have  not  done 
so  and  have  found  that  it  is  well  worth  while  to  have 
valued  the  estimation  of  the  people  who  make  up  the 
community  where  I  have  chosen  to  come  and  settle." 


George  Huntington  Hull,  Jr. 

Member  of  the  banking  firm  of  White  &  Company,  25  Pine 
Street,  New  York  City 

Residence,  Short  Hills,  N.  J, 

Bom  June  2,  1880,  in  Louisville,  Ky.,  the  son  of  George 
Huntington  Hull,  president  of  the  American  Pig  Iron 
Storage  Warrant  Company,  and  Lucia  E.  (Houston)  Hull. 
He  is  of  Scotch- Irish  ancestry.  A  cousin,  Leverett  Lord  Hull, 
was  graduated  at  Yale  in  1889. 

Prepared  at  Lawrenceville  School,  where  he  was  captain  of 
the  golf  team,  and  in  college  was  manager  of  the  Golf  Team 
in  Senior  year,  a  member  of  the  Apollo  Banjo  Club  and  the 
University  Club.  He  received  a  Senior  colloquy  appointment. 
His  societies  were  Psi  Upsilon  and  Wolf's  Head. 

He  married  on  June  15,  1910,  Marguerite  Pierson,  daughter 
of  Gen.  J.  Frederick  Pierson. 

A  few  months  with  the  Southern  Railway  at  Prince- 
ton, Ind.,  an  illness  followed  by  an  operation,  the  super- 
intendency  of  an  electrical  supply  business  in  New 
York;  traveling  agent,  assistant  secretary  and  assist- 
ant  treasurer    of   the    American    Pig    Iron    Storage 


AUTOBIOGEAPHIES  371 

Warrant  Company.  These  are  the  various  steps 
by  which  he  reached  Wall  Street  and  the  banking 
house  of  Bertron,  Storrs  &  Griscom  in  1907  and  in  1908 
organized  the  banking  firm  of  White  &  Company.  He 
is  a  director  of  the  American  Pig  Iron  Storage  War- 
rant Company,  in  which  he  still  holds  the  offices  men- 
tioned above ;  director,  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the 
Southwestern  States  Corporation,  Ramapo  Securities 
Corporation  and  of  the  Dansville  &  Mt.  Morris  Rail- 
road Company. 

He  is  a  ''Free  lance"  in  politics.  In  1906  he  pub- 
lished an  article  in  Freight,  the  Shipper's  Forum,  on 
railroad  bill  of  lading  problems.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Episcopal  Church. 

George,  or  Hooligan,  has  given  us  a  real  letter:  '*I 
fear  I  am  somewhat  tardy  in  seizing  this  opportunity 
to  immortalize  myself  at  the  expense  of  1902  Decennial 
Class  book,  but  if  not  too  late  or  otherwise  unfit  for 
publication,  you  may  print  the  thing  and  I  shall  do 
my  best  to  live  it  down. 

"After  graduating  by  the  skin  of  my  teeth,  the  grace 
of  Providence  and  the  courtesy  of  the  faculty,  and 
having  satisfied  the  demands  of  the  sheriff  through  the 
forced  sale  of  many  neglected  text-books  and  other 
ornaments,  I  went  back  to  the  old  farm  at  Tuxedo  and 
spent  about  three  months  in  drawing  up  plans  and 
resolutions  looking  toward  the  domination  of  the  rail- 
road map  of  this  country.  Having  doped  it  all  out  on 
paper,  I  took  up  a  position  as  assistant  office  boy  to 
the  chief  clerk  of  the  superintendent  of  the  St.  Louis 
division  of  the  Southern  Railway  at  Princeton,  Ind., 
thus  realizing  the  ambition  of  the  family  to  have  me 
start  at  the  bottom  of  the  ladder.  At  this  job  I  earned, 
or  rather  I  received,  the  monthly  income  of  $35.00. 


372  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

"Naturally  I  had  to  find  some  outlet  for  all  this 
money,  so  I  soon  contracted  the  habit  of  spending  week- 
ends in  Louisville,  Ky.,  a  neighboring  village  where  I 
was  once  born,  a  long  time  ago,  when  very  young. 
Louisville  is  a  fine  place  to  be  born ;  some  of  the  most 
beautiful  women  in  the  world  are  born  there,  in  addi- 
tion to  the  handsome  men,  and  consequently  it  is  a 
fine  place  to  get  married  (if  you  don't  believe  it,  ask 
George  Babcock). 

"Well,  to  get  back  on  the  job  again.  I  soon  suc- 
ceeded in  elevating  myself  to  a  position  of  uselessness 
in  the  railroad  w^orld  by  succumbing  to  an  attack  of 
nostalgia,  with  complications  which  culminated  in  an 
operation  involving  the  voluntary  amputation  of  my 
associations  with  the  railroad  business. 

"After  a  brief  sojourn  in  Louisville,  whence  I 
escaped  without  inflicting  matrimony  upon  any  of  the 
unwilling  inhabitants,  I  landed  in  New  York  on  a  dark 
night  in  December,  1902,  and  started  life  over  again  as 
superintendent  (so  called)  of  a  young  company  en- 
gaged in  the  electrical  supply  business.  Maybe  I  was 
a  Jonah  and  maybe  not,  but  certain  it  is  that  I  didn't 
hold  the  job  down  more  than  a  year  because  there 
wasn  't  anything  left  to  superintend  except  a  receiver- 
ship. Our  competitors  and  others  had  the  money  and 
we  had  the  experience. 

"Chapter  three  finds  me  in  the  American  Pig  Iron 
Storage  Warrant  Company  of  New  York,  as  traveling 
agent  and  subsequently  assistant  secretary  and  assist- 
ant treasurer,  in  which  capacities  I  consumed  much 
valuable  time  and  money  in  educating  the  iron  trade 
of  this  country  as  to  how  to  conduct  their  business,  and 
it  is  needless  to  say  that  some  of  them  are  not  educated 
yet.     In  my  travels  I  visited  many  cities,  towns  and 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  373 

jumping-off  places,  and  though  wined  and  dined  else- 
where, I  particularly  wish  to  dedicate  the  blue  ribbon 
for  Yale  spirit  and  hospitality  to  the  1902  and  other 
alumni  of  Cleveland,  Ohio !  Don 't  go  there  unless  you 
are  prepared  to  let  pleasure  interfere  with  business 
from  noon  until  midnight  and  if  you  arrive  on  the 
water  wagon,  better  hitch  it  outside  before  entering. 

*' Having  nursed  the  above  mentioned  job  for  some 
two  years  without  bringing  the  company  to  grief,  I 
came  to  the  conclusion  that  my  luck  had  changed  and 
decided  to  offer  my  services  to  Wall  Street,  where 
there  existed  a  temporary  shortage  of  promising  young 
financiers,  owing  to  the  promiscuous  incarcerations 
which  were  taking  place  about  that  time.  The  invest- 
ment banking  house  of  Bertron,  Storrs  &  Griscom 
showed  their  Yale  pluck  by  taking  a  chance  on  my 
ability  as  a  bond  salesman.  Feeling  that  my  first  duty 
to  my  employer  was  to  clarify  the  financial  atmosphere 
(which  at  that  time — the  spring  of  1907 — was  very 
dubious)  and  not  wishing  to  monopolize  all  the  glory, 
I  invited  President  Roosevelt  to  join  me  in  a  cam- 
paign to  stem  the  oncoming  tide  of  financial  disaster. 
He  promptly  signified  his  desire  to  co-operate  but 
before  we  had  formulated  our  plans,  the  crash  came 
and  when  the  smoke  cleared  away  not  a  solitary 
investor,  so  far  as  I  could  ascertain,  had  survived. 
Some  nine  months  elapsed,  in  which  time  I  had  suc- 
ceeded in  consummating  enough  business  to  pay  my 
salary  for  at  least  twenty-four  hours,  and  thus  realiz- 
ing the  ease  with  which  I  might  amass  a  fortune  by 
eliminating  the  middleman,  I  proceeded  to  organize 
a  banking  firm  along  similar  lines,  and  thus  was  born, 
on  April  fool's  day,  1908,  the  firm  of  White  &  Com- 
pany, 25  Pine  Street,  Manhattan,  where  the  best  pre- 


374  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

digested  securities  are  always  on  sale  at  popular 
prices, 

''From  that  time  on  the  going  has  been  superb. 
Nor  has  the  sordid  side  of  existence  continuously 
monopolized  the  arena  to  the  exclusion  of  aesthetic  and 
idealistic  diversions,  for  under  the  cherished  date  of 
June  15,  A.  D.  1910,  the  authentic  history  of  New  York 
City  records  the  celebration  of  a  great  event  at  which 
there  was  much  cause  for  congratulations  and  much 
precipitation  of  cereals  to  the  accompaniment  of  soft 
music,  proclaiming  the  fact  that  Mr.  Lohengrin  had 
not  lived  in  vain. 

''Shortly  afterwards  my  wife  and  I  were  buried 
beside  the  old  Lackawanna  Railroad  at  Short  Hills, 
N.  J.,  where  (I  am  requested  to  say)  flowers,  fresh 
vegetables  and  other  tokens  of  sympathy  will  be  grate- 
fully received,  if  delivered  prepaid." 

Howard  Donald  Humiston 

Partner  in  the  law  firm  of  Humiston,  Olcott  &  Hincks,  165 
Broadway,  New  York  City 

Residence,  222  Riverside  Drive,  New  York  City 

Born  April  12,  1878,  in  Chicago,  111.,  the  son  of  Ransom 
Franklin  Humiston,  B.A.  and  M.A.  "Western  Reserve  Univer- 
sity (died  April  4,  1889),  a  professor  of  chemistry,  and  Har- 
riet A.  (Shumaker)  Humiston.  He  is  the  child  of  his  father's 
second  marriage.  Of  English  ancestry.  A  cousin,  Wallace 
Worth  Hite,  was  graduated  at  Yale  in  1878. 

Prepared  at  the  Minneapolis  High  School.  At  Yale  he  was 
a  member  of  the  Choir,  Freshman  and  Apollo  Glee  clubs  and 
received  a  second  colloquy  appointment  in  Senior  year. 

He  married  on  June  8,  1911,  in  Lima,  Peru,  Mrs.  Grace 
Winterton  Quackenbos,  daughter  of  A.  J.  Winterton  of  New 
York  City. 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  375 

After  graduation  he  attended  the  Yale  Law  School, 
where  he  was  a  member  of  Corbey  Court,  and  began 
his  first  business  life  in  1904  in  Pittsburgh.  He  was 
admitted  to  the  New  York  Bar  in  1906  and  became 
managing  clerk  for  Brooks  &  Eckley,  but  later  in  the 
same  year  formed  a  partnership  with  Robert  B. 
Hincks,  Columbia  1902,  and  in  1907  the  firm  was 
enlarged,  admitting  Herman  P.  Olcott,  Yale  1901. 

He  received  the  degree  of  LL.B.  at  Yale  in  1904. 

Hum  writes :  "  In  1906  I  formed  a  partnership  with 
one  Robert  B.  Hincks,  Columbia  1902.  In  1907  there 
accrued  to  us  one  H.  P.  Olcott,  Yale  1901.  For  adver- 
tising purposes: — We  are  probably  the  finest  young 
firm  in  the  city  of  New  York.  I  went  to  Europe  in 
1908  and  to  South  America  in  1911  on  very  large  and 
very  complicated  legal  business.  Just  between  our- 
selves, the  eating  habit  has  not  yet  been  entirely  robbed 
of  all  its  discouraging  and  remorseless  features." 

Joseph  Read  Hunter 

Manager  of  Frozen  Dog  Ranch,  Emmett,  Idaho 

Born  March  6,  1879,  in  Frankfort,  III,  the  son  of  David 
"Watt  Hunter,  a  grain  merchant,  and  Mary  Hunter  (Philip) 
Hunter.    He  is  of  Scotch  and  Scotch-Irish  ancestry. 

Prepared  at  Oak  Park  High  School,  Illinois,  played  foot- 
ball, baseball  and  went  in  for  track  athletics.  In  college  he 
won  his  Y  on  the  Track  Team,  was  a  competitor  in  the  Yale- 
Harvard  Intercollegiate  Games  and  was  a  member  of  the 
Cross  Country  Club.  He  received  a  dissertation  Junior  and 
a  dispute  Senior  appointment.  He  was  a  member  of  Delta 
Kappa  Epsilon. 

He  married  on  September  21,  1909,  in  Neah-ta-wanta,  Mich., 
Bernice  Rood,  a  graduate  of  Dana  Hall,  daughter  of  George 


376  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

L.  Rood,  retired,  of  Terre  Haute,   Ind.     They  have  a  son, 
Joseph  Read,  Jr.,  born  November  4,  1912,  in  Emmett,  Idaho. 

He  was  secretary  of  the  Hunter  Publishing  Com- 
pany and  publisher  of  the  Star  Monthly,  until  1907, 
when  the  latter  was  discontinued  and  he  moved  to 
Kansas  City.  There  and  in  Chicago  he  was  an  advertis- 
ing solicitor  and  writer  until  1909.  Since  this  date  he 
has  been  manager  of  the  Frozen  Dog  Ranch  in  Emmett, 
Idaho. 

He  is  a  Presbyterian. 

Joe  issues  an  open-handed  invitation  to  the  Class  to 
follow  him  westward:  "Despite  the  printer's  record, 
there  is  nothing  doubtful  about  the  howl  of  the  Frozen 
Dog.  Out  in  the  wilds  of  Idaho,  while  he  lists  to  the 
mournful  wail  of  the  gyasticutus,  searching  for  her 
wandering  son,  he  looks  at  the  moon,  and  yearns  not 
for  the  moon,  but  for  the  fellowship  of  1902. 

**  Frankly,  Jim,  your  campaign  would  have  waked 
the  shade  of  Rameses  II  to  an  appreciation  of  his 
cigarette,  and  my  long  silence  has  been  due  to  a  com- 
mingling of  awe-struck  appreciation  of  your  efforts, 
and  the  hope  that  when  I  spoke  I  could  be  one  of  the 
*  Coming. '  But  I  can 't,  Jim,  and  it  grieves  me  sore ;  but 
while  my  body  is  grubbing  in  alfalfa  and  fruit  trees, 
my  true  self  will  be  enjoying  the  spiritual  delights  of 
1902  in  New  Haven. 

'*My  loyalty  to  1902  bids  me,  in  addition  to  this 
ghostly  long  distance  absent  enjoyment,  to  at  least 
lessen  your  arduous  duties  of  herding  the  strayed  and 
lost  by  giving  my  'life'  to  the  Class  book.  Its  merit 
is  brevity.  Unlike  the  'RolUng  Stone'  of  'Toothless 
Saws,'  in  my  wanderings  I  have  gathered  moss,  but 
not  polish.    Here's  it: 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  377 

''Adrift  from  Yale,  I  spent  one  month  in  the  West, 
then  I  moored  as  editor  of  the  Star  Monthly,  which 
Fate  and  the  voracious  maw  of  the  post-office  depart- 
ment swallowed  in  1907.  Then  from  my  home  in  Oak 
Park,  111.,  I  journeyed  to  Kansas  City,  where  the  wide, 
enquiring  eyes  of  the  editor  for  three  weeks  narrowed 
to  the  cunning  of  the  advertising  solicitor,  before  my 
employer,  the  Kansas  City  Journal,  took  cognizance  of 
my  shortcomings  as  a  hustler.  I  endeavored,  as  adver- 
tising manager  of  the  J.  W.  Jenkins  Sons  Music  Com- 
pany, to  tell  the  public  the  whole  truth  about  the  Jen- 
kins plan  of  selling  pianos  on  the  standard,  'One 
Price  and  No  Commissions.'  For  seven  months  I  did 
this,  and  then  worked  for  myself  as  an  advertising 
writer  in  Chicago.  Incidentally,  I  worked  with  several 
advertising  agencies. 

"From  Chicago,  in  1909,  I  heard  the  'Call  of  the 
West, '  and  came  to  Emmett  in  the  Payette  valley.  Here 
I  am  now,  raising  alfalfa  and  fruit  trees  on  the  Frozen 
Dog  Ranch.  Here,  Jim,  Mrs.  Hunter,  my  best  venture, 
and  myself  will  welcome  you  and  all  of  1902,  with  good 
fruit,  electric  cooking  and  good  cheer." 


Alvan  Waldo  Hyde 

Junior  partner  in  law  firm  of  Gross,  Hyde  &  Shipman,  750 
Main  Street,  Hartford,  Conn. 

Residence,  37  Charter  Oak  Place,  Hartford,  Conn. 

Bom  August  21,  1880,  in  Hartford,  Conn.,  the  son  of 
William  Waldo  Hyde,  Yale  1876,  a  lawyer  of  the  firm  of 
Gross,  Hyde  &  Shipman,  and  Helen  Eliza  (Watson)  Hyde. 
Besides  his  father,  his  grandfather,  Alvan  Pinney  Hyde,  1845 ; 


378  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

an  uncle,  Frank  Eldridge  Hyde,  1879,  and  a  cousin,  Loren 
Pinckney  Waldo  Marvin,  1892,  have  graduated  from  Yale. 

Prepared  at  the  Hartford  Public  High  School,  and  at  Yale 
was  a  member  of  the  Cross  Country  and  University  clubs  and 
Delta  Kappa  Epsilon. 

He  married  on  December  6,  1905,  in  Hartford,  Conn.,  Helen 
Elizabeth  Howard,  a  graduate  of  Miss  Porter's  School  at 
Farraington,  Conn.,  daughter  of  Frank  Leonard  Howard,  a 
manufacturer,  of  Hartford.  She  died  November  9,  1906. 
They  had  two  daughters,  Helen  Waldo  and  Elizabeth  Howard, 
both  born  October  22,  1906,  in  Hartford. 

He  married  a  second  time  in  Albuquerque,  N.  Mex.,  on 
April  4,  1911,  Teresa  MacGillivray,  daughter  of  Archibald 
Duncan  MacGillivray,  of  Alexandria,  Ontario,  Canada.  They 
have  one  daughter,  Jeanette  MacGillivray,  born  June  13,  1912, 
in  Hartford. 

He  received  the  degree  of  LL.B.  from  Harvard  in 
1905,  and  during  his  course  at  this  university  became 
a  member  of  the  Choate  Club  (Phi  Delta  Phi).  Since 
his  admission  to  the  bar  he  has  been  connected  with  the 
firm  of  Gross,  Hyde  &  Shipman  of  Hartford,  of  which 
his  father  has  long  been  a  member.  In  1910  he  became 
junior  partner  in  this  firm. 

In  politics  he  is  a  Democrat,  and  since  April,  1908, 
has  been  police  commissioner  of  Hartford,  his  term  of 
office  expiring  in  1914.  He  attends  the  Congregational 
Church. 

One  of  the  most  entertaining  sights  of  Sexennial 
was  Bud,  freshly  in  office,  doing  his  level  best  to  get 
arrested  and  when  the  officer  finally  stepped  up  to  put 
him  in  custody,  flashing  his  badge,  to  the  joy  of  all 
beholders  except  the  cop. 


AUTOBIOGKAPHIES  379 

Frederick  Francis  Whitney  Jackson 

Owner  of  "Edgehill  Orchards,"  North  Yakima,  Wash.,  and 

General  Agent  for  The   Columbia  Life  &  Trust 

Company  of  Portland,  Ore. 

Residence,  North  Yakima,  "Wash. 

Born  September  15,  1879,  in  New  Haven,  Conn.,  the  son  of 
Frederick  A.  Jackson  (died  March  29,  1909),  a  hardware 
manufacturer,  and  Violet  E.  (Loomis)  Jackson  (died  Sep- 
tember 17,  1896).  His  ancestry  combines  English,  French, 
Dutch  and  Irish. 

Prepared  at  Hopkins  Grammar  School,  New  Haven,  where 
he  was  a  leader  of  the  glee  club,  a  member  of  the  football 
team,  secretary  of  the  debating  society  and  vice-president  of 
the  Senior  class.  In  college  he  was  a  member  of  the  Fresh- 
man Glee  Club,  the  Varsity  Glee  Club  (Junior  year),  Apollo 
Glee  Club  (Freshmen  and  Sophomore  years)  and  the  Choir. 
He  received  a  first  dispute  appointment  Junior  and  Senior 
years. 

He  married  on  May  10,  1905,  Elizabeth  Louise  Marshall, 
an  ex-member  of  the  Class  of  1906,  University  of  Nebraska, 
daughter  of  Edward  Herbert  Marshall,  secretary  of  the  Union 
Fire  Insurance  Company  of  Lincoln,  Neb.  They  have  one 
daughter,  Dorothy  Elizabeth,  born  August  18,  1911,  in  North 
Yakima,  Wash. 

He  has  spent  considerable  time  in  travel  in  the  West 
and  makes  one  characteristic  remark  about  it:  **At 
Salt  Lake  City  I  missed  Hugh  Satterlee  by  a  few  days, 
but  at  San  Francisco  I  struck  Bill  Godfrey  and  we  hit 
a  few  bumps  for  a  while.  On  the  Glee  Club  trip  in 
Junior  year  I  had  formed  the  impression  that  the  San 
Francisco  atmosphere  was  very  bracing  and  the  time 
I  spent  there  with  Bill  didn't  suggest  any  need  for 
changing  my  mind." 


380  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

Until  October,  1908,  however,  Ms  business  interests 
were  in  New  Haven,  with  the  Bradstreet  Company,  as 
assistant  to  the  chief  clerk,  acting  chief  clerk  and  chief 
clerk  in  1903.  In  the  summer  of  1904  he  accepted  a 
position  with  a  lumber  broker  and  in  February,  1905, 
formed  the  Connecticut  Box  Company,  dealing  in  box 
shook  and  lumber.  The  inactivity  of  the  year  1907  in 
business  fields  sent  him  West  again,  this  time  to  locate 
in  Washington,  where  he  is  raising  apples.  In  1911 
he  was  elected  secretary,  treasurer  and  trustee  of 
Hebard  Lateral,  Inc.  (an  irrigation  system),  and  since 
early  in  1912  has  been  acting  as  general  agent  for  the 
Columbia  Life  &  Trust  Company  of  Portland,  Ore. 

He  is  an  Episcopalian  and  a  member  of  the  Univer- 
sity and  Commercial  clubs  of  North  Yakima,  Wash. 

Jack  gives  us  a  fine  long  letter :  ^ '  What !  Ten  years 
gone?  So  soon?  Gee  whiz!!!  Well,  here's  how  mine 
have  gone. 

''The  summer  of  1902  I  spent  in  the  middle  West, 
traveling  around,  and  in  the  fall  I  got  back  to  New 
Haven  in  time  to  see  some  football.  Being  at  a  loss 
to  know  just  what  my  'natural  bent'  might  be,  I  took 
a  position  in  the  New  Haven  office  of  the  Bradstreet 
Company,  where  I  could  get  a  look-in  at  all  sorts  of 
business  conducted  in  all  sorts  of  ways.  As  chief  clerk 
there,  during  1903,  I  became  somewhat  pessimistic.  I 
was  young,  callow,  inexperienced.  It  was  a  shock  and 
a  jar  to  find  so  many  bulwarks  of  society,  captains  of 
industry,  call  them  what  you  will,  all  with  their  hands 
in  the  pockets  of  the  'pee-pul,'  helping  themselves  to 
the  cunning,  elusive,  slippery  plunk,  with  a  cheerful 
smile  and  an  uncharitableness  as  huge  as  the  old  world 
itself. 

"Thinking  that   the   newer  Western   world   might 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  381 

offer  some  more  hopeful  outlook,  might  take  a  some- 
what less  rascally  view  of  the  demands  of  modern  busi- 
ness, I  left  New  Haven  in  January,  1904,  for  Los 
Angeles,  to  continue  the  Bradstreet  work.  Ye  Gods! 
Civilization  has  indeed  gone  to  the  savage !  If  you  can 
show  me  wherein  your  effete  East  has  anything  'on' 
the  old  frontier  in  the  way  of  business  chicanery,  I'll 
be  surprised.  In  the  West  it's  done  more  openly,  more 
brazenly,  perhaps;  but  with  this  improvement — that 
a  man  is  to  some  extent  forewarned.  There's  less 
pussy-footing,  back-stabbing,  damnably  refined  black- 
guardism than  prevails  in  the  cultured  East.  No,  Jim, 
I'm  not  become  a  socialist.  Far  from  it.  I'm  only  a 
grumbler  at  conditions  I  don't  know  how  to  better. 
And  as  old  Simon  Wagstaff  says — Where  would  be 
what  silly  people  call  progress,  if  not  for  the  grum- 
blers? 

''Well,  still  seeking,  I  returned  to  New  Haven  in  the 
summer  of  1904  and  fooled  away  a  few  months  in  the 
employ  of  a  lumber  broker.  It  was  good  experience, 
involving  both  road  and  ofiQce  work,  for  my  employer 
had  business  methods  diametrically  opposed  to  my 
ideas  and  I  had  an  excellent  opportunity  to  see  him 
work  them  out.  Each  week  made  me  more  satisfied 
that  he  was  wrong  and  in  February,  1905, 1  formed  the 
Connecticut  Box  Company,  to  try  out  my  ideas  in  com- 
petition. My  faith  in  this  venture,  in  which  I  appeared 
as  secretary  and  treasurer,  led  me  to  undertake  a  part- 
nership of  another  sort  and  in  May,  1905,  I  was  mar- 
ried at  Lincoln,  Neb.,  to  Elizabeth  L.  Marshall,  who 
forsook  Senior  year  in  the  University  of  Nebraska  to 
come  to  New  Haven  to  live.  My  associate  in  the  Con- 
necticut Box  Company  has  always  held  that  in  this 
Lincoln  partnership  my  position  has  been  'office  boy.' 


382  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

"From  the  commencement  of  the  lumber  brokerage 
business  things  went  nicely  until  'the'  October  of  1907. 
0  temporal  0  mores!  It  struck  us  all,  I  guess.  Our 
little  company  was  in  bully  shape  to  weather  such  a 
storm  and  we  settled  down  to  a  feet-up,  pipe-in-mouth 
wait  for  a  business  revival.  By  spring  I  was  getting 
heartily  sick  of  the  inactivity  and  in  October,  1908,  I 
started  West  again,  Northwest  this  time,  to  the  State  of 
Washington,  America's  fairest  jewel,  set  in  a — oh, 
what's  the  use!  You  sad  dogs  of  Easterners  will  come 
to  know  this  Northwest  some  day.  Meanwhile,  keep 
your  ear  to  the  ground. 

''And  now,  here  I  am  in  the  Yakima  Valley,  Earth's 
Garden  Spot,  where  Dollars  grow  on  Trees.  Apple 
trees.  I  bought  a  three-year-old  orchard  and  have 
spent  practically  all  my  time  since  March,  1909,  in  pre- 
paring these  dollar-bearing  trees  to  carry  their  golden 
harvest.  And  now  I  find  my  efforts,  figuratively  speak- 
ing, are  about  to  bear  fruit.  'Edgehill  Orchard,'  as  I 
have  dubbed  it,  is  at  present  a  mass  of  fragrant  blos- 
som and  if  Decennial  were  only  a  few  months  later  I  'd 
be  with  you  in  fact  as  well  as  in  spirit.  My  greatest 
disappointment,  so  far,  is  my  inability  to  get  back  in 
June.  I've  had  Triennial  and  Sexennial  and  know 
what  I'm  missing.  However,  in  true  Macbeth  spirit,  I 
must  postpone  all  trips  'till  apples  come  to  warehouse 
receipts, '  which  will  be  late  fall. 

"During  the  wait  for  an  apple  harvest  we  have  been 
honored  by  a  visit  from  the  stork,  our  daughter,  Doro- 
thy Elizabeth,  being  now  about  nine  months  old. 

"Since  the  first  of  the  year  I  have  been  acting  as 
general  agent  for  the  Columbia  Life  &  Trust  Company 
of  Portland,  Ore.,  and  expect  to  give  an  increasing 
amount  of  time  to  this  work.    Like  the  orchard  busi- 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  383 

ness,  life  insurance  can  be  handled  as  cleanly  and 
honestly  as  the  individual  cares  to  elect.  Therefore, 
I  like  it.  Don't  think  I've  lost  faith  in  the  inherent 
honesty  of  mankind.  I  still  believe  in  it,  fully.  I 
believe  we  are  even  now  experiencing  a  decidedly 
improved  general  business  tone.  But  it's  a  long  way 
back.  And  there's  lots  of  mud.  So,  I  shall  raise  and 
sell  quality  apples,  shall  sell  quality  insurance,  and 
keep  hopeful.    Vale!" 


George  Brown  Jackson 

Head  of  the  Modern  Language  Department,  Whitworth  Col- 
lege, Taeoma,  Wash. 

Residence,  4210  North  Stevens  Street,  Taeoma,  Wash. 

Born  January  23,  1867,  in  Toledo,  Tama  County,  Iowa,  the 
son  of  Robert  Sansom  Jackson,  a  farmer,  and  Rosina 
(Stephan)  Jackson.  He  is  of  Scotch-Irish  and  German 
ancestry. 

Prepared  at  the  Toledo  High  School,  Toledo,  Iowa,  and  at 
the  Academy  of  Leander  Clark  College,  Toledo,  Iowa.  Before 
entering  Yale  in  Senior  year,  he  attended  Western  (now 
Leander  Clark)  College,  was  on  the  staff  of  the  college  paper 
four  years,  active  in  literary  society  work  and  was  graduated 
with  the  degree  of  B.A.  in  1901.  He  received  an  oration 
appointment  at  Yale. 

He  married  on  December  26,  1905,  Mary  Edith  Bufkin, 
Leander  Clark  College  of  Oratory  1904,  daughter  of  Asa  E. 
Bufkin,  of  Toledo,  Iowa.    Mrs.  Jackson  died  July  26,  1908. 

He  spent  the  summer  of  1902  in  travel  in  Europe, 
and  then  began  teaching  in  Blair  Academy,  Blairstown, 
N.  J.,  where  he  instructed  in  modern  languages  from 
September,  1902,  to  January,  1904.  He  then  took  some 
graduate  work  at  Yale  and  substituted  at  Williston 


384  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

Seminary,  Easthampton.  In  the  fall  of  1904  he  entered 
the  law  school  of  the  State  University  of  Iowa,  but 
left  in  April  to  complete  work  for  his  Master's  degree. 
From  1905  to  1910  he  had  charge  of  the  modern  lan- 
guage department  at  Memorial  University,  Mason 
City,  Iowa,  in  1906  becoming  librarian  and  in  1907 
registrar,  in  addition  to  his  departmental  duties. 
From  1910  to  1912  he  was  superintendent  of  schools  in 
Brooklyn,  Iowa,  and  is  now  head  of  the  modern  lan- 
guage department  at  Whitworth  College,  Tacoma, 
Wash. 

He  received  the  degree  of  M.A.  from  Leander  Clark 
College  in  1905.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian 
Church,  is  active  in  Sunday  school  work  and  a  ruling 
elder  of  the  church  in  Mason  City,  Iowa.  He  has  deliv- 
ered a  number  of  Memorial  Day  addresses  in  Iowa  and 
given  one  public  address  in  Illinois.  He  is  a  member  of 
Modern  Woodmen  of  America,  Yeomen,  Sons  of 
Veterans,  U.  S.  A.,  National  Geographic  Society  and 
National  Educational  Association. 

Jack  has  dealt  entirely  in  facts,  so  we  will  have  to 
leave  the  story  for  our  next  edition. 


D.  L.  James 

Manager  and  member  of  the  firm  of  T.  M.  James  &  Sons, 
dealers  in  china,  1114  Grand  Avenue,  Kansas  City,  Mo. 

Residence,  1005  Forest  Avenue,  Kansas  City,  Mo. 

Born  September  22,  1880,  in  Kansas  City,  Mo.,  the  son  of 
John  Crawford  James,  Brown  1871,  merchant  of  china,  silver 
and  cut  glass,  and  Fannie  (Shouse)  James.  He  is  of  English 
descent  (for  five  generations  back  on  his  father's  side).  A 
brother,  Thomas  Martin  James,  Jr.,  graduated  at  Yale  in 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  385 

1898,  and  a  cousin,  Heberd  James,  is  an  ex-meraber  of  the 
Class  of  1903. 

Prepared  at  the  Kansas  City  Central  High  School,  where  he 
was  editor  of  the  school  paper,  on  the  tennis  team  and  a 
declaimer.  At  Yale  he  was  a  member  of  the  University- 
Track  Team  in  Senior  year,  a  competitor  in  the  Yale-Harvard 
Intercollegiate  Games  and  a  member  of  the  Fencing  Club. 
Freshman  year  he  won  second  McLaughlin  Essay  prize  in 
English  composition,  in  1900  the  gold  medal  awarded  by  the 
Courant  for  the  best  short  story,  was  editor  of  the  Lit  and 
chairman  of  the  Courant  in  Senior  year.  He  was  a  member 
of  the  University  Club,  Chi  Delta  Theta  and  Alpha  Delta  Phi. 

He  married  on  April  11,  1908,  Lillie  Snider,  daughter  of 
Andrew  J.  Snider,  of  Kansas  City,  Mo.  They  have  one  son, 
Daniel  Lewis,  born  January  14,  1911,  in  Kansas  City,  Mo. 

Except  for  one  year,  1906-07,  spent  in  study  in 
Oxford,  England,  he  has  devoted  himself  to  the  mer- 
cantile business  as  a  member  of  the  firm  of  T.  M. 
James  &  Sons,  dealers  in  china,  silver,  cut  glass  and 
objects  of  art. 

He  received  the  degree  of  M.A.  from  Yale  in  1907. 
He  is  president  of  the  Kansas  City  Archaeological 
Society  and  a  director  of  Thomas  H.  Swope  Social  Set- 
tlement. He  is  a  member  of  Calvary  Baptist  Church, 
and  the  University,  Country  and  Athletic  clubs,  all  of 
Kansas  City. 

D.  L.  tells  us  this:  ''Like  a  few  others,  the  quest  for 
that  elusive  bird,  the  American  eagle,  has  engaged  a 
good  deal  of  my  time.  After  hours,  however,  I  have 
tried  to  throw  open  a  few  ^vindows  and  send  feelers 
out  into  the  real  world.  The  first  three  months  after 
graduation  I  spent  traveling  in  Europe.  Then  back 
to  K.  C,  where  I  became  a  member  of  the  firm  of 
T.  M.  James  &  Sons  China  Company.  Ten  years  of 
this  last  have  succeeded  in  making  me  a  pretty  good 


386  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

chinaman — at  least  I  know  the  Hongkong  and  Yang- 
ste-Kiang  lingo  well  enough  to  pay  a  Celestial  laundry 
bill.  My  specialty  in  the  china  business  has  been  the 
'breaking  in'  of  all  new  traveling  salesmen.  One 
engagement  of  this  kind  carried  me  to  Utah,  where  I 
entered  a  stern  resolve  to  be  a  strict  monogamist.  This 
determination  I  carried  out  by  marrying  (once  only) 
two  years  later.  In  the  interval  I  knocked  off  from 
things  Chinese  for  one  year  and  went  to  Oxford,  Eng- 
land. There  I  studied  some  and  lived  more — writing 
a  40,000  word  thesis  in  mediaeval  literature,  for  which 
Yale  kindly  gave  an  M.A.,  and  promptly  on  my  return 
I  annexed  a  Mrs.  During  the  year  abroad,  I  took  a  pony 
trip  through  Iceland,  climbing  Mt.  Hecla.  I  also 
spent  a  month  in  Greece,  where  I  discovered  the  future 
Mrs.  James.  Our  wedding  trip,  one  year  later,  was 
spent  in  Venice  and  Bellagio.  Then  back  to  business 
and  the  hunt  for  the  bird  again." 

Floyd  Welman  Jefferson 

Manager  of  the  Gray  Goods  and  Converting  Departments, 

G.  A.  Stafford  &  Company,  commission  merchants, 

56  Worth  Street,  New  York  City 

Residence,  New  Brighton,  Staten  Island,  N.  Y. 

Born  December  25,  1878,  in  Louisville,  Ky.,  the  son  of 
Thomas  Lewis  Jefferson,  a  manufacturer,  and  Katherine 
(Welman)  Jefferson.  He  is  of  Scotch  and  Irish  ancestry. 
A  brother,  Thomas  Lewis  Jefferson,  Jr.,  was  graduated  at 
Yale  in  the  Class  of  1904. 

Prepared  at  the  Louisville  High  School  and  Plexners,  where 
he  was  interested  in  debating  and  literary  work.  In  college 
he  played  on  the  Senior  Class  Baseball  Team  and  several 
scrub  teams,  won  a  prize  in  elocution  Sophomore  year  and 


AUTOBIOGEAPHIES  387 

was  one  of  the  editors  of  the  Courant.  He  was  Class  Poet. 
He  received  dispute  appointments  both  Junior  and  Senior 
years,  was  a  Wrangler  and  a  member  of  Alpha  Delta  Phi. 

He  married  on  June  14,  1904,  Violet  Spencer  Woodruff, 
Vassar  ea:-1904,  daughter  of  Henry  Gilbert  Woodruff,  a  cotton 
merchant,  of  New  Brighton.  They  have  two  children :  Janice 
Townsend,  born  August  2,  1906,  in  Louisville,  Ky.,  and  Floyd 
Welman,  Jr.,  born  April  4,  1911,  in  New  Brighton,  Staten 
Island. 

From  1902  until  1907  his  main  interests  were  in  the 
Howe  Manufacturing  Company,  of  Louisville,  Ky., 
manufacturers  of  brass  and  iron  steam  specialties,  in 
which  he  was  secretary  and  treasurer.  During  this 
period  he  was  a  director  of  B.  F.  Meek  &  Sons,  Arm- 
strong Wrapping  Machine  Company  and  the  Louis- 
ville Filler  Company.  In  1908  he  started  at  the  bottom 
of  the  ladder  learning  the  cotton  business  at  the  mills 
in  Woonsocket ;  in  1909  entered  the  commission  house 
of  A.  I.  Juilliard  &  Company,  New  York  City ;  in  1910 
was  made  agent  of  the  New  York  Mills  Bleachery  (a 
corporation  controlled  by  the  Juilliard  Company),  and 
in  1911  became  manager  of  the  gray  goods  and  con- 
verting departments  for  Gr.  A.  Stafford  &  Company,  a 
dry  goods  commission  house,  and  was  elected  a  director 
of  Kosciusko  Cotton  Mills,  a  subsidiary  company  in 
Kosciusko,  Miss. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Church,  though  a 
non-attendant.  He  has  published  several  short  poems 
in  several  magazines.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Ark- 
wright  Club  of  New  York  City. 

Jeff  says:  ''As  indicated  above,  have  been  engaged 
actively  in  only  two  lines — one,  brass  and  iron;  the 
other,  cotton  goods.  Two  classmates,  George  Babcock 
and  Charlie  Meyer,  were  associated  with  me  in  the 


388  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

unsuccessful  Howe  Manufacturing  Company.  The 
failure  of  this  company,  which  was  the  largest  manu- 
facturer of  its  kind  south  of  the  Ohio  Kiver,  was  due 
to  the  general  business  depression  of  1906-07,  and  to 
its  inability  to  compete  with  a  combination  of  manu- 
facturers who  exercised  practically  a  monopoly. 

**  After  losing  everything  in  this  venture,  I  started 
at  the  bottom  to  learn  the  cotton  business,  and  during 
1908  worked  full  mill  hours  in  the  cotton  mill  at  Woon- 
socket,  with  the  intention  of  entering  the  selling  end 
when  I  knew  the  business  thoroughly. 

'  *  1909-12  have  been  bright  spots,  as  I  made  favorable 
connections  in  New  York  and  have  made  rapid  pro- 
gress. The  cotton  goods  commission  business  appeals 
to  me  and  I  feel  that  I  will  continue  in  this  line  the 
rest  of  my  life. ' ' 

(John  Alden)    Stewart  Johnson 

Lawyer,  practicing  independently  at  69  West  Washington 
Street,  Chicago,  111. 

Residence,  Winnetka,  III. 

Bom  December  10,  1880,  in  St.  Louis,  INIo.,  the  son  of 
Lorenzo  Medici  Johnson,  Yale  1874  S.  (died  November  28, 
1904),  president  of  the  Pittsburgh,  Shawmut  &  Northern 
Railway  Company,  and  Helen  Wolcott  (Stewart)  Johnson. 
He  is  of  English  and  Scotch-Irish  descent.  Besides  his  father, 
several  cousins  have  attended  Yale :  Stewart  Clark,  6'x-1875 ; 
Stewart  Patterson,  1897;  Bascom  Johnson,  1900;  and  Paul 
Bo  wen  Johnson,  1901. 

Prepared  at  St.  Paul's  School,  Concord,  N.  H.,  where  he 
went  in  for  tennis,  walking  and  the  mandolin  club.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  University  Club  at  Yale. 

He  is  unmarried. 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  389 

In  July,  1902,  he  sailed  for  Brazil,  where,  for  two 
years,  he  acted  as  private  secretary  to  the  American 
Minister  at  Petropolis,  the  summer  capital  of  Brazil, 
situated  near  Rio  de  Janeiro.  Returning  to  the  states 
in  1904,  he  entered  Harvard  Law  School  and  upon 
graduation  went  into  the  office  of  Mr.  Stuart  Gr.  Shep- 
ard  of  Chicago.  From  1909  to  1911  he  served  as  clerk 
in  the  firm  of  Isham,  Lincoln  &  Beale,  and  in  1912 
opened  an  independent  office  for  the  practice  of  law 
at  69  West  Washington  Street,  Chicago.  He  is  a 
director  of  the  Northern  Liquidation  Company  of 
Illinois. 

He  received  the  degree  of  LL.B.  from  Harvard  in 
1907.  He  was  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  town- 
ship Democratic  Club  in  1910.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Winnetka  Congregational  Church  and  is  interested 
in  social  service  work.  His  clubs  are  the  University 
of  Chicago  and  the  Onwentsia  of  Winnetka. 

Max  writes :  ' '  Spent  summer  of  1900  in  Europe  with 
my  family,  making  one  of  the  usual  circuits — France, 
Switzerland,  Germany,  Ostend  and  England. 

**A  hard  and  honest  struggle  to  make  myself  inde- 
pendent financially  from  contributions  by  a  willing 
parent — so  far  (in  five  years)  have  only  succeeded  by 
means  of  earnings  only  a  little  greater  than  my 
'income'  while  at  college,  which  was  only  moderate, 
and  by  trying  to  live  on  those  earnings  alone.  Have 
spent  my  Chicago  years  at  my  mother's  beautiful  coun- 
try home  on  the  bluff  overlooking  Lake  Michigan  at 
Winnetka,  where  my  recreation  hours  have  been  spent 
in  tennis,  swimming,  horseback  riding,  motoring  and 
in  winter,  many  of  the  winter  sports — all,  of  course, 
interspersed  with  what  amusement  I  could  get  out  of 
'games'  of  the  undergraduate  hue  at  the  University 


390  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

Club  and  the  social  life  of  Chicago  and  Winnetka.  On 
the  whole,  while  I  have  had  much  pleasure  and  amuse- 
ment, I  have  not  yet  attained  that  peace  of  mind 
known  as  *  happiness.'  In  my  'life,'  I  should  also  add 
that  I  have  had  no  marriages,  but  many  a  heart  throb. ' ' 

Leslie  Morgan  Johnston 

Secretary,  Treasurer  and  General  Manager  of  A.  M.  Byers 

Company,  manufacturers  of  wrought  iron  pipe,  235 

Water  Street,  Pittsburgh,  Pa. 

Residence,  5307  Westminster  Street,  Pittsburgh,  Pa. 

Born  October  4,  1876,  in  Whitesboro,  N.  Y.,  the  son  of 
Elliott  Waters  Johnston  (died  in  April,  1909),  who  was  in  the 
fire  insurance  business,  and  Emily  J.  (Clark)  Johnston  (died 
in  May,  1911).  He  is  of  Scotch-Irish  ancestry.  A  cousin, 
Dunham  Baldwin  Sherer,  was  graduated  at  Yale  in  the  Class 
of  1897  S.,  and  he  also  lays  claim  to  some  early  forbears,  but 
has  forgotten  their  names. 

Prepared  at  Mount  Hermon  School  for  Boys,  Mount  Her- 
mon,  Mass.,  where  he  was  captain  of  the  baseball  team,  leader 
of  the  glee  club  and  winner  of  the  tennis  championship.  In 
college  he  was  unable  to  play  on  the  Varsity  Baseball  Team  as 
he  had  played  professional  ball,  but  coached  the  1903  Fresh- 
man Team  and  the  Varsity  Team  in  Junior  and  Senior  years. 
He  was  captain  of  the  College  Football  Team  in  1900,  sang 
second  tenor  on  the  Varsity  Glee  Club  and  first  bass  on  the 
Varsity  Quartet  in  Senior  year,  on  the  Apollo  Glee  Club, 
editor  of  the  Pot  Pourri,  and  a  Wrangler.  He  received  a 
second  colloquy  Junior  apointment.  He  was  a  member  of 
Alpha  Delta  Phi  and  Scroll  and  Key. 

He  is  unmarried. 

He  has  been  with  the  A.  M.  Byers  Company,  manu- 
facturers of  wrought  iron  pipe,  since  graduation, 
although  not  always  at  the  Pittsburgh  office. 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  391 

He  is  a  Progressive  Republican.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Westmoreland  (N.  Y.)  Congregational  Church, 
the  Pittsburgh,  Pittsburgh  Golf,  and  Allegheny  Coun- 
try clubs  and  the  American  Iron  and  Steel  Institute. 

Les  writes:  ''In  the  fall  of  1902  (September  1)  I 
started  to  learn  the  iron  business  in  Pittsburgh  with 
the  firm  of  A.  M.  Byers  Company,  of  which,  at  that 
time,  D.  C.  Byers,  '98,  was  president  and  E.  M.  Byers, 
'01,  vice-president.  My  work  was  assistant  to  the 
manager  and  consisted  in  doing  anything  and  every- 
thing from  puddling  and  rolling  to  bossing  Poles  and 
Huns  from  6.45  a.m.  to  6  p.m.,  including  Sundays. 
In  January,  1904,  the  firm  leased  for  three  months,  with 
option  of  re-leasing,  the  Clearfield  Steel  &  Iron  Com- 
pany's plant  at  Clearfield,  Pa.,  and  I  was  sent  there 
as  manager.  I  operated  this  plant  until  May,  1908, 
when  we  gave  it  up  and  started  to  build  puddling  and 
rolling  mills  at  Girard,  Ohio.  During  1908,  1909,  1910, 
we  built  the  new  rolling  mills  of  Girard  and  new  pipe 
mills  in  Pittsburgh.  In  July,  1911, 1  was  made  general 
manager  and  in  August  of  the  same  year,  secretary- 
treasurer,  in  addition  to  my  duties  as  general  manager, 
and  was  also  elected  to  board  of  directors. ' ' 


Edgar  Allen  Jones 

Trust  Officer  of  the  Lackawanna  Trust  &  Safe  Deposit  Com- 
pany, 404  Lackawanna  Avenue,  Scranton,  Pa. 

Residence,  136  South  Main  Avenue,  Scranton,  Pa. 

Born  February  16,  1878,  in  Scranton,  Pa.,  the  son  of  David 
M.  Jones  (died  October  25,  1896),  who  was  in  the  real  estate 
business,  and  Anne  E.  (Williams)  Jones  (died  January  27, 
1904).  He  is  the  child  of  his  father's  second  marriage.  His 
ancestors  were  Welsh. 


392  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

Prepared  at  the  School  of  Lackawanna,  in  Scranton,  and  at 
Yale  received  two  year  honors  in  history,  and  a  dissertation 
appointment  in  Junior  and  Senior  years. 

He  was  married  June  18,  1911,  in  Scranton,  Pa.,  to  Mary 
Edwards,  daughter  of  Judge  Henry  M.  Edwards,  of  Scranton. 

After  graduation  he  studied  law  and  was  admitted 
to  the  bar  of  Lackawanna  County  on  January  5,  1903. 
He  has  since  been  admitted  to  the  Superior  Court  of 
Pennsylvania  and  the  Circuit  and  District  courts  of 
the  United  States  for  the  Middle  District  of  Pennsyl- 
vania. From  1903  to  1910  he  was  engaged  in  the 
practice  of  law  for  himself  in  the  Council  Building, 
Scranton.  From  June  1,  1910,  to  May  1,  1912,  he  was 
employed  in  the  legal  department  of  the  Title  Guaranty 
&  Security  Company  of  Scranton,  and  since  the  latter 
date  has  held  his  present  position  with  the  Lackawanna 
Trust  &  Safe  Deposit  Company. 

He  is  a  trustee  and  Sunday  school  teacher  in  the 
Washburn  Street  Presbyterian  Church.  He  has  been 
a  director  of  the  West  Side  Hospital  Association  since 
1906,  and  is  a  member  of  the  Hyde  Park  Lodge,  339, 
F.  and  A.  M.;  Hyde  Park  Lodge,  306,  Knights  of 
Pythias;  Modern  Woodmen  of  America;  Royal  Ar- 
canum ;  Protected  Home  Circle,  and  a  number  of  other 
societies — church,  social  and  political.  He  has  been 
assistant  secretary,  secretary,  treasurer  and  attorney 
for  the  Republican  County  and  City  committees  for 
several  years. 

He  spent  the  month  of  July,  1911,  in  Wales  and 
England,  with  a  side  trip  to  Paris. 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  393 

Paul  Jones 

Episcopal  Clergyman,  St.  John's  House,  Logan,  Utah 

Born  November  24,  1880,  in  Wilkes-Barre,  Pa.,  the  son  of 
Henry  Lawrence  Jones,  D.D.,  Columbia  1858,  a  clergyman, 
and  Sarah  Eastman  (Coffin)  Jones.  He  is  of  Welsh  and 
English  descent.  Two  brothers  preceded  him  at  Yale :  Law- 
rence Bullard  Jones,  1894,  and  Carleton  Coffin  Jones,  1898. 

Prepared  at  Harry  Hillman  Academy,  Wilkes-Barre,  where 
he  was  editor  of  the  school  paper,  president  of  the  debating 
society  and  on  the  tennis  team.  In  college  he  "enjoyed  ath- 
letics with  various  scrub  teams  in  baseball,  hockey,  cross- 
country running,  tennis,  and  was  a  member  of  the  famous 
Senior  Crew  that  trained  for  three  months  and  then  was 
too  modest  to  enter  the  regatta."  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Cross  Country  Club  and  the  Corinthian  Yacht  Club,  a  Sopho- 
more Wrangler,  a  member  of  the  Yale  Union  and  the  Pippin 
Club.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Berkeley  Association  and 
president  of  its  Men 's  Club.  He  received  dissertation  appoint- 
ments Junior  and  Senior  years. 

He  is  engaged  to  be  married. 

From  graduation  until  June,  1906,  he  studied  at  the 
Episcopal  Theological  School,  save  for  the  year,  June, 
1903,  to  September,  1904,  when  he  tutored  a  boy  who 
is  now  (1912)  in  Harvard,  eleven  months  being  spent 
in  California  and  four  in  France,  England,  Norway 
and  Sweden.  The  summer  of  1902  he  had  worked  in 
the  anthracite  mines  in  Wilkes-Barre  and  that  of  1905 
as  lay  assistant  at  St.  George's  Church,  New  York 
City.  Ordained  a  deacon  in  June,  1906,  by  Bishop 
Ethelbert  Talbot,  and  a  priest  in  December  of  the 
same  year  by  Bishop  Spalding  of  Utah,  he  has  devoted 
himself  to  the  work  at  St.  John's  Mission  at  Logan, 
Utah,  until  1911  associate  priest  with  Rev.  Donald 
Kent  Johnston,  Yale  1903,  and  since  February  of  that 


394  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

year  in  sole  charge.  He  is  particularly  active  in  his 
work  among  the  boys  of  Utah,  two  colleges  in  Logan 
furnishing  plenty  of  material.  The  Common  Room  in 
St.  John's  House,  with  its  walls  decorated  in  part  by 
a  huge  Yale  banner  with  the  figures  1701-1901,  is  open 
to  all  for  recreation  and  cheer.  He  has  been  secretary 
of  the  convocation  of  the  district  of  Utah  since  1907, 
a  member  of  the  executive  committee  of  the  Associated 
Boys'  clubs  of  Utah  since  1911,  was  secretary  of  the 
Logan  Health  League  in  1910-11,  is  secretary  of  the 
Utah  Committee  of  Neglected  Field  Surveys  of  Amer- 
ica and  of  the  Common  Room  Club,  Logan. 

He  received  the  degree  of  B.D.  from  the  Epis- 
copal Theological  School,  Cambridge,  Mass.,  in  1906. 
Since  1906,  in  collaboration  with  Johnston,  he  has 
been  publishing  a  monthly  magazine,  The  Portal, 
devoted  to  ''reasonable  religious  thought  and  enlight- 
ened progress."  In  1911  he  published  a  small  pam- 
phlet, ''The  Bible  and  the  Book  of  Mormon,"  has 
written  a  couple  of  articles  for  the  Spirit  of  Missions, 
a  church  paper,  and  has  made  a  number  of  public 
addresses  locally.  He  is  a  Socialist  and  took  part  in  a 
non-partisan  municipal  campaign  in  1911  and  made 
several  speeches.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Commercial 
Boosters  Club,  is  Scoutmaster  of  Troop  1,  Boy  Scouts 
of  America,  and  Merlin,  Knights  of  King  Arthur, 
Castle  Wahsatch,  1369,  all  of  Logan,  Utah. 

Quoting  from  Parson's  letter:  "Caught  the  western 
fever  while  in  California  and  decided  to  start  my  min- 
istry somewhere  in  the  West,  and  when  Bishop  Spald- 
ing of  Utah  came  along,  I  was  immensely  attracted  by 
him  and  accepted  an  appointment  \\itli  Johnston,  '03, 
at  Logan,  Utah.  We  were  together  till  February,  1911, 
when  he  was  transferred  to  Salt  Lake  City.    The  work 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  395 

of  the  Church  in  Utah  and  in  Logan  is  weak  in  view 
of  the  overwhelming  numbers  of  Mormons,  but  the 
unique  situation  here  makes  it  one  of  the  most  inter- 
esting places  in  the  United  States.  The  work  is  largely 
among  the  students  of  the  State  Agricultural  College 
and  the  Brigham  Young  College.  In  1908  a  new  church 
and  house  were  built  to  handle  the  work.  In  the  house 
a  club  is  run  on  the  order  of  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.,  with  books, 
games,  baths,  pool  table  and  tennis  court.  The  mem- 
bership averages  seventy  during  the  winter  and  there 
was  a  total  attendance  at  the  house  of  about  15,000 
during  the  past  year.  Occasionally  w^e  have  taken  trips 
in  the  saddle  to  remote  settlements  and  held  services 
in  the  Mormon  meeting  houses.  In  1910  I  made  a  tour 
through  the  southern  part  of  the  state  by  rail  and 
stage,  holding  services. 

''The  magazine  I  spoke  of  we  circulate  among  the 
people  here.  The  object  of  the  work  is  not  just  to 
strengthen  the  Church,  though  it  has  grown,  but  prin- 
cipally to  exercise  a  broadening  and  uplifting  influence 
on  the  young  people  of  the  state  so  that  it  may  bear 
fruit  in  their  lives  and  break  do^^^l  the  wall  of  preju- 
dice that  exists  between  the  Mormons  and  the  'gen- 
tiles.' From  that  point  of  view  it  is  impossible  to 
record  definite  results,  but  there  is  good  reason  to 
believe  that  St.  John's  has  been  a  big  influence  in  the 
community  and  state,  and  the  outlook  for  the  future  is 
most  encouraging.  The  Mormon  religion  is  reaction- 
ary in  a  good  many  ways,  but  some  day  a  big  change  is 
coming  and  it  is  toward  that  end  that  we  are  working. 

"Utah,  however,  is  not  only  interesting  religiously 
and  politically,  but  the  climate  and  mountains  are  ideal 
for  camping  and  outdoor  life;  and  I  have  certainly 
enjoyed  camping  in  the  hills  with  the  boys  and  older 


396  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

people.  Last  summer  I  entered  on  a  homestead  of  320 
acres  which  I  will  not  have  to  live  on,  and  I  am  develop- 
ing that.  It  is  a  great  work,  great  country,  and  I  am 
having  the  time  of  my  life." 


Frederic  Rose  Keator 

Lawyer,  with  the  firm  of  Geller,  Rolston  &  Horan,  22 
Exchange  Place,  New  York  City 

Residence,  583  Riverside  Drive,  New  York  City 

Bom  June  20,  1878,  in  Rock  Island,  lU.,  the  son  of  Samuel 
Jerman  Keator  (died  December  3,  1906),  a  manufacturer  of 
lumber  and  owner  of  farms,  and  Cara  Church  (More) 
Keator.  His  ancestry  combines  Dutch,  Scotch  and  English, 
His  Yale  relatives  are  a  brother,  Samuel  Jerman  Keator, 
1909 ;  an  uncle,  Frederic  William  Keator,  1880 ;  and  cousins, 
John  Frisbee  Keator,  1877 ;  Bruce  Smith  Keator,  1879 ;  Harry 
Mayham  Keator,  1897 ;  Ben  Chapman  Keator,  Jr.,  1908  S. ; 
Alexander  Burr  Marvin,  1899. 

Prepared  at  Rock  Island  High  School  and  Augustana  Col- 
lege, Rock  Island,  111.  In  college  he  was  on  the  Dwight  Hall 
membership  committee  two  years,  was  a  member  of  the 
Wranglers,  Corinthian  Yacht  Club,  Pippin  Club  and  one  of 
the  original  members  of  the  Cercle  Frangaise,  attending  the 
organization  meeting.  He  received  dissertation  appointments 
both  Junior  and  Senior  years.  He  was  a  member  of  Psi 
Upsilon. 

He  is  unmarried. 

He  spent  the  summer  of  1902  at  his  residence  in 
Rock  Island,  111.  ''That  autumn,"  he  writes,  "I  spent 
a  month  on  my  father's  ranch  property  at  Castlewood, 
S.  Dak.,  engaging  in  farm  work.  Came  East  the  first 
of  October,  1902,  spent  a  month  in  Philadelphia  and 
New  York  and  entered  the  Harvard  Law  School  the 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  397 

first  of  November.  Spent  summer  of  1903  at  home  in 
Rock  Island,  111.  Went  on  a  hunting  trip  in  Montana 
autumn  of  1903  before  returning  to  law  school.  Spent 
summer  of  1904  at  home  in  Rock  Island,  111.  Returned 
to  law  school,  September,  1904,  and  the  summer  of 
1905,  after  visiting  my  brother  in  Wayne,  Pa.,  for  sev- 
eral weeks,  I  went  to  South  Dakota,  where  I  was 
actively  engaged  in  the  grain  and  cattle  business  on  my 
father's  ranch  until  October,  when  I  went  to  Philadel- 
phia and  entered  the  law  oflSce  of  John  F.  Keator,  '77, 
a  cousin.  After  four  months  there,  I  came  to  New 
York  and  entered  the  law  office  of  Chas.  S.  Mackenzie, 
27  William  Street,  February  1,  1906.  The  first  of 
December,  1906,  my  father  died  and  I  was  obliged  to 
give  up  the  law  and  return  to  South  Dakota,  where  I 
took  charge  of  his  interests  and  with  my  uncle,  Edward 
B.  Keator  (also  interested  in  the  same  property),  car- 
ried on  the  grain  and  cattle  business.  The  last  of 
December,  1907,  I  returned  to  New  York  and  resumed 
the  law,  taking  up  my  residence  with  my  mother  and 
her  sister  who  had  previously  removed  to  New  York 
and  established  a  home  at  583  Riverside  Drive.  I  was 
admitted  to  the  New  York  Bar  in  January  term,  1910, 
and  have  since  been  connected  with  the  office  of  Geller, 
Rolston  &  Horan,  22  Exchange  Place,  attorneys  and 
counsellors." 

While  in  Harvard  Law  School  he  was  a  member  of 
the  Thayer  Law  Club.  He  is  a  Republican,  a  member 
of  the  Presbyterian  Church,  the  Yale  Club,  Holland 
Society  of  New  York,  Sons  of  the  Revolution  and  the 
Society  of  Colonial  Wars. 

Fred  writes:  *'As  I  am  a  lawyer  I  believe  in  facts, 
not  rhetoric,  on  such  an  occasion  as  this,  hence  the 
above  brief  which  I  respectfully  submit  to  the  High 


398  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

Court  of  1902.  *If  your  Honors  please,  although  my 
career  has  been  somewhat  checkered  by  circumstance, 
I  shall  try  to  convince  your  Honors  that  the  training 
which  I  received  in  the  Household  of  Mother  Yale  and 
in  your  Honors '  company  has  not  been  in  vain,  and  that 
in  the  years  which  lie  ahead  I  shall  endeavor  to  make 
my  life  conform  to  the  high  standards  there  set  for 
us  all,  and  to  render  useful  service  to  our  country  and 
our  kind.' 

"  To  do  this  I  shall  probably  have  to  follow  hard  after 
the  precept  of  Sir  William  Jones,  who,  in  his  'Ode  in 
Imitation  of  AlcaBus,'  seems  to  have  blazed  the  trail 
(if  your  Honors  mil  permit  my  indulgence  in  the  ver- 
nacular) for  the  successful  advocate  in  this  fashion: 

'  Seven  hours  to  law,   to  soothing  slumber  seven, 
Ten  to  the  world  allot,  and  all  to  heaven.' 

The  ease  with  which  I  am  wont  to  fill  the  second 
requirement  gives  me  some  hope  of  eventually  attain- 
ing the  last. 

''However  that  may  be,  I  am  confident  that  if  the 
barristers  in  the  celebrated  case  of  Jarndyce  vs.  Jarn- 
dyce  had  emulated  in  toto  this  sage  advice,  they  would 
not  have  so  successfully  greased  their  descent  into 
that  limbo  of  notoriety  to  which  the  world  lightly  con- 
signs the  entire  profession  and  where  they  had  been 
preceded  several  centuries  before  by  those  fellow 
laborers  of  ours  concerning  whom  Shakespeare  so  feel- 
ingly wrote  in  Henry  VI : 

'  The  first  thing  we  do,  let 's  kill  all  the  lawyers. ' 

"Your  Honors,  the  defense  rests." 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  399 

James  Cuyler  Kimball 

Senior  member  of  the  firm  of  Kimball  &  Kopeke,  wholesale 
lumber  dealers,  511  Jackshoro  Street,  Kiioxville,  Tenn. 

Residence,  611  West  Main  Street,  Knoxville,  Tenn. 

Born  April  24,  1878,  on  Governor's  Island,  N.  Y.,  the  son 
of  Col.  James  P.  Kimball,  Hamilton  1865  (died  April  9, 
1902),  an  oflficer  in  the  United  States  Army,  and  Sarah 
(Eddy)  Kimball  (died  March  2,  1890).  He  is  of  Scotch  and 
Irish  ancestry.    William  Perez  Field,  Yale  1896,  is  a  cousin. 

Prepared  at  St.  Paul's  School,  Concord,  N.  H.,  and  at 
Cutler's,  New  York  City,  where  he  played  at  football,  base- 
ball and  was  on  the  track  team.  He  entered  Yale  with  1901, 
joining  our  Class  in  Sophomore  year.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  University  Banjo  Club,  1899  to  1902,  the  Mandolin  Club, 
was  cheer  leader  in  1902  and  a  Wrangler.  He  was  a  member 
of  the  Kraut  Club,  the  University  Club  and  Delta  Kappa 
Epsilon.  He  played  disappointment  ball  and  sang  on  the 
Kneiselet  Quartet. 

He  married  on  June  30,  1906,  Mary  Allison,  a  graduate  of 
Maryland  College,  Lutherville,  Md.,  daughter  of  Capt.  Alex- 
ander Allison,  of  Knoxville,  Tenn. 

He  has  engaged  in  the  lumber  business  since  gradua- 
tion, with  headquarters  in  Knoxville,  Tenn.  He  has 
been  with  the  following  firms :  English  &  Company, 
Kecut  Lumber  Company,  Vestal  Lumber  &  Manufac- 
turing Company,  Kimball-McMahon  Lumber  Com- 
pany, which  he  formed  in  February,  1905,  continuing 
until  he  bought  out  his  partner  in  March,  1906,  J.  C. 
Kimball  &  Company,  1906  to  1911,  when  the  firm  of 
Kimball  &  Kopeke  was  organized. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church 
and  January  2,  1912,  was  appointed  secretary  and 
treasurer  of  Hunter  Settlement  House  in  Knoxville. 
He  is  a  Knight  Templar,  Shriner  and  an  Elk. 


400  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

Buff  writes:  ''I  have  just  returned  from  a  trip  in 
the  tall  timbers  and  hasten  to  send  you  a  few  remarks 
along  my  past  career  since  1902. 

''Upon  graduating  I  set  sail  for  Tennessee,  where 
I  knew  one  man  in  this  whole  state,  and  he  was  in  the 
lumber  business.  He  offered  me  a  job  at  $30.00  a 
month,  which  I  considered  fine  and  accepted  same  on 
August  1,  1902.  I  remained  with  this  concern,  English 
&  Company,  of  Knoxville,  Tenn.,  for  two  years,  going 
through  the  various  details  of  handling  the  boards  and 
finally  got  to  be  an  inspector.  About  this  time  a  new 
concern  came  along  and  desired  my  services  and  I 
joined  them  heartily  for  a  raise  in  salary  in  1904. 
After  about  a  year's  experience  in  mixing  up  the 
boards  and  sending  them  all  over  the  country,  I  decided 
that  I  had  had  enough  experience  working  for  other 
people,  and  annexed  a  partner  in  1905,  and  hung  out  my 
shingle  to  do  a  wholesale  lumber  business.  Since  that 
time,  I  have  worked  steadily  for  myself  and  have 
gotten  through  many  'ups'  and  'downs.' 

"I  finally  weathered  the  panic  of  1907,  and  went 
along  pretty  well  until  1910.  In  this  year  I  tried  to 
'kill  the  goose  that  laid  the  golden  egg*  and  took  unto 
myself  a  sawmill.  Jim,  if  you  ever  have  anything 
against  somebody,  just  give  him  a  sawmill,  and  if  that 
doesn't  fix  him,  give  him  two. 

"In  January,  1911,  I  unloaded  my  sawmill  for  an 
even  break  and  the  person  I  sold  to  hasn't  gotten  over 
it  since. 

"I  have  now  got  a  nice  little  company,  with  a  partner 
from  Pennsylvania,  and  am  doing  a  live  business, 
buying  and  selling  lumber,  but  o\vning  no  sawmills. 

"If  you  ever  come  this  way,  I  will  declare  a  whole 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  401 

holiday  to  take  you  to  our  Country  Club,  and  give  you 
the  best  the  sunny  South  offers. 

**P.  S.  Not  being  a  henpecked  husband,  I  forgot  to 
mention  that  I  got  married  in  1906,  and  have  lived  hap- 
pily ever  afterwards.  I  have  heard  that  two  can  live 
cheaper  than  one,  but  take  it  from  me,  this  is  only  a 
bluff!" 

Arthur  Hurlburt  Kinney 

Member  of  the  firm  of  B.  H.  &  A.  H.  Kinney,  stenographic 

work,  Rooms  501-2,  Simons  Building,  39  Center  Street, 

New  Haven,  Conn. 

Residence,  188  Dwight  Street,  New  Haven,  Conn. 

Bom  September  13,  1878,  in  New  Haven,  Conn.,  the  son 
of  Charles  Dwight  Kinney  (died  April  3,  1909),  a  building 
contractor,  and  Ella  A.  (Burwell)  Kinney.  He  is  the  child 
of  the  second  marriage  of  his  father.  Of  English  ancestry 
and  says  that  several  cousins  went  to  Yale  but  no  near 
relatives. 

Prepared  at  Hillhouse  High  School,  New  Haven,  where  he 
played  tennis  and  baseball.  He  entered  Yale  and  1902  at  the 
beginning  of  Sophomore  year,  having  attended  St.  Stephen's 
College,  Annandale,  N.  Y.,  for  one  year,  where  he  showed  an 
interest  in  the  same  athletic  activities  as  in  high  school.  At 
Yale  he  "never  indulged  in  any  very  strenuous  activities. 
Went  out  for  Track  Team  several  times,  but  did  not  make  it. ' ' 
He  received  a  first  colloquy  junior  appointment  and  a  dispute 
Senior  appointment. 

He  married  on  November  29,  1906,  Bertha  Emma  Haskell, 
daughter  of  Willabe  Haskell,  Ph.D.,  Yale  1863,  of  New  Haven, 
Conn. 

After  assisting  his  father  in  the  contracting  busi- 
ness for  about  two  years  and  working  with  the  Howe 
Candy  Company  a  few  months,  he  went  into  the  steno- 
graphic business  and  the  firm  does  all  kinds  of  work 


402  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

of  this  nature.  This  is  one  side  of  his  work,  while  the 
other  is  that  he  has  studied  for  the  ministry  since 
1909,  and  in  June,  1910,  was  ordained  a  deacon  in  the 
Episcopal  Church.  He  is  an  assistant  in  Christ 
Church,  New  Haven,  superintendent  of  the  Sunday 
school,  and  particularly  interested  in  work  for  boys 
and  men.  He  is  director  of  a  chapter  of  the  Brother- 
hood of  St.  Andrew  and  secretary  and  treasurer  of 
the  Sunday  School  Union  of  New  Haven. 

He  is  normally  Republican,  but  inclined  to  be  inde- 
pendent, if  it  is  necessary  for  the  good  of  the  com- 
munity. 

Art  writes;  "Since  leaving  college  in  1902  I  have 
continued  to  reside  in  the  City  of  Elms  (at  least  that 
is  what  it  was  once)  and  I  cannot  say  that  my  career 
has  been  in  any  way  meteoric,  simply  sane  and  normal. 
From  graduation  to  the  year  1906  I  lived  at  208  Whal- 
ley  Avenue,  and  since  that  time  have  resided  at  188 
Dwight  Street.  I  started  out  as  an  assistant  to  my 
father  in  the  contracting  business  for  about  two  years, 
then  upon  his  retirement  from  business,  for  six 
months  was  assistant  superintendent  in  the  Howe 
Candy  Company,  and  upon  this  firm  becoming  defunct 
was  forced  to  make  a  change.  Next,  having  a  definite 
feeling  that  Yale  University  and  mankind  in  general 
needed  all  their  literary  and  business  productions  of 
one  kind  or  another  typewritten,  I  entered  the  steno- 
graphic line  and  have  continued  in  the  same  up  to 
the  present  time  under  the  firm  name  of  B.  H.  &  A.  H. 
Kinney.  Our  business  is  everything  that  comes  under 
this  head  and  is  by  no  means  monotonous.  Every- 
thing from  the  reporting  of  speeches,  dinners,  etc., 
down  to  mailing  and  enclosing  circulars  of  all  kinds 
is  on  our  list.    The  business  has  gradually  grown  from 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  403 

a  small  beginning  and  now  we  have  a  large  force  of 
stenographers  working  all  the  time.  Without  boasting 
I  can  truthfully  say  that  we  have  the  largest  business 
of  its  kind  in  New  Haven.  In  1906  I  was  married  and 
can  say  that  I  never  have  regretted  the  act  and  if 
there  are  any  other  1902  men  not  yet  in  that  happy 
state  I  can  only  say  go  and  do  thou  likewise,  provided 
you  get  the  right  partner.  Always  having  been  inter- 
ested in  religious  work  of  one  kind  or  another,  in  1909 
I  decided  that  I  could  be  still  more  useful  by  becoming 
what  is  known  as  a  deacon  in  the  Episcopal  Church, 
so  after  studying  privately  for  a  while,  I  took  the 
necessary  examinations  and  having  passed  the  same 
was  ordained  to  this  oflQce  in  Holy  Trinity  Church, 
Middletown,  Conn.,  on  June  8,  1910.  I  have  since  that 
time  assisted  in  the  work  at  Christ  Church,  New 
Haven,  on  Sundays  and  at  various  other  places.  This 
I  have  done  in  addition  to  my  regular  daily  work  in 
connection  with  the  management  of  the  above  men- 
tioned firm.  I  have  been  too  busy  as  yet  to  travel 
abroad,  but  I  am  still  looking  forward  to  the  time  when 
that  may  be  possible.  My  plans  for  the  present  are 
to  continue  at  the  same  stand  and  try  to  be  a  better 
Yale  man  in  the  future  than  in  the  past,  if  that  is 
possible.  It  is  possible  that  I  may  at  some  future  time 
give  myself  entirely  to  the  work  of  the  ministry,  but 
that  is  something  yet  in  the  future,  even  in  my  own 
mind. ' ' 

Walter  Martin  Krementz 

Manager  for  Krementz  &  Company,  manufacturing  jewelers, 

49  Chestnut  Street,  Newark,  N.  J. 

Residence,  182  Harrison  Street,  East  Orange,  N.  J. 

Born  March  21,  1881,  in  Newark,  N.  J.,  the  son  of  George 
Krementz,  a  manufacturing  jeweler,  and  Louisa  (Hendricks) 


404  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

Krementz  (died  in  1883).  He  is  of  German  ancestry.  A 
brother,  Richard  Krementz,  was  graduated  at  Yale  in  the 
Class  of  1898  S. 

Prepared  at  Newark  High  School,  where  he  played  foot- 
ball, went  out  for  track  athletics  and  was  secretary  of  his 
class.  In  college  he  tried  for  football  and  crew,  played 
on  Senior  Golf  Team,  was  a  member  of  the  Wigwam  Debating 
Club  and  the  University  Club.  He  received  a  colloquy 
appointment  Senior  year.  His  society  was  Delta  Kappa 
Epsilon. 

He  married  on  April  25,  1906,  in  East  Orange,  N.  J.,  Edith 
L.  C.  Hart,  a  graduate  of  Miss  Capen  's  School,  Northampton, 
Mass.,  daughter  of  James  Hamilton  Hart,  of  Newark.  They 
have  three  sons,  all  born  in  East  Orange,  N.  J. :  James  Hart, 
born  November  28,  1907 ;  Walter  Martin,  Jr.,  born  February 
7,  1911,  and  Robert  Middleton,  born  November  16,  1912. 

He  has  been  with  Krementz  &  Company,  manufactur- 
ing jewelers,  since  graduation.  He  spent  one  summer 
abroad  with  Tillinghast,  Stoddard  and  Duell. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Yale  Club  of  New  York  City, 
Essex  County  Country  Club  and  the  New  Jersey 
Automobile  and  Motor  Club. 

Krem  writes:  ''After  spending  the  summer  after 
graduation  abroad,  I  came  back  to  what  has  proved 
a  ten  years'  job.  My  first  recollection  of  work  was 
one  of  surprise,  namely,  to  realize  how  long  a  time 
could  elapse  between  the  hours  of  7  a.m.  and  12  noon. 
However,  like  all  surprises,  we  eventually  get  over 
them  and  now  I  find  myself  trying  to  manufacture 
jewelry  in  the  best  possible  manner.  About  the  most 
interesting  and  instructive  thing  that  has  happened 
in  my  business  career  is  one  which,  on  account  of  its 
tenacity,  is  ever  before  me,  the  panic  of  1907.  How- 
ever, according  to  rule,  that  cannot  last  forever  and  we 
are  hoping  that  after  Decennial  we  will  start  anew." 


AUTOBIOGEAPHIES  405 

Merritt  Proctor  Lancaster 

Not  in  business  at  present 
Permanent  address,  646  East  High  Street,  Lexington,  Ky. 

Born  September  13,  1880,  in  Lexington,  Ky.,  the  son  of 
Abraham  Barton  Lancaster,  retired,  and  Susan  Anne  (Har- 
ris) Lancaster  (died  July  2,  1896).  He  is  of  Scotch-English 
ancestry. 

Prepared  at  the  University  School  of  Kentucky,  where  he 
played  baseball  and  football.  At  Yale  he  received  a  first 
colloquy  appointment  Junior  year  and  captained  the  First 
Colloquy  Baseball  Team,  and  a  dispute  appointment  Senior 
year.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Dunham  Boat  Club,  Univer- 
sity Club  and  Alpha  Delta  Phi. 

He  married  on  August  30,  1908,  Violet  Phillips,  daughter 
of  Col.  M.  A.  Phillips,  of  Chicago,  111. 

He  was  with  the  Southern  Railway  Company  a  few 
months  and  then  accepted  a  position  with  the  New 
York  Life  Insurance  Company  at  Lexington,  Ky.  In 
1905  he  took  charge  of  the  company's  office  at  Cincin- 
nati, resigning  in  1906  to  go  into  the  wholesale  coal 
business  with  the  White  Oak  Coal  Company.  In  June, 
1907,  ill  health  made  it  necessary  for  Mm  to  give  up  all 
work  and  after  several  months  spent  in  recuperating, 
he  went  with  the  Indian  Refining  Company,  New  York 
City,  at  their  Nashville,  Tenn.,  branch.  In  1908  he 
went  with  the  American  Telephone  &  Telegraph  Com- 
pany in  Boston,  and  later  in  New  York.  Ill  health 
compelled  him  to  resign  in  1911  and  he  has  since  been 
at  ''Edgemont,"  a  sanatorium  in  Henderson,  N.  C. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Episcopal  Church.  His  clubs 
are  the  University  of  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  Union  League 
of  Lexington,  Ky.,  and  the  Fort  Mitchell  of  Covington, 
Ky. 


406  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

Merritt  always  was  a  quiet  gentleman  and  shows 
throughout  his  letters  a  desire  not  to  inflict  his  mis- 
fortunes on  anyone,  but  I  quote  one  little  piece : 

''Have  had  'ups  and  downs'  and  knocks  in  plenty, 
but  in  the  words  of  our  famous  contemporary, '  My  hat 
is  still  in  the  ring. '  ' ' 


Harry  Langdon  Laws 

With  James  H.  Laws  &   Company,   commission   merchants, 
1405  First  National  Bank  Building,  Cincinnati,  Ohio 

Residence,  945  Marion  Avenue,  Cincinnati,  Ohio 

Born  July  3,  1880,  in  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  the  son  of  Harry 
L.  Laws,  the  ' '  real  boss ' '  of  James  H.  Laws  &  Company,  ' '  not 
a  college  grad,  still  a  very  live  wire,"  and  Florence  E.  (Brad- 
ford) Laws.  He  says  that  his  ancestors  were  English  in  the 
dim  past.  As  for  Yale  relatives  he  ''shines  alone,  although 
a  cousin  is  on  the  way."  His  brother-in-law,  Caleb  Smith 
Bragg,  graduated  in  the  Class  of  1908. 

Prepared  at  the  University  School,  Cleveland,  where  he  went 
in  for  "nothing  that  he  could  get  out  of."  In  college  he 
was  a  sub  on  our  Freshman  Crew,  on  the  Sophomore  Crew, 
the  Varsity  Four  Oar  in  1902,  and  the  Annapolis  Crew,  1901- 
02.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Picture  and  Senior  Prom  com- 
mittees, was  a  Wrangler  and  a  member  of  the  University 
Club.  His  societies  were  Kappa  Psi,  Delta  Kappa  Epsilon 
and  Wolf's  Head. 

He  married  on  April  29,  1905,  in  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  Marion 
Bragg,  daughter  of  Caius  Cobb  Bragg  (died  November  21, 
1905),  They  have  one  son,  Eugene  Langdon,  born  Septem- 
ber 24,  1908,  in  Camden,  Me. 

On  graduation  he  entered  James  H.  Laws  &  Com- 
pany, commission  merchants,  sugar  brokers  and  manu- 
facturers, where  he  has  since  remained  in  the  position 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  407 

of  **any  old  thing,  from  boss  (when  the  real  boss  is 
away)  down,"  and  has  also  managed  his  father-in- 
law's  estate.  He  is  a  director  of  the  Pfau  Manufactur- 
ing Company,  plumber's  supplies. 

Being  in  the  sugar  business,  he  is  a  stand  pat  Repub- 
lican. He  is  an  Episcopalian  and  a  member  of  the 
University,  Queen  City,  Riding,  Miami  and  Country 
clubs,  all  of  Cincinnati,  which  he  designates  as  "merely 
the  usual  social  clubs." 

Lang  writes :  ' '  Started  work  as  a  bookkeeper  in  the 
boot  and  shoe  department  of  James  H.  Laws  &  Com- 
pany. Tried  various  positions  in  that  department, 
ending  as  drummer  making  the  small  towns  in  south- 
ern Ohio.  Got  lots  of  experience — 'nuff  said' — really 
did  not  need  a  pen  on  those  trips.  Quit  that  depart- 
ment when  I  was  married  (1905)  and  have  since  been 
in  the  office. 

"About  seven  months  after  my  marriage  my  father- 
in-law  died  and  since  then  have  managed  his  estate  in 
addition  to  regular  work." 


George  Lear,  2d 

With  the  United  Gas  Improvement  Company,  Philadelphia, 

Pa. 

Residence,  School  Lane  Apartments,  Germantown,  Pa. 

Born  March  14,  1879,  in  Doylestown,  Pa.,  the  son  of  Henry 
Lear,  Yale  1869,  a  lawyer,  and  Louisa  Philler  (Brock)  Lear, 
He  is  of  English  and  Irish  ( ?)  descent. 

Prepared  at  Germantown  Academy  and  the  Taft  School, 
where  he  played  football  and  a  "little  bit  of  several  other 
things. ' '  His  college  career  tabulated  is  as  follows :  * '  Scholar- 
ship, passed  mechanics  at  mid-years  in  Sophomore  year; 
literature,  one  joke  in  the  Record;  society,  one  reception  and 


408  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

one  call  during  four  years  of  college  life ;  appointments,  first 
colloquies !     Teams,  scrub  football  once !     Senior  Crew  and 
Favonian    Crew!      Committees,   chairman    of   Picture    Com- 
mittee, Ivy  Committee  of  Psi  Upsilon." 
He  is  unmarried. 

He  studied  law  one  year  at  the  University  of  Penn- 
sylvania and  in  a  law  office,  went  South  and  worked  in 
the  office  of  the  United  States  Coal  &  Oil  Company, 
Holden,  W.  Va.,  and  taught  one  year  at  the  Holbrook 
School,  Ossining,  N.  Y.  Since  1906  he  has  been  with 
the  United  Gas  Improvement  Company  of  Philadel- 
phia. 

He  is  an  Episcopalian,  a  member  of  St.  Paul's 
Church,  Doylestown,  Pa.  He  is  a  Taft  Republican  and 
was  honorably  discharged  from  Company  S,  Sixth 
Regiment  of  Pennsylvania. 

Bunnie  's  letters  are  very  characteristic  and  pleasant ; 
here  is  one:  ''The  story  of  my  life  since  graduation  is 
not  aurora  borealistic;  there  have  been  no  high  lights 
nor  any  footlights  to  illumine  it — it  has  gone  along 
with  just  daylight  and  lamplight  and  starlight  to  mark 
its  course. 

''When  I  set  sail  from  the  'Classic  Shades'  upon  the 
road  of  life,  I  hitched  my  wagon  to  the  star  of  Law! 
It  was  not  because  'Ignorantia  legis  neminem  excusat' 
that  the  apple  cart  was  upset,  but  'tis  truth  that  after 
one  year  at  the  University  of  Pennsylvania  Law 
School,  my  wagon  and  I  got  unhitched  from  the  star. 
"We  hitched  up  again,  however,  during  the  summer  of 
1903,  and  bumped  along  desultorily  in  a  law  office  for 
about  a  year,  taking  occasional  hitches  at  stars  of 
lesser  magnitude,  till  the  fall  of  1904,  when  I  was  done 
with  hitching  parties  and  started  forth  to  earn  a  living 
and  forget  astronomy. 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  409 

''My  road  led  to  the  south.  I  followed  it  to  Holden, 
W.  Va,,  a  coal  mining  town,  and  'way  down  in  the 
mountains'  of  West  Virginia  I  was  'slingin'  the  ink 
and  pushin'  the  pen  along'  for  about  a  year  thereafter 
as  office  boy  and  general  whatnot  in  and  out  of  the 
office  of  the  U.  S.  Coal  &  Oil  Company.  While  in 
West  Virginia  I  learned,  inter  alia,  to  almost  ride  a 
horse  somewhat  after  the  manner  that  I  almost  learned 
geometry  at  school — because  I  had  to,  and  after  a 
time  I  learned  that  narrow  valleys  and  steep  mountains 
are  constricting  and  that  coal  mining  companies'  sal- 
aries are  as  stationary  as  a  washstand,  unless  one  is 
either  executive  or  engineering.  I  was  neither  of  these, 
so  I  returned  to  the  smiling  meadowlands  of  Pennsyl- 
vania. 

"In  the  fall  of  1905  I  began  a  brief  career  as  a 
teacher  at  the  Holbrook  School,  Ossining,  N.  Y.  It 
was  Latin  and  Greek  that  I  tried  to  teach  the  school- 
boys there;  it  was  that  'young  barbarians  all  at  play' 
love  not  the  interruptions  and  restraint  of  recita- 
tions and  study  hours,  and  that  the  'young  idea'  needs 
no  lessons  in  'how  to  shoot'  straight  with  a  piece  of 
chalk,  that  the  schoolboys  taught  me.  At  Ossining  I 
passed  two  landmarks  in  my  career ;  my  first  attack  of 
mumps,  which  I  had  so  cleverly  evaded  when  Lincoln 
and  Laws  were  popularizing  it  in  college,  and  my  last 
game  of  football,  which  made  me  painfully  conscious 
that  Troia  fuit.  At  the  end  of  the  school  year  in  June 
I  returned,  not  a  sadder  but  a  wiser  man,  to  my  home 
in  Doylestown,  Pa. 

"In  the  fall  of  1906 1  entered  the  employ  of — journal- 
istic euphemism  for  'got  a  job  with' — the  United  Gas 
Improvement  Company  in  Philadelphia,  and  in  the 
winter  of  1907  I  moved  my  Lares  and  Penates  to  Ger- 


410  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

mantown,  Pa.  For  almost  six  years  I  have  done  my 
sedentary  day's  work  in  the  gas  company's  office 
building,  often  watching  the  clouds  climb  up  the  sky 
out  of  the  west  and  hoping  for  the  day  when  my  work 
can  be  done  directly  under  them  instead  of  under  a 
roof  under  them.  However,  I  am  still  making  gas, 
singing — after  B.  Hooker, 

"Let  the  gas  jets  burn 
While  the  meters  mete, 
For  as  long  as  I  am  here." 

Burton  Howard  Lee 
Rector   of   St.    Mary's   Protestant    Episcopal    Church,    New 

York  City 
Residence,  338  Alexander  Avenue,  New  York  City 

Born  April  28, 1877,  in  New  Haven,  Conn.,  the  son  of  James 
Howard  Lee  (died  in  1910),  a  builder,  and  Fanny  Jane  Lee. 
He  is  of  English  ancestry.  A  cousin,  Burton  James  Lee,  was 
graduated  at  Yale  in  the  Class  of  1894  S. 

Prepared  at  Cheshire  Academy,  Cheshire,  Conn.  In  college 
he  received  first  colloquy  appointments. 

He  married  on  June  27,  1902,  in  New  York  City,  Katharine 
Weir  Hallock,  daughter  of  George  Watson  Hallock,  of  New 
Haven,  Conn.  They  have  two  sons,  both  born  in  New  York 
City:  Burton  Howard,  Jr.,  born  October  17,  1907,  and 
Templeton  Warner,  born  July  9,  1911. 

After  leaving  Yale  he  accepted  a  position  as  instruc- 
tor in  the  Lakewood  Academy,  Lakewood,  N.  J.,  and 
the  following  year  held  a  similar  one  at  Hamilton 
Institute  for  Boys,  in  New  York  City.  He  then  took 
a  two  years'  course  at  the  General  Theological  Semi- 
nary, leaving  there  to  become  curate  at  St.  Michael's 
Church,  New  York  City,  being  ordained  to  the  diacon- 
ate  February  4,  1906,  and  to  the  priesthood  December 
23,  1906,  at  St.  Michael's,  by  Bishop  Greer.    In  June, 


AUTOBIOGEAPIIIES  411 

1909,  he  became  rector  of  St.  Mary's  Protestant  Epis- 
copal Church,  Bronx  Borough. 

He  is  a  member  of  Charity  and  Trowell  lodges.  Free 
and  Accepted  Masons,  and  Ivy  Chapter,  Royal  Ar- 
canum Masons,  Manhattan  Commandery. 

Burton  speaks  thus  for  himself:  ''After  graduation, 
took  the  first  train  for  Lakewood,  where  a  group 
of  boarding  school  boys  were  gathered  to  receive 
instructions  in  order  to  learn  how  to  travel  up  to  Yale 
and  to  remain  for  four  jolly  years.  Then  another  school 
in  New  York  desired  some  Yale  methods  and  then 
another  and  larger  group  wanted  to  learn  the  '  ways  of 
Yale. '  Finally  I  dropped  into  the  General  Theological 
Seminary  and  then  to  St.  Michael's  Church  as  a  curate 
with  Dr.  Peters,  the  quarterback  at  Yale  in  the  days  of 
Walter  Camp. 

' '  Then  after  three  years,  over  here,  among  this  great 
multitude  of  the  East  Side,  perhaps  to  spend  my  entire 
life. 

''We  have  two  boys  to  whom  we  take  pleasure  in  tell- 
ing the  glories  of  the  'way  to  Yale.'  " 

A  clipping  from  the  New  York  Times  for  July  26, 
1911,  brings  out  some  further  facts  (?) : 

Bad  Boys  Stone  a  Church 

Minister,  Once  a  Yale  Sprinter,  Catches  One  and 
Father  Provides  Punishment 

The  Rev.  Burton  H.  Lee,  pastor  of  St.  Mary's  Epis- 
copal Church  at  340  Alexander  Avenue,  the  Bronx,  is 
an  ex-football  man  and  sprinter  of  Yale.  Also,  for  the 
last  sixteen  days,  he  has  been  the  proud  father  of  a 
son. 

He  was  sitting  with  the  infant  in  his  backyard  last 
night  when  he  heard  a  stone  whizz  through  the  air  and 


412  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

strike  the  church  wall  next  door.  The  small  boys  of 
the  neighl)orhood  have  broken  many  windows  in  the 
church  with  stones  and  Dr.  Lee  has  appealed  to  the 
police  of  the  Alexander  Avenue  Station  frequently  to 
have  the  boys  stopped.  There  is  no  policeman  in  the 
station  who  can  catch  one  of  the  youngsters,  however, 
so  the  stone  throwing  has  gone  along  unchecked. 

The  stone  that  struck  the  church  yesterday  evening 
aroused  Dr.  Lee  more  than  any  previous  one  had 
done,  for  now  he  felt  that  the  life  of  his  baby  was 
threatened.  When  a  second  stone  struck  him  in  the 
face  and  a  third  sped  past  the  basket  in  which  the  baby 
lay,  he  carried  the  child  into  the  house,  grabbed  his 
hat,  and  ran  into  the  street. 

A  small  boy  ran  at  his  approach,  but  within  a  block 
the  ex-Yale  athlete  had  overtaken  him  and  dragged 
him,  howling,  back  to  the  rectory.  Then  he  telephoned 
to  the  police.  By  the  time  Policeman  Long  arrived 
Patrick  Stratford,  father  of  nine-year-old  Bernard, 
Dr.  Lee's  prisoner,  had  reached  the  minister's  also, 
and  the  trio  accompanied  Long  to  the  station. 

There  Dr.  Lee  said  he  didn't  want  the  boy  arrested, 
especially  as  his  father  had  promised  that  he'd  take 
his  meals  off  the  mantelpiece  for  a  week.  He  suggested 
that  Lieutenant  McLaughlin  lecture  the  youngster,  and 
that  accommodating  official  drew  such  a  vivid  picture 
of  what  happened  to  bad  boys  that  Bernard  left  in 
tears. 

Mr.  Walch,  father  of  Vincent  and  Joseph  Walch, 
whom  Bernard  implicated  in  the  stone  throwing,  vis- 
ited the  minister  also,  and  Dr.  Lee  said  last  night  that 
he  guesses  the  Walch  youngsters  would  find  it  more 
convenient  to  remain  standing  for  awhile. 


AUTOBIOGKAPHIES  413 

Eugene  Heitler  Lehman 

Instructor  in  Jewish  Literature  at  Yale  University,  615  Yale 
Station,  New  Haven,  Conn. 

Bom  September  5,  1879,  in  Pueblo,  Colo.,  son  of  Moritz 
Lehman  (died  in  1889),  who  was  in  the  tobacco  business,  and 
Rose  (Heitler)  Lehman.  He  is  of  German  and  Austrian 
ancestry,  A  cousin,  Charles  Heitler  Studin,  was  graduated  at 
Yale  in  1897  and  a  brother,  Louis  Heitler  Lehman,  in  1910. 

Prepared  at  the  Centennial  High  School,  Pueblo,  Colo., 
where  he  was  a  member  of  the  Interscholastic  Debating  Team 
and  manager  of  the  football  team.  He  attended  the  Univer- 
sity of  Colorado,  at  Boulder,  Freshman  year,  won  the  Griffin 
Debating  prize  and  was  a  member  of  the  Freshman  baseball 
team.  At  Yale  he  won  the  DeForest  medal  Senior  year,  a 
second  Ten  Eyck  prize  Junior  year,  honorable  mention  in  the 
John  Addison  Porter  prize  in  American  history  Senior  year, 
a  second  dispute  Junior  and  a  dissertation  Senior  appoint- 
ment. He  was  manager  of  the  Debating  Team  and  a  member 
of  the  winning  Interdepartment  Debating  Team. 

He  married  in  the  spring  of  1912,  Madeline  T.  Davidsburg, 
of  New  York  City. 

He  was  one  of  the  first  to  receive  the  Cecil  Rhodes 
scholarship  at  Oxford,  and  since  graduation  has  been 
engaged  in  educational  work  at  the  Jewish  Theological 
Seminary  of  America,  the  Free  Synagogue  in  New 
York  City  and  at  Yale.  During  this  time  he  has  spent 
a  year  in  study  abroad  and  two  years  as  a  postgrad- 
uate student  in  New  Haven. 

He  received  the  degree  of  M.A.  at  Yale  in  1909. 
He  is  Independent  in  politics.  In  1911  he  was  head 
of  the  department  of  Biblical  literature  of  the  Benja- 
min Dean  School  and  in  1912  president  of  the  Asso- 
ciation of  Jewish  Religious  School  Teachers  of  New 
York.    He  has  written  articles  for  New  Era  and  Home 


414  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

Progress,  and  published  ''Curriculum  for  Jewish 
Religious  Schools,"  ''The  Junior  Bible  for  Jewish 
Schools"  (with  Professor  Kent),  three  volumes; 
Bloch's  Cards  for  Coloring;  and  made  numerous  pub- 
lic addresses  at  Carnegie  Hall  and  elsewhere,  under  the 
auspices  of  the  Free  Synagogue.  He  is  a  member  of 
tlie  Jewish  Historical  Society  of  America  and  of 
Verein  fur  Jiidische  Geschichte  und  Literatur. 

Eugene  has  had  a  busy  life.  Here's  what  he  says 
about  it:  "Immediately  after  graduation  I  started 
to  study,  under  the  direction  of  Dr.  Felix  Adler,  to  pre- 
pare myself  for  leadership  in  the  Ethical  Culture 
Society.  Later  I  withdrew  to  enter  the  Jewish  Theo- 
logical Seminary  of  America,  in  which  institution  I 
was  at  the  same  time  appointed  instructor  of  English. 
Soon,  however,  it  appeared  to  me  that  hypocrisy 
abounded  among  the  students  and  faculty,  so  I  w^rote 
a  series  of  letters  of  criticism  to  the  board  of  trustees, 
as  a  result  of  which  I  was  expelled  from  the  institu- 
tion. About  this  time  I  was  awarded,  somewhat  pre- 
maturely, a  Cecil  Rhodes  scholarship  from  Colorado. 
I  then  began  to  offer  courses  of  lectures  on  religious 
subjects  in  New  York,  until  a  call  came  from  our 
Alma  Mater  to  prepare  myself  for  the  position  I  now 
hold.  Accordingly  I  returned  to  New  Haven,  pursued 
postgraduate  work  for  two  years,  spent  an  additional 
year  studying  at  the  University  of  Berlin  and  at  the 
Lehranstalt  fiir  die  Wissenschaft  des  Judentums,  and 
returned  to  New  Haven  to  begin  teaching  in  the  fall 
of  1910.  In  1907,  Dr.  Stephen  Wise  came  to  New  York 
to  found  the  Free  Synagogue  and  invited  me  to  become 
his  assistant.  I  accepted  and  since  then  have  been 
spending  three  days  of  the  week  in  New  York  attend- 
ing to  the  synagogue  duties.    Aside  from  my  year's 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  415 

study  in  Berlin,  I  spent  two  summers  abroad,  travel- 
ing in  England,  Ireland,  Scotland,  France,  Switzer- 
land, Germany  and  Belgium.  For  several  years  I 
have  been  offering  courses  of  ten  lectures  each,  deliv- 
ered in  New  York  and  vicinity,  upon  such  subjects  as : 
"The  Prophets  of  the  Old  Testament";  ''The  Priests 
of  the  Old  Testament";  "Life  and  Teachings  of 
Jesus. ' '  Much  of  my  work  in  connection  with  the  Free 
Synagogue  keeps  me  busy  lecturing  and  teaching  in  the 
slums  of  New  York.  I  am  now  preparing  for  the  press 
two  works:  (1)  "Religious  Education  Among  the  Jews 
in  the  Days  of  the  Mishnah";  and  (2)  an  article  on 
"Jewish  Eeligious  Schools,"  for  the  Encyclopedia  of 
Sunday  Schools  soon  to  be  issued.  The  main  thing 
I  am  attempting  to  do  is  to  lead  people  to  live  up  to 
the  teachings  of  the  Hebrew  Prophets.  Jesus 
attempted  to  do  pretty  much  the  same  thing,  and  so  in 
my  humble  way  I  am  trying  to  follow  in  the  footsteps 
of  the  greatest  man  my  race — any  race — has  pro- 
duced. ' ' 


Elisha  Sears  Lewis,  M.D. 
Physician,  practicing  in  Princeton,  Mass. 

Born  May  22,  1874,  in  Springfield,  Mass.,  the  son  of  George 
Smith  Lewis,  who  recently  completed  fifty-five  years  of  con- 
tinuous service  with  the  Springfield  Republican,  where  he  is 
now  librarian  and  obituary  editor,  and  Ellen  Maria  (Sears) 
Lewis,  who  was  graduated  in  1863  at  Miss  Maria  Payne's 
Young  Ladies'  Seminary  in  Middletown,  Conn.  He  is  of 
Welsh  ancestry  on  his  father's  side;  his  mother  is  of  English 
and  Dutch  stock.  His  Yale  relatives  are  a  brother,  Dudley 
Payne  Lewis,  1903,  Class  Secretary,  and  four  cousins,  Joseph 
Hendley  Townsend,  1885  and  1887  M.,  Harold  Sears  Arnold, 


416  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

1900  and  1903  M.,  Class  Secretary,  George  Stanleigh  Arnold, 
1903  and  1906  L.,  and  Argall  Leroy  Hull,  1905. 

Prepared  at  Phillips  Andover,  and  before  entering  our 
Class  completed,  with  the  Class  of  1899  S.,  the  three-year 
course  in  the  Sheffield  Scientific  School.  He  was  a  member  of 
Chi  Phi.  While  a  member  of  1902  he  received  a  dispute 
appointment. 

He  married  on  September  1,  1899,  Jane  Catharine  Marsh, 
Vassar  1898,  the  oldest  of  the  six  children  of  Oliver  Marsh, 
of  Springfield,  Mass.  Mrs.  Lewis,  whose  wide  circle  of 
friends  increased  during  years  of  suffering,  borne  with  won- 
derful courage  and  sweetness,  died  in  Princeton,  Mass.,  on 
April  26,  1910.  One  daughter,  Jane  Catharine  Marsh,  was 
born  July  21,  1900,  in  Springfield,  Mass. 

Dr.  Lewis  married  on  May  17,  1911,  in  Princeton,  Mass., 
Emma  May  Hosley,  daughter  of  Henry  D.  Hosley,  a  retired 
merchant  and  veteran  of  the  Civil  War,  of  East  Princeton, 
Mass. 

On  graduation  he  took  the  course  in  the  College  of 
Physicians  and  Surgeons,  Baltimore,  receiving  the 
degree  of  M.D.  in  1905.  He  served  as  interne  in  the 
Springfield  (Mass.)  Hospital  four  months,  leaving  in 
the  fall  of  1905  for  Vienna,  where  he  studied  medicine 
during  the  winter,  continuing  his  studies  in  London 
and  in  Dublin  during  the  spring.  Since  his  return  he 
has  practiced  in  Princeton,  Mass. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  following  associations  and 
clubs:  The  American  Medical  Association,  the  Massa- 
chusetts Medical  Association,  the  Rutland  Clinical 
Club,  the  Princeton  Board  of  Health,  the  Princeton 
Grange  and  the  Worcester  Automobile  Club.  Pie  is 
school  physician  of  Princeton  and  medical  examiner 
of  the  Wachusett  Lodge,  A.  0.  U.  W. 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  417 

George  Gould  Lincoln 

Newspaper  "Work  with  The  Evening  Star,  Washington,  D.  C. 
Residence,  1747  Church  Street,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Born  July  26,  1880,  in  Washington,  D.  C,  the  son  of  Dr. 
Nathan  Smith  Lincohi,  a  physician  and  surgeon,  and  Jeanie 
(Gould)  Lincoln.  He  is  the  child  of  his  father's  second 
marriage.  Of  English  ancestry.  His  Yale  relatives  are  his 
great-great-grandfather,  Hon.  Uriah  Tracy,  1778;  great- 
grandfather, Judge  James  Gould,  1791 ;  grandfathers,  George 
Gould,  1827,  and  Rev.  Increase  Sumner  Lincoln,  1822 ;  uncle, 
George  Vail  Gould,  1873  Hon. ;  great-uncle,  William  Tracy 
Gould,  1816;  cousins,  James  Gardner  Gould,  1845;  James 
Reeves  Gould,  1824 ;  Charles  Winthrop  Gould,  1870. 

Prepared  at  the  Friends'  School,  Washington,  D.  C,  where 
he  went  out  for  baseball,  football  and  track.  In  college  he 
made  the  Freshman  Crew  and  the  Varsity  Four-Oar  and  in 
Senior  year  coached  the  Freshman  Crew,  was  a  member  of 
the  Wigwam  Debating  Club,  chairman  of  the  Senior  Prom 
Committee  and  the  Class  Supper  Committee.  He  received 
second  dispute  appointments.  His  societies  were  Delta  Kappa 
Epsilon  and  Wolf 's  Head. 

He  married  on  May  20,  1909,  Hester  Shepard,  daughter  of 
Judge  Seth  Shepard,  justice  of  the  Court  of  Appeals.  They 
have  one  daughter,  Hester  Shepard,  born  December  13,  1910, 
in  Washington,  D.  C. 

Journalism  has  been  the  type  of  work  to  which  he 
has  devoted  most  of  the  ten  years  since  graduation, 
varying  it  "vvith  a  little  mine  prospecting  in  Canada, 
and  an  assistant  superintendency  of  a  tea  plantation 
in  South  Carolina.  He  has  been  connected  with  the 
Times,  Post  and  Star,  all  of  Washington,  and  is  a 
correspondent  for  the  Grand  Rapids  News,  Birming- 
ham News  and  other  papers. 

He  is  an  Episcopalian,  though  not  a  church  member. 
He  has  published  an  article  on  the  ''House  of  Rep  re- 


418  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

sentatives"  in  Munsey's  Magazine,  and  several  maga- 
zine stories.  On  December  4,  1912,  he  was  elected  sec- 
retary of  the  Yale  Alumni  Association  of  Washington. 
Rab  gives  us  a  few  words  only:  ''Four  months  in 
Canada  prospecting  for  nickel  mine  immediately  after 
college.  Returned  to  Washington  and  took  up  news- 
paper work.  In  fall  of  1903,  went  to  tea  plantation  near 
Charleston,  S.  C,  as  assistant  superintendent,  there 
until  May,  1904.  Broke  my  knee  and  had  to  come  back 
to  Washington.  Went  into  newspaper  work  and  have 
been  in  it  ever  since." 

Leroy  Alton  Lincoln 

Lawyer,  practicing  independently,  523  Ellicott  Square, 
Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

Born  August  18,  1880,  in  Little  Valley,  N.  Y.,  the  son  of 
Charles  Z.  Lincoln,  a  lawyer,  and  Lusette  (Bonsteel)  Lincoln. 
His  ancestry  is  American  "since  1635." 

Prepared  at  the  Albany  High  School,  Albany,  N.  Y.,  and  in 
college  was  a  member  of  the  Dunham  Boat  Club  and  received 
second  dispute  appointments. 

He  married  on  September  6,  1905,  Alary  Stevens  Moore, 
daughter  of  John  L  Moore  (deceased),  of  Fredonia,  N.  Y. 
Mrs.  Lincoln  died  April  21,  1908.     They  had  no  children. 

For  one  year  after  graduation  he  studied  law  in  the 
Albany  Law  School  and  spent  the  summers  of  1903  and 
1904  with  the  United  States  Geological  Survey.  He 
studied  law  one  year  in  Buffalo  and  was  admitted  to 
the  New  York  State  Bar  in  May,  1904,  and  then  formed 
a  partnership  with  George  H.  Smith,  Colgate  1901, 
under  the  firm  name  of  Lincoln  &  Smith,  for  the  prac- 
tice of  law  in  Buffalo,  Charles  Z.  Lincoln  acting  as 
counsel.  On  November  1, 1910,  this  firm  was  dissolved 
and  he  has  since  practiced  alone. 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  419 

He  is  a  Republican.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Uni- 
versity, Lawyers  and  Park  clubs,  all  of  Buffalo. 

George  Walter  Lindenberg 

Secretary  of  the  Columbus  Brass  Company,  Columbus,  Ohio 
Residence,  42  Auburn  Street,  Columbus,  Ohio 

Born  June  22,  1879,  in  Columbus,  Ohio,  the  son  of  Philip 
Lindenberg  and  Clara  (Kaumaeher)  Lindenberg.  He  is  of 
German  ancestry. 

Prepared  at  Phillips  Academy,  Andover,  arid  in  college  was 
secretary  of  the  Football  Association  in  Junior  year,  treas- 
urer and  a  member  of  the  board  of  governors  of  the  Univer- 
sity Club,  a  second  Wrangler  and  a  cup  man.  He  received 
a  first  colloquy  appointment  Junior  year.  He  was  a  member 
of  the  Kraut  Club,  Eta  Phi,  Psi  Upsilon  and  Scroll  and  Key. 

He  married  on  March  7,  1905,  in  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  Amy  Duke- 
hart  Townsend,  daughter  of  Henry  C.  Townsend,  deceased. 
They  have  three  children,  all  born  in  Columbus,  Ohio:  Ann 
Townsend,  born  December  26,  1905 ;  George  "Walter,  Jr.,  born 
November  19,  1907 ;  and  John  TowTisend,  born  October  16, 
1909. 

He  has  been  with  the  Columbus  Brass  Company, 
manufacturers  and  jobbers  of  plumbers'  supplies,  since 
graduation,  his  present  position  being  secretary. 

Benjamin  Robbins  Curtis  Low 

Member  of  the  firm  of  Low,  Miller  &  Low,  lawyers,  30  Broad 

Street,  New  York  City 

Residence,  58  Remsen  Street,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Born  June  22,  1880,  in  Fair  Haven,  Mass.,  the  son  of 
William  Oilman  Low,  a  lawyer,  and  Lois  Robbins  (Curtis)  Low. 
The  following  relatives  have  graduated  from  Yale :  a  brother, 
William  Oilman  Low,  1897;  and  three  cousins,  Ethelbert  Ide 


420  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

Low,  1902;  George  Cabot  Ward  Low,  1906,  and  Abbot 
Augustus  Low,  Jr.,  1911. 

Prepared  at  St.  Paul's  School,  Concord,  N.  H.,  and  at  Yale 
was  a  member  of  the  Dunham  Boat,  Cross  Country  and  Cor- 
inthian Yacht  clubs,  the  Wigwam  Debating  Society,  received 
a  philosophical  oration  appointment  in  Junior  year  and  an 
oration  appointment  in  Senior  year,  took  two  year  honors  in 
history,  was  chairman  of  the  Cap  and  Gown  and  a  member 
of  the  Senior  Promenade  Committee,  was  president  of  the 
German  Club  and  of  Phi  Beta  Kappa,  and  was  a  member  of 
Psi  Upsilon  and  the  University  Club  and,  on  its  formation  in 
1903,  was  elected  a  member  of  the  Elihu  Club. 

He  is  unmarried. 

He  received  the  degree  of  LL.B.  from  Harvard  Uni- 
versity in  1905,  and  during  his  course  was  elected  a 
member  of  Phi  Delta  Phi. 

On  October  1,  1909,  with  E.  I.  Low  and  C.  D.  Miller, 
of  our  Class,  he  formed  a  partnership  for  the  practice 
of  law,  under  the  firm  name  of  Low,  Miller  &  Low,  at 
30  Broad  Street,  New  York  City,  which  is  his  present 
address. 

He  is  a  member  and  vestryman  of  St.  Ann's  Epis- 
copal Church  of  Brooklyn,  and  is  chairman  of  the 
Laymen's  Missionary  Committee  of  the  Diocese  of 
Long  Island.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Yale  and  Harvard 
clubs  of  New  York  and  the  Association  of  the  Bar  of 
the  City  of  New  York.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican. 
He  has  published  two  poems  in  Scrihner's  Magazine 
and  has  written  a  book.  In  regard  to  his  recent  life  he 
writes  that  it  has  been  one  of  ''hard  work  sprinkled 
with  oases." 

Ben  is  as  young  at  heart  as  ever  and  a  pleasant 
greeting  from  him  amid  the  rush  of  our  United  States 
is  a  treat  to  be  looked  forward  to  and  not  quickly 
forgotten. 


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AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  421 

Ethelbert  Ide  Low 

Member  of  the  firm  of  Low,  Miller  &  Low,  lawyers,  30  Broad 
Street,  New  York  City 

Residence,  38  East  Sixty-fourth  Street,  New  York  City 

Born  April  25,  1880,  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  the  son  of  Ethel- 
bert Mills  Low,  Harvard  1870,  who  was  engaged  in  the  ship- 
ping business  (died  in  July,  1881),  and  Mary  Louise  (Ide) 
Low.  He  is  of  English  ancestry.  His  Yale  relatives  are  an 
uncle,  George  Edward  Ide,  1881;  two  half-brothers,  Lyman 
Northrop  Hine,  1910,  and  Francis  Worthington  Hine,  ex- 
1915 ;  cousins,  William  Gilman  Low,  Jr.,  1897,  Benjamin  Rob- 
bins  Curtis  Low,  1902,  George  Cabot  Ward  Low,  1906,  and 
Abbot  Augustus  Low,  Jr.,  1911. 

Prepared  at  St.  Paul's  School,  Concord,  N.  H.,  where  he 
went  in  for  football  and  rowing.  In  college  he  was  a  sub- 
stitute on  the  Freshman  Crew,  vice-commodore  and  commodore 
of  the  Corinthian  Yacht  Club,  also  a  member  of  the  Race  Com- 
mittee ;  a  member  of  the  Wigwam  Debating  Club  and  received 
first  colloquy  appointments.  He  was  treasurer  of  the  Senior 
Prom  Committee,  a  member  of  the  University  Club,  Alpha 
Delta  Phi  and  Wolf's  Head. 

He  married  on  June  9,  1904,  Gertrude  Herrick,  daughter 
of  Harold  Herrick,  president  of  the  Niagara  Fire  Insurance 
Company,  of  New  York  City.  They  have  two  sons,  both  born 
in  Lawrence,  Long  Island :  Ethelbert  Herrick,  born  April  26, 
1906,  and  Francis  Hine,  born  August  10,  1911. 

On  graduation  he  entered  Columbia  Law  School, 
where  he  joined  Phi  Delta  Phi  legal  fraternity.  Upon 
the  completion  of  the  course  he  commenced  the  prac- 
tice of  law  with  DeForest  Brothers  at  30  Broad  Street, 
New  York  City.  Since  October  1,  1909,  he  has  been 
senior  member  of  the  firm  of  Low,  Miller  &  Low,  all 
three  being  Yale  1902. 


422  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

He  is  a  director  in  the  following  companies :  Niagara 
Fire  Insurance  Company,  J.  I.  Case  Threshing  Machine 
Company,  Rush  Creek  Land  Company  and  the  Coal 
Run  Land  Company. 

He  received  the  degree  of  LL.B.  at  Columbia  in 
1905.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Church  of  Zion  and  Saint 
Timothy,  being  treasurer  of  the  church  committee  of 
the  Laymen's  Missionary  Movement  and  a  member 
of  the  general  committee  of  this  movement.  His 
clubs  are  the  University,  Yale,  Church,  Alpha  Delta 
Phi,  Rockaway  Hunt  Club,  Country  Club  of  West- 
chester, Seawanhaka  Corinthian  Yacht,  Down  Town 
Association  and  the  Hamilton  Club. 

Bert  says : ' '  I  will  write  you  that  letter  for  the  Class 
book  when  I  can  overcome  my  natural  modesty. ' '  Well, 
be  that  as  it  may,  I  hope  it  will  be  eventually,  even  if 
not  now. 


Arthur  Crosby  Ludington 

Doing  special  work  for  the  Government  for  the  Indian  Bureau, 
care  Bureau  of  Indian  Affairs,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Residence,  56  West  Tenth  Street,  New  York  City 

Born  March  6,  1880,  in  New  York  City,  the  son  of  Charles 
Henry  Ludington  (died  January  1,  1910),  a  wholesale 
importer  until  1868,  and  Josephine  Lord  (Noyes)  Ludington 
(died  April  17,  1908).  He  is  of  English  ancestry  with  some 
Scotch,  Irish  and  Welsh.  His  Yale  relatives  are  two  brothers, 
William  Howard  Ludington  and  Charles  Henry  Ludington, 
Jr.,  1887,  and  many  cousins :  William  Sargent  Gilman  Noyes, 
1891 ;  Daniel  Raymond  Noyes,  1905 ;  Charles  Reinold  Noyes, 
1905 ;  Robert  Hale  Noyes,  1908 ;  Charles  Noyes  Loveland,  1894, 
and  Henry  Perkins  Moseley,  1894. 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES        "  423 

Prepared  at  Black  Hall  and  St.  Paul's,  Concord,  N.  H.  At 
the  former  he  edited  the  school  paper  and  at  the  latter  he 
wrote  for  the  school  paper,  wrote  a  prize  poem  and  a  library- 
poem.  In  college  he  wrote  for  the  Lit  and  Courant;  won  Lit 
prize  essay  and  made  Chi  Delta  Theta;  sang  on  Freshman, 
Apollo  and  (in  Senior  year)  University  Glee  clubs;  was  on 
the  Sophomore  debating  team  (Wigwam)  ;  took  honors  in 
English  composition  Sophomore  year,  made  a  high  oration 
stand  and  Phi  Beta  Kappa.  He  was  active  in  Dwight  Hall 
for  first  two  and  a  half  years  and  head  of  Yale  Hall  in  Junior 
year,  chairman  of  the  City  Missions  Committee  in  1901  and 
of  Foreign  Missions  Committee  in  1902.  Went  in  for  rowing, 
tennis  and  golf — also  a  little  for  track  athletics — but  made  no 
teams.  He  received  Class  vote  for  greatest  sport.  He  was  a 
member  of  Dunham  Boat  Club,  University  Club  and  the  Pic- 
ture Committee.  His  societies  were  Kappa  Psi  and  Psi 
Upsilon. 

He  is  unmarried. 

He  worked  for  two  and  a  half  years  in  the  bond 
department  of  Post  &  Flagg,  New  York  City,  but  in 
1905  went  to  Princeton  to  assist  Woodrow  Wilson  in 
his  political  science  courses.  This  was  the  line  of 
work  which  he  had  wished  to  follow  and  in  1907  he 
went  to  Germany  for  further  study  along  these  lines. 
Serious  illness  in  his  family  recalled  him  to  this  coun- 
try in  1908,  and  he  has  since  been  in  political  work  with 
various  organizations  and  has  taken  graduate  courses 
at  Columbia.  In  February,  1912,  he  went  to  Washing- 
ton to  do  special  work  for  the  Commissioner  of  Indian 
Affairs. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  executive  committee  and 
several  other  committees  of  the  Citizens'  Union  of 
New  York  City;  of  the  committee  on  election  laws  of 
the  City  Club  of  New  York;  of  the  Council  of  the 
National  Municipal  League;  of  the  executive  commit- 


424  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

tee  of  the  National  and  New  York  Short  Ballot  organi- 
zations ;  of  tlie  executive  committee  of  the  Intercollegi- 
ate Civic  League;  of  the  executive  committee  of  the 
New  York  Young  Men's  Republican  Club;  of  the  exec- 
utive committee  of  the  New  York  Congestion  Com- 
mittee. He  is  a  member  of  the  Madison  Square  Pres- 
byterian Church,  was  a  deacon  in  1904  and  1905,  and 
head  of  the  Boys'  Club  at  the  Madison  Church  House 
during  the  same  years.  He  has  written  a  book  on 
''American  Ballot  Laws,  1888-1910,"  published  by  the 
New  York  State  Library  in  1911;  various  magazine 
articles  for  the  American  Political  Science  Review  and 
the  South  Atlantic  Quarterly;  read  papers  at  the 
annual  meetings  for  1909  and  1911  of  the  American 
Political  Science  Association;  was  associate  editor  in 
1911  of  the  National  Municipal  Review;  has  written 
various  political  pamphlets — mostly  on  primary  and 
ballot  reform.  He  is  a  member  of  the  City  Club  of 
New  York,  Reform  Club,  Metropolitan  Club  of  Wash- 
ington ;  American  Political  Science  Association,  Amer- 
ican Academy  of  Political  and  Social  Science,  Ameri- 
can Association  for  Labor  Legislation,  National  Civil 
Service  Reform  Association,  New  York  Tax  Reform 
Association  and  the  New  York  Municipal  Government 
Association. 

As  I  have  used  Art's  letter  for  the  above  facts,  I  give 
only  one  quotation:  ''My  present  plan  is  to  continue 
in  non-partisan  political  and  social  reform  work — I 
am  becoming  increasingly  interested  in  the  latter — 
or  to  try  for  some  permanent  government  position." 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  425 

Huc-Mazelet  Luquiens 

Artist 
Studio,  254  Lawrence  Street,  New  Haven,  Conn. 
Residence,  201  Bishop  Street,  New  Haven,  Conn. 

Born  June  30,  1881,  in  Auburndale,  Mass.,  the  son  of  Pro- 
fessor Jules  Luquiens,  Ph.D.  Yale  1873  (died  August  23, 
1899),  head  of  the  French  Department,  Yale  College,  and 
Emma  (Clark)  Luquiens.  His  ancestry  combines  Swiss, 
French,  English  and  German.  Besides  his  father,  a  brother, 
Frederick  Bliss  Luquiens,  was  graduated  at  Yale  in  1897. 

Prepared  at  Hillhouse  High  School,  New  Haven,  Conn.  In 
college  he  served  on  the  Record  board  and  was  president  of  the 
French  Club.  He  received  honors  in  English  composition  in 
Sophomore  year,  a  high  oration  Junior  and  a  philosophical 
oration  Senior  appointment.  He  was  a  member  of  Zeta  Psi 
and  was  elected  to  Phi  Beta  Kappa,  of  which  he  was  secre- 
tary. 

He  is  unmarried. 

After  graduation  he  entered  the  Yale  School  of  Fine 
Arts,  taking  the  "Winchester  fellowship  prize  in  1904, 
which  gave  him  two  years  of  study  in  Paris,  where  he 
worked,  for  the  most  part,  in  the  ateliers  of  Jean  Paul 
Laurens  and  Bonnat.  Since  his  return  to  New  Haven, 
he  has  devoted  himself  to  etching  and  portrait  paint- 
ing. Among  the  Yale  men  whom  he  has  painted  are 
Professors  Henry  P.  Wright,  Samuel  Johnson,  Wil- 
liam D.  Whitney,  Thomas  E.  Lounsbury,  William  Lyon 
Phelps,  George  D.  Watrous,  Chauncey  B.  Tinker,  Rev. 
Newman  Smyth  and  Mr.  William  W.  Farnam. 

He  received  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Fine  Arts  at 
Yale  in  1908.  He  is  a  member  of  Center  Church  ( Con- 
gregational), New  Haven,  the  Graduates,  Elizabethan 
and  Paint  and  Clay  clubs,  all  of  New  Haven. 


426  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

Only  one  of  numerous  comments  on  Hue's  work  is 
published : 

''To  the  left  of  Mr.  Fuller's  'Truth'  hangs  a  portrait 
by  Huc-Mazelet  Luquiens,  of  Dr.  Ne^^^nan  Smyth.  The 
picture  itself  is  so  finely  reticent  that  one  must  look 
closely  to  discover  why  he  likes  it  so  well.  Such  words 
as  subtle  or  clever  are  hardly  worthy  to  indicate  the 
skillful  artistry  which  has  accomplished  so  much  by 
means  so  simple  and  direct.  The  drawing  of  the  hands 
is  delightfully  sure.  The  color  is  very  pleasing,  rather 
low  in  key,  rising  to  its  highest  pitch,  of  course,  in  the 
fine  and  very  characteristic  head.  One  need  not  be  told 
that  the  likeness  is  a  striking  one — every  detail  is  full 
of  personality,  the  figure  not  less  than  the  head. 
Slighter,  though  very  interesting,  is  the  costume  por- 
trait called  'Guillermo,'  which  hangs  at  the  right  of 
'Truth  Triumphing  Over  Error.'  Here  again  Mr. 
Luquiens 's  gift  of  seizing  essentials  is  evident,  reveal- 
ing under  an  air  and  costume  that  might  become  a 
cynic  philosopher,  the  personality  of  Will  Hutchins, 
another  of  the  exhibitors.  Two  admirable  etchings  by 
the  same  artist  hang  upon  the  left  wall  of  the  entrance 
way,  piquing  one  to  admit  how  much  a  few  lines  can 
say.  Mr.  Luquiens 's  power  of  concision  almost  moves 
one  to  the  frivolous  wish  to  see  him  exercise  his  gift  of 
characterization  in  rollicking  caricature. ' ' 

And  now  we  let  him  tell  his  own  story  in  rollicking 
caricature. 


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Willard  Blackinton  Luther 

Member  of  the  law  firm  of  Peabody,  Arnold,  Batchelder  & 

Luther,  104  Devonshire  Building,  16  State  Street, 

Boston,  Mass. 

Residence,  64  Canton  Avenue,  Milton,  Mass. 

Born  October  19,  1879,  in  Attleboro,  Mass.,  the  son  of 
George  Edward  Luther  (died  October  20,  1897,  in  Providence, 
R.  I.),  a  manufacturer,  and  Ella  M.  (Fisher)  Luther.  He  is 
of  English  ancestry  on  both  sides,  his  father's  family  coming 
to  this  country  in  1636  and  his  mother's  about  1640.  A 
brother,  Charles  Fisher  Luther,  was  graduated  at  Yale  in 
1908. 

Prepared  at  the  English  and  Classical  School,  Providence, 
R,  I.,  and  was  senior  captain  of  the  school  battalion.  In  col- 
lege he  was  a  member  of  the  Wranglers,  Sophomore  Debating 
Team,  New  Haven  Golf  Club  and  Corinthian  Yacht  Club. 
He  received  high  oration  appointments,  two  year  honors  in 
social  sciences,  honors  in  English  composition  Sophomore 
year,  and  was  elected  to  Phi  Beta  Kappa.  He  was  a  member 
of  Psi  Upsilon  and  Elihu  Club  (honorary). 

He  is  unmarried. 

He  studied  in  the  Harvard  Law  School  and  was  a 
member  of  Pow-Wow  and  the  Choate  Club  (local 
branch  of  Phi  Delta  Phi).  In  1905  he  entered  the  firm 
of  which  he  is  now  a  member,  the  name  then  being 
Peabody  &  Arnold. 

He  received  the  degree  of  M.A.  in  1905  from  Yale 
(work  in  English  under  Professor  Phelps),  and  the 
degree  of  LL.B.  in  1905  from  Harvard.  He  is  a  Demo- 
crat. Though  a  nominal  member  of  Beneficent  Con- 
gregational Church  of  Providence,  he  sometimes  at- 
tends the  First  Parish  Church  (Unitarian)  of  Milton. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Milton  Club,  Oakley  Country 
Club,  Yale  Club  of  Boston  (secretary  and  treasurer), 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  429 

Harvard  Club  of  Boston,  Harvard  Musical  Association, 
Nisi  Prius  Club  (legal),  Bar  Association  of  Boston  and 
the  Anti-Imperialist  League. 

Willard  writes:  ''You  can  always  get  my  interest 
and  sometimes  get  my  money,  but  I  doubt  if  you  can 
ever  get  me  to  make  a  fool  of  myself,  even  for  the 
praiseworthy  end  of  entertaining  1902.  Any  made-to- 
order  sketch  that  I  might  attempt  to  write  wouldn't  be 
a  picture  of  me,  it  would  be  either  the  sad  spectacle  of 
a  person  trying  to  say  something  about  nothing,  or  the 
sadder  one  of  a  man  who  ought  to  know  better  doing  a 
little  juvenile  showing  off.  Note:  I  say  this  about 
myself,  not  about  others  who  may  be  able  to  write 
glibly  about  anything. 

''Perhaps  this  is  not  exactly  the  self-assertion  that 
you  are  looking  for,  but  it  is  all  I  care  to  display  at 
present.  When  I  really  have  anything  to  say  you  may 
be  quite  sure  that  I  shall  say  it. ' ' 


Walter  Lester  Lyon 
Residence,  110  South  Twenty-first  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Born  April  24,  1881,  in  Berlin,  Germany,  the  son  of  Dr. 
J.  Fish  Lyon,  Brown  1870,  M.  D.  Heidelberg  1880,  and  Louise 
(Miller)  Lyon,  He  is  the  son  by  his  mother's  second  marriage. 
He  is  of  German  descent.  A  cousin,  William  Howard  Lyon, 
was  graduated  at  Yale  in  the  Class  of  1908. 

Prepared  at  Columbia  Institute  and  Dwight  School,  New 
York  City.  He  was  on  the  baseball  team  at  both  schools  and 
at  Dwight  played  basketball,  was  captain  of  the  hockey  team 
which  never  played  a  game  and  associate  editor  of  Dwight 
School  News.  At  Yale  he  tried  for  the  Hockey  Team  in  Fresh- 
man year,  resulting  in  his  nose  being  broken  twice.  He  tried 
Freshman  baseball  one  week  but  scholarship  standing  did  not 


430  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

allow  him  to  continue.     He  also  tried  for  the  bicycle  team. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  University  Club  and  Zeta  Psi. 

He  married  on  February  1,  1911,  Beatrice  Cochran,  daugh- 
ter of  Henry  Cochran,  deceased.  They  have  one  daughter, 
Dorothy  Erskine,  born  October  21,  1911,  in  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

On  graduation  he  entered  the  College  of  Physicians 
and  Surgeons,  where  he  was  a  member  of  Omega  Upsi- 
lon  Phi,  but  after  a  short  time  gave  up  the  idea  of 
studying  for  professional  work  and  went  Avith  J.  H. 
Flagg  Cutlery  Company,  later  going  to  Wall  Street 
with  Clark,  Grannis  &  Lawrence,  where  he  remained 
until  the  panic.  Since  that  time  he  has  been  in  the  New 
York  office  of  the  Russell  &  Erwin  Manufacturing  Com- 
pany, his  last  position  being  assistant  sales  manager. 
He  resigned  this  position  in  May,  1912. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Episcopal  Church,  Republi- 
can in  politics,  and  belongs  to  the  Yale  Club  and  Zeta 
Psi  Association  of  New  York  and  the  Atlantic  City 
Country  Club. 

Walter's  letter  outlines  the  rest:  ''Most  of  my  mis- 
deeds are  known  to  you,  but  for  the  benefit  of  the 
records  I  will  revise  them.  In  the  fall  of  1902  I  started 
in  at  the  College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons  in  New 
York  and  finished  up  by  trying  to  stop  the  prosectors' 
elevator  with  my  head;  the  lift  won  and  I  went  down 
and  out,  together  with  the  greater  part  of  a  desire  to 
become  a  doctor.  Having  become  used  to  handling 
knives,  I  next  accepted  a  position  with  the  J.  H.  Flagg 
Cutlery  Company.  Now  considering  my  education 
complete,  I  entered  Wall  Street  with  Clark,  Grannis  & 
Lawrence,  and  left  with  them  during  the  panic.  I 
next  used  Canal  Street  as  my  commuting  station,  hav- 
ing joined  the  Russell  &  Erwin  Manufacturing  Com- 
pany, alias  the  American  Hardware  Corporation  of 


AUTOBIOGEAPHIES  431 

New  Britain,  Conn.,  lastly  as  assistant  sales  manager 
of  the  New  York  office.  Having  resigned  May  1,  1912, 
to  remove  ourselves  and  belongings  from  Cedarhurst, 
L.  I.,  to  Philadelphia,  I  have  opened  negotiations  with 
the  Simmons  Hardware  Company  to  join  their  new 
office  just  being  opened.  At  this  writing  we  have  not 
as  yet  come  to  an  understanding.  I  am  afraid  that  my 
plans  will  not  allow  me  to  rejoin  you  this  June ;  having 
attended  both  Triennial  and  Sexennial,  I  envy  you  your 
luck  in  being  able  to  be  present  at  this  year's  festivi- 
ties. Wishing  you  the  best  time  of  your  life  and  hop- 
ing that  if  you  are  in  the  neighborhood  of  106  South 
Chelsea  Avenue,  Atlantic  City,  N.  J.,  this  summer, 
you  will  drop  in,  and  see,  free  of  charge,  our  greatest 
achievement,  the  baby." 

Thomas  Aloysius  McAvoy 
Lawyer,  311  Main  Street,  Worcester,  Mass. 
Residence,  30  Irving  Street,  Worcester,  Mass. 

Bom  April  28,  1869,  in  Worcester,  Mass.,  the  son  of  James 
McAvoy  (died  September  23,  1874),  a  mechanic,  and  Jane 
(Connolly)  McAvoy  (died  March  31,  1900).  He  is  of  Irish 
ancestry.  A  cousin,  Thomas  Edward  McEvoy,  was  graduated 
at  Yale  in  1890  and  received  the  degree  of  M.D.  in  1892. 

Prepared  at  the  Worcester  High  School,  where  he  main- 
tained a  high  stand  and  by  himself.  At  Yale  he  received 
oration  appointments,  "debating  some,  defended  the  negroes 
against  the  wild  Southerners,  argued  for  the  Irish  and  Catho- 
lics, missionary  work  for  the  Democrats,  joked  fellow  students 
and  some  of  the  faculty,  worked  outside  for  a  living;  and 
mildly  anticipated  by  criticisms  'Stover  at  Yale.'  On  the 
whole  rather  a  quiet  time  for  me  for  what  I  might  have 
done. ' '    He  was  a  member  of  the  Yale  Union. 

He  is  unmarried. 


432  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

On  graduation  he  entered  Harvard  Law  School, 
where  he  thinks  he  helped  give  a  university  training 
to  some  of  the  Harvard  callow  youth.  Since  1905  he 
has  practiced  law  in  Worcester,  Mass.,  giving  his 
attention  to  civil  cases. 

He  received  the  degree  of  LL.B.  at  Harvard  in  1905. 
He  is  a  Democrat  and  has  made  a  few  political  speeches 
at  city  elections.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Roman  Catho- 
lic Church.  Besides  his  political  speeches  he  has  made 
a  few  public  addresses  on  Irish  and  Catholic  topics, 
and  a  few  more  on  patriotic  and  citizen  subjects.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Yale  Club  and  the  Ancient  Order  of 
Hibernians. 

Mac  writes :  ' '  I  have  made  a  living  from  the  start, 
but  have  not  as  yet  startled  the  world.  I  have  attended 
very  strictly  to  law  but  have  made  a  few  nice  real 
estate  deals  for  myself  and  others  and  made  some 
money  for  them  and  me.  I  shall  lead,  for  some  time 
now,  except  as  to  law,  somewhat  of  a  hermit  existence. 
I  am  not  at  all  satisfied  with  present  conditions  in  our 
country.  I  believe  if  all  the  working  classes,  the  farm- 
ers, mechanics,  clerks  and  laborers,  together  with  the 
business  and  professional  men  deriving  their  support 
from  these  people,  were  to  unite  under  sensible  leaders, 
we  could  sweep  the  country  and  better  conditions  won- 
derfully. We  need  safe  leaders.  I  am  opposed  to 
froth,  folly  and  fallacies ;  these  are  prevalent  with  the 
self-elected  sons  of  destiny  of  today,  both  Democrats 
and  Republicans  of  either  hat  or  hue. 

"I  love  books  and  spend  all  the  time  I  can  spare  in 
reading.  And  I  love  nature,  to  walk  out  in  the  fields 
and  country  roads. 

'Be  mine  the  philosopher's  life, 
Away  from  the  care  and  strife. ' 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  433 

But  I  am  in  the  strife  every  day.  I  am  still  hairless  as 
well  as  heirless,  but  hope  exists  for  both.  Withal,  life 
is  quiet  and  peaceful  enough  with  me.  I  have  three 
sisters  to  look  after  home  comforts  for  me.  And  if, 
like  Tennyson  and  Cleveland,  life  is  not  yet '  one  grand, 
sweet  song, '  it  may  be  later ;  I  can  make  laughs  enough 
to  sweeten  some. 

* '  I  hope  I  can  say,  if  not  '  I  have  come, '  at  least,  *  I 
am  coming,'  meaning  as  to  life  and  achievements,  not 
the  Decennial ;  I  would  have  put  it  in  Greek,  but  know 
you  have  not  your  Hinds  and  Noble. ' ' 


Howard  George  McDowell 

Partner  in  the  firm  of  Gt.  H.  McDowell  &  Company,  manu- 
facturers of  woolen  underwear,  Cascade  Mills, 
Cohoes,  N.  r. 

Residence,  120  Saratoga  Avenue,  Cohoes,  N.  Y. 

Born  August  28,  1880,  in  Cohoes,  N.  Y.,  the  son  of  George 
H.  McDowell,  a  manufacturer  of  underwear,  and  Elizabeth 
(Clute)  McDowell.  He  is  of  North  of  Ireland  and  Dutch 
descent.  His  brother  and  classmate,  John  Clute  McDowell, 
died  November  18,  1903. 

Prepared  at  Egberts  High  School,  Cohoes,  Worcester 
Academy,  and  Cascadilla  School,  Ithaca,  N.  Y.,  where  he 
played  the  role  of  "general  disturber."  At  Yale  he  was  a 
member  of  the  University  Club  and  brightened  by  his  wit  the 
life  of  everyone  with  whom  he  came  in  contact.  He  received 
the  Class  vote  for  wittiest  man. 

He  married  on  October  22,  1906,  Margaret  Laughlin  Suther- 
land, daughter  of  Daniel  M.  Sutherland,  a  merchant,  of 
Albany,  N.  Y.  They  have  one  daughter,  Jean  Gardiner,  born 
August  7,  1907,  in  Cohoes,  N.  Y. 


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ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 


On  graduation  he  entered  his  father's  business, 
manufacturing  woolen  underwear,  and  on  January  1, 
1907,  was  admitted  to  the  firm. 

He  is  a  Republican  in  politics,  ''except  as  to  Roose- 
velt." He  is  a  member  of  the  Yale  Club  of  New  York 
City,  the  University  Club  of  Albany,  Albany  Country 
Club,  Mohawk  Golf  Club  and  Pafraets  Dael  Club  of 
Troy,  N.  Y. 

A  study  of  Mac  is  necessarily  a  rapid-fire  affair. 
Every  one  of  his  letters  contains  some  bright  touch,  but 
as  they  come  often  (praise  Allah),  it  is  impossible  to 
put  all  in,  much  as  I  would  like  to  do  so.  Here  are  just 
a  few  touches  and  you  can  read  his  article  on  "Side- 
lights on  the  Reunion"  for  ''the  little  more  and  how 
much  it  is. ' ' 

' '  Entered  the  employ  of  my  father  in  the  fall  of  1902. 
Put  in  four  years  learning  the  business,  holding  an 
office  position  meanwhile,  and  was  admitted  to  part- 
nership in  the  firm  on  January  1,  1907.  Had  been 
married  in  the  meantime,  in  1906,  and  became  a  father 
in  1907.  My  diversions  have  been  tennis  and  automo- 
biling,  at  which  most  of  my  time  away  from  business 
is  spent.  Do  a  moderate  amount  of  traveling  on  busi- 
ness, and  my  other  travels  have  been  a  West  Indies 
trip  in  the  spring  of  1910,  and  a  trip  to  Cuba  and 
California  that  winter,  made  necessary  by  an  attack 
of  pneumonia  which  nearly  got  me.  The  things  I  have 
accomplished  may  be  summed  up  in  wife,  baby  and  job. 
I  am  attempting  nothing  more  than  to  persuade  people 
that  our  underwear  is  the  best  and  to  sell  enough  of  it 
to  render  selling  any  more  unnecessary.  This  includes 
my  plans  also,  and  my  hopes  are  for  ten  years  more 
of  equally  good  things." 

"Just  to  notify  you  that  the  papers  in  the  case  have 


Ca.mkls  Pkki'akim;   iok  Thkik  Extkaxck  into  Yai.k  Dining   Hai.i. 


An  Unisiai.  Putikk 


Howard  McDowell  of  Colioes,  N.  V.,  cauprlit  when  not  talkiiis 
possibly  considering  which  is  tjest,  "a  tonic  era  tunic' 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  435 

been  forwarded  to  your  New  Haven  address,  even 
unto  the  income  statistics,  which  for  the  past  couple 
of  years  make  a  bum  showing.  However,  be  that  as  it 
may,  I  was  at  least  truthful,  and  still  thank  God  that 
my  father  was  born  before  me,  and  in  years  like  these, 
when  underwear  is  worn  but  not  bought,  I  consign 
myself  to  his  care.  The  sample  letter,  from  J.  A.  C. 
(guess  who)  was  too  good  to  emulate,  so  my  account 
of  my  ten  years'  war  is  more  descriptive  than  narra- 
tive, but  I  never  was  no  Billy  Phelps,  nohow.  Aside 
from  that,  I'll  pull  through. 

''Have  had  encouraging  reports  from  Waters  and 
even  Wylie,  and  others  have  written  me  that  my  mis- 
sionary work  had  been  or  would  be  productive  of 
results  that  would  soon  reach  you.  Guess  most  of 
them  think  you  should  be  bonded  before  they  take  a 
chance  on  you  to  the  extent  of  sixteen  seeds  or  320 
beers,  which  amounts  to  the  same  thing.  However, 
I've  vouched  for  you  and  maybe  you'll  get  the  money 
in  time." 

*John  Clute  McDowell 
Died  1903 

Bom  January  1,  1879,  the  son  of  George  H.  McDowell,  a 
manufacturer,  and  Elizabeth  (Clute)  McDowell.  His  brother, 
Howard  George  McDowell,  was  also  a  member  of  1902. 

He  attended  the  public  schools  of  Cohoes  until  1896  when  he 
entered  Worcester  (Mass.)  Academy.  In  1897  he  entered 
Cascadilla  School  at  Ithaca,  N.  Y.,  graduating  there  in  1898. 
In  college  he  received  second  colloquy  appointments. 

He  was  unmarried. 

After  graduation  he  entered  the  Albany  Law  School, 
but  failing  health  in  1903  compelled  him  to  abandon 


436  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

his  studies.  He  died  on  November  18,  1903,  after  but 
a  few  days  of  illness  serious  enough  to  confine  him  to 
bed. 

John  won  his  place  in  our  hearts  at  the  beginning  of 
our  college  course  and  will  hold  it  permanently, 

A  classmate  writes :  *  *  In  college,  as  you  know,  John 
was  of  a  quiet,  retiring  disposition,  entering  little,  if 
any,  of  the  activities  that  most  of  us  went  in  for,  and 
spent  a  great  deal  of  time  in  reading,  which,  with  the 
theatre,  made  up  his  favorite  diversion. ' ' 


John  Sample  McKelvjs  Jr. 

Lawyer,  1263  Frick  Building  Annex,  Pittsburgh,  Pa. 

Residence,  1100  Wood  Street,  Station  D,  Pittsburgh,  Pa. 

Born  October  25,  1878,  in  Wilkinsburg,  Pa.,  the  son  of  John 
Sample  McKelvy  and  Eleanor  McG.  (Horner)  McKelvy.  His 
ancestors  were  Scotch-Irish. 

Prepared  at  the  Pittsburgh  High  School,  and  at  Yale,  as  a 
pitcher,  was  a  member  of  the  Freshman  Baseball  squad  and  of 
the  Varsity  Nine  in  Senior  year.  He  received  a  second  dispute 
appointment  in  Junior  year  and  a  colloquy  appointment  in 
Senior  year.    He  was  a  member  of  Zeta  Psi. 

He  is  not  married. 

He  received  the  degree  of  LL.B.  from  the  University 
of  Pittsburgh  in  1905.  During  his  three  years  in  law 
school,  with  the  exception  of  six  months  spent  in  the 
West  in  1905,  he  also  studied  in  the  offices  of  Patterson, 
Sterrett  &  Acheson  of  Pittsburgh,  and  has  been 
engaged  in  the  practice  of  law  since  1905,  independ- 
ently since  1910. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  of 
Wilkinsburg.    In  politics  he  is  a  Republican.    He  is  a 


Jons  CiATK  McDowell 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  437 

member  of  the  University  Club  of  Pittsburgh  and  the 
Edgewood  Country  Club. 

Honest  John  grows  quieter  as  he  grows  older,  but 
not  one  whit  less  substantial! 


James  Nelson  Mandeville 

Representative  of  Harris,  Forbes  &  Company,  in  Western 
New  York,  725  Ellicott  Square  Building,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

Residence,  78  Inwood  Place,  Buffalo,  N.  Y, 

Born  January  24,  1879,  in  Webster,  N.  Y.,  the  son  of  New- 
man Dryer  Mandeville  (died  in  1907),  a  farmer,  and  Barbara 
Ann  (Maurer)  Mandeville.  His  ancestors  have  lived  in 
America  for  several  generations. 

Prepared  at  the  Webster  (N.  Y.)  High  School,  where  he  was 
interested  in  baseball  and  debating.  At  Yale  he  received 
oration  appointments  Junior  and  Senior  years. 

He  married  on  April  5,  1912,  in  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  Pearle 
Evelyn  Grover,  a  graduate  of  Southern  College  for  Women 
at  Petersburg,  Va.,  daughter  of  Edmund  C.  Grover,  of 
Irondequoit,  N.  Y. 

On  graduation  he  taught  three  years  in  St.  Paul, 
Minn.,  and  then  entered  the  bond  business.  Since  Jan- 
uary, 1906,  he  has  been  with  N.  W.  Harris  &  Company 
and  their  successors,  Harris,  Forbes  &  Company,  rep- 
resenting them  in  Albany  and  vicinity,  Central  Penn- 
sylvania, and  since  1909  in  "Western  New  York. 

He  is  Independent  in  politics.  His  clubs  are  the  Yale 
of  New  York  City,  Ellicott,  University  and  Park  of 
Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

Jim  outlines  a  novel  way  of  utilizing  vacations  for 
profit,  so  under  danger  of  a  little  repetition  we  quote : 
"Taught  Latin  (1902-05)  at  the  Central  High  School, 


438  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

St.  Paul,  Minn.  My  1903  summer  vacation  was  spent 
with  a  survejdng  party  of  the  Northern  Pacific  Rail- 
way in  North  Dakota;  the  vacation  of  1904  ^\ith  the 
Park  Row  ofl5ce  of  the  New  York  Life  Insurance  Com- 
pany in  New  York  City.  From  June  to  December, 
1905,  I  was  in  the  credit  department  of  Tibbs,  Hutch- 
ings  &  Company,  wholesale  drygoods,  St.  Paul,  Minn., 
as  traveling  adjuster.  From  October  1  to  the  end  of 
1905  was  connected  with  a  Boston  (Mass.)  firm  of  bond 
dealers  and  in  January,  1906,  entered  the  employ  of 
N.  W.  Harris  &  Company,  bond  dealers.  New  York 
City,  representing  them  for  two  years  in  the  vicinity 
of  Albany  and  Troy,  N.  Y.,  making  my  headquarters 
at  Troy.  In  1908,  represented  them  in  Central  Penn- 
sylvania and  Maryland,  with  headquarters  at  Harris- 
burg,  Pa.,  and  made  occasional  trips  in  their  interests 
into  Virginia,  West  Virginia  and  North  Carolina.  In 
1909,  took  charge  of  their  business  in  Western  New 
York  with  office  at  725  Ellicott  Square,  Buffalo.  On 
the  theory  that  a  man  should  see  his  own  country  first, 
I  have  visited  nearly  all  of  our  own  states  and  all  of 
the  Canadian  provinces.  My  material  progress  has 
been  slow  but  steady ;  the  future,  however,  looks  bright 
and  like  all  good  Yale  men  I  am  plugging  hard  all  the 
time. ' ' 


Alfred  Edgerton  Manierre 

Architect,  112  West  Adams  Street,  Chicago,  111. 

Residence,  100  Bellevue  Place,  Chicago,  III. 

Born  August  13,  1878,  in  Chicago,  111.,  the  son  of  George 
Manierre,  Yale  1868,  a  real  estate  dealer,  and  Ann  Eliza 
(Edgerton)  Manierre.    His  ancestry  combines  Scotch,  English 


AUTOBIOGEAPHIES  439 

and  French.  Besides  his  father  his  Yale  relatives  are  three 
brothers,  Louis  Manierre,  1901,  Arthur  Manierre,  1903,  Fran- 
cis Edgerton  Manierre,  1907 ;  and  a  cousin,  Edgerton  Swart- 
wout,  1891. 

Prepared  at  the  University  School,  Chicago,  III,  and  in 
college  was  a  member  of  the  Corinthian  Yacht  Club  and  the 
University  Club. 

He  married  on  March  20,  1907,  June  Griffin  Parkinson, 
daughter  of  Robert  H.  Parkinson,  Dartmouth  1870,  a  lawyer, 
of  Chicago,  111.  They  have  one  daughter,  Barbara  D.,  bom 
August  24,  1908,  in  Chicago,  111. 

From  September  15,  1903,  to  March  2,  1905,  he 
worked  as  a  machinist's  apprentice  on  the  Chicago, 
Burlington  &  Quincy  Railroad,  at  Havelock,  Neb.  He 
then  entered  the  district  superintendent's  office  of  the 
Pullman  Company  in  Chicago.  In  1908  he  was  secre- 
tary and  sales  manager  for  the  Newsom  Crushed  Stone 
&  Quarry  Company  of  Nashville,  Tenn.,  and  in  1912 
he  is  an  architect,  working  independently. 

He  received  the  degree  of  B.S.  in  architecture  from 
the  University  of  Illinois. 

It  is  good  to  hear,  even  though  not  from  his  own  lips, 
that  Al  has  taken  up  his  pen  once  more,  for  we  haven't 
quite  forgotten  his  drawing  abilities. 


Frank  Tucker  Mason 

President   of   the   Pine   Mountain   Granite    Company,    1012 
Atlanta  National  Bank  Building,  Atlanta,  Ga. 

Residence,  Stone  Mountain,  Ga. 

Born  April  26,  1880,  in  Chicago,  111.,  the  son  of  William 
Mason,  a  manufacturer  of  silk,  and  Ella  J.  (Tucker)  Mason. 
He  is  of  English  ancestry. 


440  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

Prepared  at  the  Brooklyn  High  School  and  at  Andover, 
where  he  went  in  for  baseball  and  track  athletics.  In  college 
he  was  a  member  of  the  Yale  Bicycle  Team  four  years  and  won 
his  Y,  captain  of  the  championship  Class  Hockey  Team  in 
Senior  year,  and  was  on  the  scrub  football  teams  in  1900  and 
1901.  He  sang  on  the  Bicentennial  Chorus.  He  received  first 
colloquy  appointments  Junior  and  Senior  years.  He  was  a 
member  of  Zeta  Psi. 

He  married  on  August  29,  1906,  in  Stone  Mountain,  6a., 
Elizabeth  Vernon  Venable,  daughter  of  William  Richard 
Venable,  deceased,  formerly  clerk  of  court,  Fulton  County,  Ga. 
They  have  two  children,  both  born  in  Atlanta,  Ga. :  Leila  Eliza- 
beth Venable,  born  January  19,  1909,  and  Samuel  Venable, 
born  November  27,  1911. 

He  spent  the  first  five  years  after  graduation  on  a 
plantation  on  the  Isle  of  Pines,  V^est  Indies,  and  lias 
been  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Mason  Brothers,  grow- 
ers and  shippers  of  citrus  fruits,  since  1902.  In  1907 
lie  gave  up  his  active  work  on  the  plantation,  and, 
returning  to  the  United  States,  went  into  the  stone 
business  in  Georgia,  as  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the 
company  of  which  he  is  now  the  president,  the  Pine 
Mountain  Granite  Company.  Since  1907  he  has  been 
a  director  of  the  Atlanta,  Stone  Mountain  &  Lithonia 
Railroad. 

He  is  a  Unitarian  and  a  member  of  the  Third  Unita- 
rian Church  of  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Yale  Club  of  New  York  City  and  the  Graduates  Club 
of  New  Haven. 

In  1909  Mace  wrote:  *' Regarding  my  doings  since 
Triennial:  In  August  of  the  next  year  I  joined  the 
Benedicts,  marrying  a  girl  from  the  sunny  South. 
After  spending  another  year  in  the  Isle  of  Pines,  I 
decided  that  the  development  of  the  fruit  plantation,  in 
which  I  hold  a  third  interest,  was  far  enough  advanced 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  441 

to  turn  over  to  my  brother,  so  I  came  back  to  our  dear 
old  United  States  and  settled  down  in  Georgia.  While 
in  Cuba,  business  frequently  necessitated  my  presence 
in  Havana,  where  I  occasionally  had  the  good  fortune 
to  see  our  dear  old  college  chum,  Charles  Gould,  who 
was  trying  to  climb  into  John  D.  's  shoes. 

''By  the  way,  if  you  want  to  hear  a  good  Cuban  near- 
war  tale,  get  Charlie  to  tell  you  about  the  time 
he  refereed  a  football  game  in  Havana.  I  think  the 
Spanish  bull-fighters  were  playing  the  Cuban  guagiros. 
Better  get  Charlie  to  tell  it  as  my  recollection  is  poor. 
However,  I  think  Charlie  was  glad  to  escape  with  his 
life. 

* '  To  come  back  to  myself.  I  am  called  in  the  vernac- 
ular of  this  section  a  rock-knocker.  However,  I  have 
done  fairly  well,  so  cannot  complain.  We  have  a  small 
mountain  of  granite  from  which  we  get  everything  in 
the  stone  line  from  paving  blocks  to  fine  building  stone. 
I  have  done  everything  in  the  business,  from  running 
our  locomotive  to  sitting  in  the  office  with  my  feet  on 
the  desk,  smoking  good  cigars. ' ' 

While  in  1912  comes  the  following :  ' '  The  account  of 
'yours  truly'  career  (1)  runs  somewhat  as  follows: 
Almost  immediately  after  leaving  college  I  went  to  the 
Isle  of  Pines,  just  south  of  Cuba,  where  my  father  had 
bought  an  old  plantation.  I  stayed  there  with  my 
brother  for  the  greater  part  of  five  years,  and  in  that 
time  we  developed  a  fine  orange  grove  which  has  since 
proved  a  fine  investment.  While  in  that  country  I 
learned  a  good  deal  about  the  orange  industry,  saw  a 
good  deal  of  the  Cuban  jingoes,  learned  a  lot  more  of 
their  hatred  of  Americans,  and  saw  several  instances 
of  the  method  of  starting  South  American  revolutions. 

"This  period  of  expatriation  was  broken  by  several 


442 


ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 


trips  back  to  New  York,  which  only  proved  that  there 
is  no  place  like  our  dear  old  United  States. 

''In  1907  I  had  a  good  opportunity  to  enter  the  stone 
business,  and  have  continued  in  this  line  ever  since. 
I  feel  I  have  been  instrumental  in  building  up  a  firm 
which  now  stands  in  the  front  rank  in  its  line  in  our 
locality. 

''As  for  the  rest,  I  have  everything  in  life  to  be 
thankful  for,  the  best  of  wives,  and  the  sweetest  of 
children.  In  fact,  my  only  regret  is  that  the  distance 
from  my  present  home  to  New  Haven  is  so  great  that 
I  cannot  get  up  there  oftener." 


Norman  Howell  Mason 

Advertising  with  George  Batten  Company,  381  Fourth  Ave- 
nue, New  York  City 

Residence,  Staten  Island,  N.  Y. 

Permanent  home  address,  Winnetka,  111. 

Born  May  9,  1879,  in  Chicago,  III,  the  son  of  Edward  Gay 
Mason,  Yale  1860,  LL.D.  Knox  1895,  a  lawyer  and  a  member 
of  the  Yale  Corporation  from  June  23,  1891,  until  his  death 
December  18,  1898,  and  Julia  Martha  (Starkweather)  Mason. 
He  is  of  English  ancestry.  Besides  his  father  his  Yale  rela- 
tives are  three  uncles,  Henry  Burrall  Mason,  1870,  Alfred 
Bishop  Mason,  1871,  Chauncey  Clark  Starkweather,  1874; 
nine  brothers,  Henry  Eager  Mason,  1889,  Edward  Hopkins 
Mason,  1892,  Roswell  Bertram  Mason,  1895,  Huntington 
Mason,  1899,  Julian  Starkweather  Mason,  1898,  Maurice 
Mason,  1901,  Lawrence  Mason,  1904,  George  Carrington  Mason, 
ea;-1907,  Frederic  Ogden  Mason,  1909;  cousins,  James  Ruth- 
erford Trowbridge,  1894,  Mason  Trowbridge,  1902,  Henry 
Giles  Miller,  1895,  William  Southworth  Miller,  1896,  Roy  ^lur- 
dock  Mason,  1902,  Elmer  Brown  Mason,  ex-1902,  and  Mac- 
donell  Mason,  ex-1904. 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  443 

Prepared  at  the  Harvard  School,  Chicago,  111.  In  college  he 
was  president  of  the  Yale  Navy,  assistant  editor  of  the  News 
in  Junior  year,  editor  Senior  year,  editor  of  the  Pot  Pourri, 
member  of  the  Wigwam  Debating  Club  and  Corinthian  Yacht 
Club.  He  received  a  second  colloquy  Junior  appointment  and 
a  Townsend  premium  Senior  year.  He  was  a  member  of  He 
Boule,  Psi  Upsilon  and  Scroll  and  Key. 

He  is  unmarried. 

On  graduation  he  spent  seven  months  in  Mexico 
operating  a  farm  in  which  his  father  was  interested, 
but  as  the  climate  did  not  agree  with  him  he  returned 
to  Chicago.  He  there  engaged  in  the  brokerage  busi- 
ness for  a  short  time  and  was  later  with  the  Chicago 
Daily  News  as  solicitor  in  the  advertising  department. 
In  1904  he  accepted  a  position  with  the  State  Mutual 
Life  Insurance  Company  of  Massachusetts  and  re- 
mained a  year,  then  entering  the  advertising  depart- 
ment of  Colgate  &  Company.  He  has  since  been 
connected  with  this  company  or  with  those  of  allied 
interests. 

He  is  a  Democrat  and  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian 
Church. 

Norm  has  been  very  hard  to  get  much  out  of  lately, 
so  I  will  publish  a  letter  to  Gran,  June  20,  1908.  He 
wrote :  ' '  In  obedience  to  your  circular,  I  write  the  fol- 
lowing : 

'^Left  college  June,  1902,  for  Mexico.  There  at 
Rancho  Veritas,  Juanita,  State  of  Vera  Cruz,  I  spent 
seven  months  in  partnership  with  Roderick  Potter, 
1902,  and  with  Roy  Mason,  1902,  occupying  the  adjoin- 
ing farm.  The  expected  corn  and  cotton  not  develop- 
ing, and  the  malaria,  food  and  climate  too  much  devel- 
oping a  chronic  case  of  appendicitis,  I  came  north  to 
Chicago. 


444 


ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 


"There,  as  margin-clerk  for  Gillett  &  Dennison, 
stock  and  grain  brokers,  I  earned  a  meager  pittance 
until  an  operation  for  appendicitis,  in  the  fall  of  1903, 
coincided  with  the  'rich-man's  panic'  of  that  year  and 
shook  me  out  of  the  stock  market  with  the  rest. 

*' After  a  too  short  convalescence,  I  was  induced  to 
'accept  a  position'  as  solicitor  in  the  advertising 
department  of  the  Chicago  Daily  News.  After  a  year 
here  I  left  for  a  position  with  the  State  Mutual  Life 
Insurance  Company,  of  Massachusetts.  But  the  insur- 
ance disclosures  in  New  York  not  permitting  any 
startling  degree  of  financial  success,  and  the  'pounding 
the  pavement'  in  search  of  'prospects'  seeming  to 
aggravate  some  intestinal  trouble  consequent  on  my 
operation,  I  left  the  insurance  business  in  the  fall  of 
1905,  in  spite  of  the  prediction  that  the  'best  year  the 
insurance  business  has  ever  knoAvn'  was  then  before 
me. 

"While  trying  to  get  back  into  my  old  trade  in  the 
stock  and  bond  business,  was  informed  of  a  position 
in  the  advertising  department  of  Colgate  &  Company, 
New  York,  where  I  have  been  employed  to  date  in 
exploiting  the  'magic  wand  of  shaving,'  and  dodging 
the  attentions  of  not  too  well-meaning  friends. 

"Feel  conscience-stricken  to  burden  you  with  this 
record,  but  you  asked  for  it.  Have  been  as  brief  as 
possible,  as  I  have  a  feeling  that  a  good  deal  has  been 
ignorantly  said  on  the  subject.  But  this  is  for  j^our 
private  ear  only.  No  positions  of  trust — fiduciary  or 
commercial — have  been  thrust  upon  me.  My  only  for- 
eign journey  has  been  in  'Manana'  land.  My  only 
postgraduate  work  in  the  school  of  experience.  No 
wife,  no  plans!" 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  445 

Roy  Murdock  Mason 

With  Parker  &  Bridge,  publicity  agents,  20  Broad  Street, 
New  York  City 

Residence,  53  Washington  Square,  South,  New  York  City 

Born  April  3,  1879,  in  Riverside,  111.,  the  son  of  Captain 
Roswell  Henry  Mason,  a  jury  commissioner,  and  Mary 
(Brown)  Mason.  He  is  of  English  and  French  ancestry.  In 
reply  to  the  question,  name  all  Yale  relatives,  he  says :  ' '  Good 
Lord!  Well,  here  goes:  Edward  G.,  1860;  Henry  B.,  1870; 
Alfred  B.,  1871 ;  Henry  E.,  1889 ;  Edward  H.,  1892 ;  Roswell 
B.,  1895;  Huntington,  1899;  Julian,  1898;  Maurice,  1901; 
Norman,  1902 ;  Lawrence,  1904 ;  George  C,  ea;-1907 ;  Frederic 
0.,  1909;  Calhoun,  ex-1904;  Macdonell,  ea;-1904,  and  Elmer 
BrowTi  Mason,  ea;-1902;  James  R.  Trowbridge,  1894,  and 
Mason  Trowbridge,  1902 ;  Henry  G.  Miller,  1895,  and  William 
S.  Miller,  1896.  These  are  all  that  occur  to  me  at  the  moment. 
May  have  missed  five  or  six." 

Prepared  at  the  University  School,  Chicago,  111.,  where  he 
"studied."  As  for  college  we  will  quote  his  own  statement. 
"I  shared  the  Curtis  prize  with  Stanley  Wheeler  in  Junior 
year.  I  find  my  name  in  the  list  of  second  colloquies.  I  heeled 
the  Lit,  Courant  and  Record,  and  was  the  sixth  man  for  the 
first  two  when  they  elected  the  five  editors  for  each.  Got  a 
Minerva  and  a  Triangle.  I  won  two  cups,  the  first  when  the 
only  other  man  in  a  220  fell  down,  and  the  second  when  I 
was  the  only  man  on  a  relay  team  to  lose  ground  which  my 
three  speedy  companions  made  up.  I  rowed  bow  on  the 
Senior  Class  Crew,  which  prudently  disbanded  before  there 
was  any  racing.  One  thing  I  like  to  look  back  on  was  getting 
the  Class  to  march  out  to  the  football  practice  in  a  body  the 
Monday  after  Columbia  beat  us  in  Sophomore  year.  Dor- 
rance  Reynolds  and  I  started  it."  He  was  a  member  of  the 
University  Club. 

He  is  unmarried. 


446  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

Since  graduation  he  has  spent  one  year  in  ranching 
in  Mexico,  a  year  and  a  half  with  the  New  York  Sun, 
two  years  in  charge  of  the  advertising  department  of 
D.  Appleton  &  Company,  and  contributed  to  Applet  on' s 
Magazine;  one  year  in  charge  of  the  financial  adver- 
tising department  of  the  New  York  Times;  several 
years  in  general  newspaper  work.  In  1912  he  was 
advertising  manager  for  Crocker-Wheeler  Company, 
manufacturers  and  electrical  engineers,  but  has  re- 
cently gone  with  Parker  &  Bridge,  publicity  agents. 

He  belongs  to  no  political  party,  having  had  an  un- 
fortunate experience  when  championing  Roosevelt  in 
his  1904  campaign,  to  wit,  while  speaking  from  the  tail 
of  a  truck,  some  rude  person  hit  him  in  the  ear  with  a 
tomato  can.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Yale  Club  of  New 
York  City,  the  Vagabonds  and  the  Technical  Publicity 
Association. 

As  for  his  literary  achievements,  let  Roy  speak  for 
himself,  nobody  can  do  it  better :  * '  I  have  had  stories  in 
the  Smart  Set  (August,  1901),  the  Metropolitan  Maga- 
zine (October  and  November,  1901),  the  Illustrated 
Sunday  Magazine  (May  20,  and  June  6,  1909),  the 
Associated  Sunday  Magazines  (December  5,  1909),  the 
People's  Magazine  (March,  1910),  Van  Norden's 
Magazine  (March,  1910),  the  Illustrated  Sunday  Maga- 
zine (June  5,  1910),  and  scattering  stuff  in  Appleton' s, 
the  Yale  Monthly  Magazine  and  Hampton's  Magazine. 
I  have  written  several  tons  of  Sunday  newspaper  stuff, 
reams  of  advertising,  a  history  of  a  national  bank, 
summer  resort  pamphlets  (heaven  forgive  me!),  press 
agent  stories,  and  I  had  a  novel  entitled,  'When  I  Am 
Rich,'  published  by  G.  W.  Dillingham  &  Company, 
July  4,  1909.  I  have  worked  for  the  New  York  Sun, 
D.  Appleton  &  Company,  the  New  York  Times,  Stuy- 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  447 

vesant  Fish,  Parker  &  Bridge,  Everybody's  Magazine, 
the  Review  of  Reviews  and  the  American  Land  &  Irri- 
gation Exposition.  I  am  now  advertising  manager  of 
the  Crocker-Wheeler  Company.  I  went  to  France  and 
Switzerland  in  the  summer  of  1910.  As  soon  as  I  get 
time  I  am  going  to  write  some  of  the  best  books  that 
were  ever  written  by  anybody,  anywhere,  at  any  time. 

'*!  spent  the  first  year  after  I  graduated  in  Mexico 
with  Rod  Potter  and  Norman  Mason.  My  work  as  a 
newspaper  man  and  for  the  magazines  has  taken  me 
to  the  principal  cities  in  thirty  states,  as  far  west  as 
Ogden,  Utah,  and  as  far  south  as  New  Orleans,  La. 
I  have  enjoyed  it  all  immensely." 

This  completely  leaves  out  his  largest  and  best  work 
of  all,  gathering  the  photographs  of  the  Civil  War,  but 
that  being  interesting  as  an  article,  it  is  published  in 
this  volume. 

Henry  Sargent  Mead 

Assistant  Manager  of  Sales,  Lake  Superior  Paper  Company, 
Ltd.,  Dayton,  Ohio 

Residence,  23  North  Wilkinson  Avenue,  Dayton,  Ohio 

Born  August  4,  1879,  in  Dayton,  Ohio,  the  son  of  Charles 
D.  Mead,  Yale  ea;-1871  S.  (died  February  5,  1911),  a  paper 
manufacturer,  and  Sarah  G.  (Corwin)  Mead.  He  is  of  Eng- 
lish ancestry.  A  brother,  Robert  Corwin  Mead,  was  an  ex- 
member  of  the  Class  of  1896  S. 

Prepared  at  the  Hotchkiss  School,  where  he  went  out  for 
football  and  track.  In  college  he  was  a  member  of  the  Track 
Team,  Freshman  and  Sophomore  years,  as  a  hurdler,  Dimham 
Boat  Club,  "Wranglers  and  University  Club.  He  received 
a  dissertation  Junior  and  a  dispute  Senior  appointment.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  Hogans,  Kraut  Club,  Kappa  Psi  and 
Alpha  Delta  Phi. 


448  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

He  married  on  October  11,  1910,  Gertrude  Thomas,  daugh- 
ter of  Alfred  A.  Thomas,  of  Dayton,  Ohio.  They  have  a 
daughter,  Jane  Head,  born  October  28,  1911,  in  Dayton,  Ohio. 

On  graduation  he  entered  the  Mead  Pulp  &  Paper 
Company,  his  father's  business,  where  he  remained 
until  1906,  then  going  into  independent  business  in  mer- 
cantile brokerage,  under  the  name  of  **  Henry  S. 
Mead,"  dealing  in  oils  and  chemicals.  From  1909  to 
1912  he  was  in  the  purchasing  department  of  the 
Speedwell  Motor  Car  Company  and  in  the  fall  of  1912 
became  assistant  manager  of  sales  with  the  Lake 
Superior  Paper  Company,  Ltd.  He  is  also  secretary 
of  Music  Hall  Company. 

Hen  has  this  to  say:  ** Started  my  business  career 
with  the  Mead  Pulp  &  Paper  Company  immediately 
on  leaving  college.  Stayed  there  until  1906,  when  a 
reorganization  threw  the  controlling  interest  away 
from  my  immediate  family.  About  that  time  I  decided 
it  was  foolish  to  give  the  fruit  of  my  labors  to  others, 
and  embarked  in  mercantile  brokerage  for  myself. 
This  pursuit  for  the  next  two  years  I  found  very 
pleasant  but  not  profitable  and  the  year  following  took 
my  leisure  more  pleasantly  and  less  profitably.  Then 
I  became  engaged  and  decided  the  thing  for  a  serious- 
minded  man  to  do  was  to  work  like  hell,  so  I  went  to 
work  for  the  Speedwell  Motor  Car  Company  and  have 
worked  like  hell  ever  since.  There  has  been  little 
financial  glory,  but  the  years  have  been  happy  and  not 
altogether  unprofitable.  I  have  a  wife,  the  best  in 
the  world,  and  the  finest  specimen  of  infant  life  in 
captivity,  and  the  big  chance,  which  is  probably  what 
you  are  most  interested  in,  appears  at  present  to  be 
about  one  jump  away. ' ' 


AUTOBIOGEAPHIES  449 

Graham  Kingsbury  Mellen 

New  York  Manager  for  the  Keystone  Coal  &  Coke  Company, 

10  Broadway,  New  York  City 

Residence,  216  St.  Johns  Place,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Born  May  10,  1880,  in  Concord,  N.  H.,  the  son  of  Charles 
S.  Mellen,  railroad  president,  and  Marion  B.  (Foster)  Mel- 
len (died  March  27,  1892).  He  is  of  Scotch  ancestry.  Two 
cousins  were  graduated  at  Yale :  Jule  Murat  Hannaford,  Jr., 
1908,  and  Foster  Hannaford,  1908  S. 

Prepared  at  St.  Paul's  School,  Concord,  N.  H.  In  college 
he  received  a  second  colloquy  Junior  appointment  and  a  dis- 
pute Senior  appointment.  He  was  a  member  of  the  University 
Club. 

He  married  on  April  24,  1907,  Maude  Walton  Longmire,  a 
graduate  of  the  Brooklyn  Heights  Seminary,  daughter  of 
William  George  Longmire,  of  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

In  July,  1902,  he  entered  the  accounting  department 
of  the  Northern  Pacific  Railway  in  St.  Paul,  Minn. ; 
May  to  September,  1903,  acted  in  the  same  capacity 
for  the  Minnesota  &  International  Railway,  returning 
to  the  Northern  Pacific  in  the  division  superintendent's 
office.  In  February,  1904,  he  took  up  stenography  and 
entered  the  president's  office,  New  York,  New  Haven 
&  Hartford  Railroad,  in  August  of  that  year  as  a 
stenographer.  In  February,  1905,  he  became  agent  for 
J.  H.  Weaver  &  Company,  wholesale  coal  dealers  of 
Boston,  Mass.  Since  October,  1906,  he  has  been  with 
the  Keystone  Coal  &  Coke  Company,  representing 
them  in  New  Haven  two  years  and  since  then  in  New 
York  City. 

He  is  Republican  in  politics.  He  is  an  Episcopalian. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Railroad  Club  of  New  York, 
Whitehall  Lunch  Club,  Montawk  Club,  Brooklyn,  Cres- 
cent Athletic  Club,  Brooklyn,  and  Graduates  Club, 
New  Haven. 


450  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

Payson  McLane  Merrill 

Independently  engaged  in  Real  Estate  and  Insurance,  481 
Fifth  Avenue,  New  York  City 

Residence,  Cedarhurst,  Long  Island,  N.  Y. 

Born  March  10,  1879,  in  New  York  City,  the  son  of  Charles 
Edmund  Merrill,  Dartmouth  1869,  a  publisher,  and  Lydia 
Wyles  (Brown)  Merrill  (died  in  1900).  He  is  of  French 
descent.  An  uncle,  Payson  Merrill,  graduated  at  Yale  in 
1865,  and  a  brother,  Charles  Edmund  Merrill,  Jr.,  in  1898. 

Prepared  at  Black  Hall  School,  Black  Hall,  Conn.,  and  at 
Hotchkiss  School,  Lakeville,  Conn.  In  the  latter  school  he 
was  chairman  of  the  Hotchkiss  Record,  manager  of  the  track 
team  and  president  of  the  class  in  Junior  year.  In  college 
he  played  on  the  scrub  baseball  team,  was  official  scorer  of 
Baseball  Team  Senior  year,  was  associate  editor  of  the  News 
Junior  year  and  editor  Senior  year,  on  the  membership  com- 
mittee of  "Wigwam  Debating  Club,  and  a  member  of  Univer- 
sity Club,  Eta  Phi,  Psi  Upsilon  and  Wolf's  Head. 

He  married  on  June  1,  1910,  E.  Dorothy  Rand,  a  graduate 
of  Farmington,  daughter  of  the  late  George  C.  Rand,  of  Law- 
rence, Long  Island.  They  have  one  son,  Payson  Rand,  born 
November  20,  1911,  in  Cedarhurst,  Long  Island. 

He  has  engaged  in  the  real  estate  business  since 
graduation,  being  with  Horace  S.  Ely  &  Company  until 
April  16,  1906,  when  he  opened  an  independent  office. 

He  is  Independent  in  politics.  He  went  abroad  for 
a  few  months  after  graduation.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Brick  Presbyterian  Church  and  of  the  Yale  Club 
of  New  York  City  and  the  Rockaway  Hunt  Club. 

Stop  in  at  the  Yale  Club  any  day  at  lunch  and  Pete 
will  tell  you  a  lot  more  about  himself. 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  451 

Charles  Conrad  Meyer 

Member  of  Meyer  &  Brenner,   architects,   823   Paul  Jones 
Building,  Louisville,  Ky. 

Residence,  Tavern  Club,  Louisville,  Ky. 

Born  December  20,  1879,  in  Louisville,  Ky.,  the  son  of 
Charles  D.  Meyer,  an  architect,  and  Annie  M.  (Sutro) 
Meyer  (died  March  10,  1910).  He  is  of  Swiss  and  German 
ancestry. 

Prepared  at  the  Louisville  High  School,  Louisville,  Ky., 
and  at  Yale  received  an  oration  appointment  in  Junior  year 
and  a  dispute  appointment  in  Senior  year,  was  a  first  Wran- 
gler, and  a  member  of  the  Kraut  Club  and  Alpha  Delta  Phi. 

He  is  unmarried. 

He  has  been  engaged  in  the  architectural  business 
ever  since  graduation.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Luth- 
eran Church,  and  of  the  Tavern  and  Pendennis  clubs 
of  Louisville. 

Pa  always  could  boil  things  down.  ''The  ten  years 
since  graduation  can  be  covered  in  two  epochs,"  he 
says ;  ' '  four  years  of  trying  to  make  a  place  for  myself 
in  the  busy  world,  and  six  years  holding  down  what  I 
have  gotten  so  that  some  one  doesn't  take  it  away." 


Christian  Meyer,  Jr. 

Residence,  Brighton  Station,  N.  Y. 

Born  October  29,  1874,  in  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  the  son  of 
Christian  Meyer,  retired,  and  Rosina  (Schreck)  Meyer.  He 
is  of  German  ancestry. 

Prepared  at  the  high  schools  in  "Webster  and  Geneseo,  N.  Y., 
where  he  played  baseball.    He  taught  school  three  years  before 


452  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

coming  to  college.     He  received  a  first  colloquy  appointment 
Senior  year. 

He  married  on  August  12,  1908,  in  Penfield,  N.  Y.,  Mattie 
Avis  Boardman,  daughter  of  "Washington  Boardman,  of  Pen- 
field,  N.  Y.  They  have  one  daughter,  Dorothy  Carol,  born 
December  25,  1911,  in  Davenport,  Iowa. 

He  has  lived  in  Davenport,  Iowa,  and  taught  history 
in  the  high  school  until  June,  1912,  when  he  decided 
to  enter  business  life. 

He  is  a  Republican,  a  member  of  the  First  Presby- 
terian Church  of  Davenport,  Iowa,  and  is  past  master 
of  Trinity  Lodge,  208,  Ancient  Order  of  Free  and 
Accepted  Masons,  and  is  past  most  excellent  high 
priest  of  Davenport  Chapter,  16. 

Chris  writes:  ''Practically  all  my  time  since  grad- 
uation has  been  spent  in  the  interests  of  education. 
With  a  few  exceptions,  the  past  ten  years  have  been 
very  pleasant  ones  to  me.  In  1908  I  concluded  that  I 
was  living  a  too  selfish  life,  gave  up  my  bachelorhood 
and  married  the  best  girl  in  the  country.  On  last  Christ- 
mas day,  a  baby  girl  came  to  enliven  our  home.  This 
job  she  continues  to  hold  down  with  perfect  satisfac- 
tion to  all  concerned.  Believing  that  I  have  contri- 
buted my  share  towards  the  education  of  the  younger 
American  citizens  of  Davenport  and,  contrary  to  the 
advice  of  many  friends,  I  have  concluded  to  sever  my 
connections  with  the  Davenport  High  School  on  June 
21,  and  enter  the  business  world.  My  keenest  dis- 
appointment is  my  inability  to  take  in  Decennial,  due 
to  the  fact  that  school  is  in  session  during  that  week. 
Although  my  body  may  be  in  Davenport,  my  thoughts 
will  be  in  the  City  of  Elms." 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  453 

Charles  Duncan  Miller 

Partner  in  the  law  firm  of  Low,  Miller  &  Low,  30  Broad  Street, 
New  York  City 

Residence,  Smithtown,  Long  Island,  N.  Y. 

Born  June  10,  1881,  in  New  York  City,  the  son  of  Charles 
Addison  Miller,  Yale  1859,  a  banker  (died  December  29, 
1897),  and  Mary  (Ely)  Miller.  His  ancestry  is  English, 
Scotch,  Scotch-Irish  and  French.  His  Yale  relatives  besides 
his  father  are  a  brother,  James  Ely  Miller,  1904 ;  uncle,  James 
Richard  Ely,  1882;  brothers-in-law,  Wallace  Percy  Knapp, 
1886,  and  Edward  Swift  Isham,  1891 ;  various  cousins. 

Prepared  at  the  Berkeley  School,  New  York  City,  where  he 
devoted  all  his  time  to  preparing  for  Yale  examinations.  At 
Yale  he  received  a  high  oration  Junior  appointment  and  an 
oration  Senior  appointment,  the  Scott  prize  in  French  Junior 
year  and  an  election  to  Phi  Beta  Kappa.  He  was  a  member 
of  the  Fencing  Club,  University  Club  and  Corinthian  Yacht 
Club. 

He  is  unmarried. 

On  graduation  he  entered  Columbia  Law  School, 
where  he  joined  Phi  Delta  Phi.  He  was  with  the  firm 
of  Lord,  Day  &  Lord  for  five  years  and  is  now  asso- 
ciated in  the  firm  of  Low,  Miller  &  Low. 

He  received  the  degree  of  LL.B.  at  Columbia  in 
1905.  He  is  an  Anti-Roosevelt  Republican.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church.  His 
clubs  are  the  Union  and  University  of  New  York  City, 
and  the  Seawanhaka  Yacht  Club.  He  is  a  veteran  of 
Squadron  A,  New  York  Militia,  while  his  literary 
work  is  drawing  briefs  and  checks. 

Few  of  us  can  condense  our  ambitions  into  such  con- 
crete forms  as  Charlie's.  As  a  model  of  condensation, 
not  as  a  letter  to  your  Class  Secretary,  I  quote : 


454  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

''Went  abroad  in  the  summer  of  1910  mth  a  1902 
Harvard  man  and  discovered  the  'East  Pole.'  Like 
happy  nations  I  have  no  history.  I  am  in  partnership 
with  two  most  congenial  old  friends  and  my  ambition 
is  to  be  a  judge." 

Martin  Peck  Miller 

Business  Address,  1550  Sherman  Street,  Denver,  Colo. 
Residence,  646  Marion  Street,  Denver,  Colo. 

Born  December  29,  1879,  in  West  Springfield,  Mass.,  the 
son  of  Dr.  Henry  M,  Miller,  a  dentist,  and  Sylvia  (Clark) 
Miller.  He  is  the  youngest  child  by  his  father's  second  wife. 
He  is  of  English  ancestry. 

Prepared  at  the  Westfield  (Mass.)  High  School,  where  he 
was  on  the  track  team  and  played  baseball.  In  college  he 
tried  for  the  Track  Team  but  was  never  at  college  much  in 
the  spring  except  in  Freshman  year.  He  played  baseball 
with  the  Tightwads.  He  received  an  oration  Junior  and  a 
dispute  Senior  appointment. 

He  married  on  May  22,  1907,  Julia  Erwin,  a  graduate  of 
Miss  Graham's  School,  daughter  of  Robert  Gallaudet  Erwin. 
They  have  had  two  children:  Robert  Martin,  born  March  1, 
1908,  in  Hartford,  Conn.,  who  died  September  5,  1912,  in 
Denver,  Colo.,  after  an  unsuccessful  operation  for  the  removal 
of  a  foreign  body  lodged  in  the  esophagus,  and  Sylvia  Rogers, 
born  July  22,  1911,  in  Hartford,  Conn. 

He  has  been  connected  with  the  Travelers  Insurance 
Company  of  Hartford,  Conn.,  almost  since  graduation, 
and  until  recently  was  manager  of  the  liability  depart- 
ment for  Colorado  and  Utah. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  University  Club  of  Denver. 

Mart  writes:  "I  packed  up  my  belongings  the  night 
after  the  boat  race  in  1902  (that  is,  what  was  left  after 
Curt  Sanford  had  helped  himself — he  took  all  my  best 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  455 

girls'  pictures),  and  woke  up  in  the  southwestern 
corner  of  Colorado  in  the  large  city  of  Durango.  Spent 
the  summer  on  bucking  bronchos  that  didn't  buck, 
played  ^vith  Indians  that  never  saw  a  scalping  knife, 
caught  trout  too  tame  to  know  any  better,  carried  a 
gun  (shot  a  tin  can  once,  six  inches  away),  climbed 
several  mountains  (in  a  good  big  cow  saddle  on  a  good 
big  horse),  played  roulette  (seventy-five  cents'  worth), 
bought  two  bottles  of  beer  (ask  George  Ward  for  fur- 
ther particulars — he  was  also  there),  hunted  bear 
(also  ask  George  about  this) ;  in  fact,  I  was  a  regular 
whooping,  fire-eating  bad  man  from  the  bad  lands. 

* '  Then  I  grew  a  beautiful  hairbrush  on  my  chin  and 
taught  everything  from  kindergarten  to  calculus  in  the 
high  school.  Either  too  much  learning  or  too  much 
hairbrush  made  me  sick,  so  I  quit  and  took  a  delightful 
horseback  trip  through  the  Cliff-dwelling  region  and 
the  Navajo  Reservation  across  the  Desert  to  the  Colo- 
rado River.  From  there  to  Hartford,  Conn.  Some 
jump!  Took  a  job  at  three  cents  a  week  with  the 
Travelers  Insurance  Company. 

*^  After  awhile  the  old  Rockies  kept  whispering  in 
my  ear.  As  I  saw  no  other  way  to  get  there,  I  decided 
to  have  pneumonia,  which  I  accomplished  very  easily, 
and  asked  for  a  vacation.  So  I  spent  the  summer  of 
1907  hitting  the  trail  again. 

**Say,  Jim,  did  you  ever  curl  up  in  your  blankets 
in  the  middle  of  August  with  the  thermometer  hit- 
ting the  low  spots  and  listen  to  a  mountain  lion  cry  or 
a  coyote  bark?  It's  what  you  might  call  'The  Call  of 
the  Wild. '  It  is  very  alluring,  but  you  wish  you  were 
a  bird. 

''Well,  I  went  back  East  and  decided  that  three  cents 
(no,  it  was  four  by  this  time)  a  week  wasn't  enough, 


456  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

SO  I  got  transferred  to  the  liability  department.  Hence 
the  answer — here  I  am,  back  in  the  old  mountains  once 
more,  as  manager  of  the  liability  department  for  Colo- 
rado and  Utah.  Haven't  been  asked  to  be  president 
yet,  but  as  they  have  a  pretty  good  one  at  present,  I 
suppose  I  can't  kick." 


Malcolm  Moore 

With   F.   Wallis   Armstrong    Company,    advertising   agents, 
North  American  Building,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Residence,  3009  Queen  Lane,  Germantown,  Pa. 

Born  September  27,  1880,  in  Catfish,  Pa.,  the  son  of  James 
S.  Moore  (died  September  14,  1903),  who  was  in  the  coal 
business,  and  Laura  I.  (Allison)  Moore.  His  ancestors  were 
Scotch  and  Irish. 

Prepared  at  the  Buffalo  Central  High  School,  and  at  Yale 
was  a  member  of  the  University  Bicycle  Team  in  1899-1900 
and  1900-01,  and  a  member  of  the  Dramatic  Association,  of 
which  he  was  vice-president  in  1900-01  and  president  in  1901- 
02.  He  played  the  part  of  Lord  Burleigh  in  "The  Critic" 
and  that  of  Philip  in  "High  Life  Below  Stairs."  He  was  a 
first  Wrangler,  received  a  second  colloquy  appointment  in 
Junior  year  and  was  a  member  of  Zeta  Psi. 

He  married  on  June  25,  1906,  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  Emma 
Tiffany  Gillette,  daughter  of  the  late  C.  S.  Gillette,  formerly 
president  of  the  First  National  Bank  of  Hartford,  Conn.  They 
have  four  children:  James  Gillette,  born  July  19,  1908,  in 
Baltimore,  Md. ;  Jane  Gillette,  born  May  4,  1910,  in  Sher- 
wood, Md. ;  Malcolm,  Jr.,  born  August  28,  1911,  in  Sher- 
wood, Md.,  and  Norman  Gillette,  born  January  26,  1913,  in 
Germantown,  Pa. 

For  a  short  time  after  graduation  Moore  was  with 
the  Union  Metallic  Cartridge  Company.     In  October, 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  457 

1905,  he  wrote  the  Class  Secretary  as  follows:  ''My 
conduct  since  graduation  has  been  so  uneventful  in 
one  sense  that  I  have  little  to  write  about.  I  took 
charge  of  the  advertising  of  the  Phoenix  Mutual  Life 
Insurance  Company  of  Hartford  six  months  after 
Commencement,  and  rather  expected  to  be  on  the  job 
for  the  next  forty-five  years.  A  serious  eye  trouble, 
however,  which  robbed  me  of  sight  for  some  time,  has 
kept  me  idle  for  two  years.  During  this  time  I  joined 
the  Appendicitis  Club.  Got  back  in  harness  last  week 
in  pretty  good  shape  as  to  the  eyes,  but  have  to  exer- 
cise considerable  care  and  am  leading  the  life  simple. ' ' 
In  1905  he  became  connected  with  the  New  York  Edison 
Company.  Since  then  he  has  been  advertising  and 
sales  manager  for  William  H.  Beehler,  manufacturer 
of  umbrellas,  and  has  served  as  manager  of  the  pro- 
motion bureau  of  the  Baltimore  Sun.  He  has  recently 
taken  up  work  with  the  F.  Wallis  Armstrong  Com- 
pany, advertising  agents,  in  Philadelphia. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Second  Congregational 
Church  of  Hartford,  Conn. 

Mac  Moore  and  Bradley  Welch,  like  Hastings  and 
Hooker,  have  always  been  drawing  together,  and  we 
now  find  them  in  the  same  business  and  in  the  same 
office.  The  comparison  of  their  advertising  methods 
is  entertaining ;  both  are  honest  in  a  business  that  has 
many  unprincipled  men  in  it,  but  there  the  comparison 
ends :  Bradley  scintillates,  then  plays  golf  until  another 
display  of  pyrotechnics  is  required  and  delivered; 
while  Mac  quietly  and  persistently,  ten  hours  (some- 
times more)  a  day,  works,  works,  works! 

What  recreation  Mac  takes  he  finds  largely  in  his 
books  and  at  home  with  his  family. 


458  ACHIEVEMENTS  OP  1902 

Rodman  Wister  Moorhead 

Treasurer  and  General  Manager  of  the  Electric  Specialty 

Manufacturing  Company,  Inc.,  508  Hartje  Building, 

Pittsburgh,  Pa. 

Residence,  5311  Westminster  Place,  Pittsburgh,  Pa. 

Born  June  15,  1882,  in  Pittsburgh,  Pa.,  the  son  of  Major 
William  J.  Moorhead,  Jefferson  College,  Canonsburgh,  Pa., 
who  was  in  the  iron  and  steel  business  (died  in  September, 
1908),  and  Emily  Butler  (Black)  Moorhead.  He  is  of  Scotch- 
Irish  descent.  A  brother,  Samuel  Wylie  Black  Moorhead, 
was  graduated  at  Yale  in  1891,  and  a  cousin,  James  Moor- 
head Murdoch,  in  1890  S. 

Prepared  at  Shadyside  Academy,  Pittsburgh,  Pa.  At  Yale 
he  played  on  the  Basketball  Team  and  baseball  with  the  Tight- 
wads. He  received  a  second  coUoquy  Senior  appointment. 
He  was  a  member  of  Beta  Theta  Pi. 

He  married  on  November  26,  1907,  Edna  Pearl  Grimm, 
daughter  of  Daniel  Grimm,  of  Franklin,  Pa.  They  have  had 
two  children,  both  born  in  Pittsburgh,  Pa. :  Lida  Grimm, 
bom  March  19,  1909,  and  died  January  4,  1910 ;  and  Rodman, 
born  January  20,  1911. 

He  has  been  in  the  electrical  business  in  Pittsburgh 
since  graduation.  Some  of  the  companies  with  which 
he  has  been  connected  are  the  National  Tube  Com- 
pany, Clairton  Steel  Company,  Westinghouse  Electric 
&  Manufacturing  Company,  Allegheny  County  Light 
Company  and  the  Electric  Specialty  Manufacturing 
Company,  Inc.,  of  which  he  is  treasurer  and  general 
manager. 

He  is  a  member  of  Shadyside  Presbyterian  Church 
of  Pittsburgh,  Pa.,  and  has  no  politics.  Rod  is  another 
believer  in  brevity  as  the  soul  of  wit.     He  writes: 

''Any  account  of  my  life  since  graduation  must  be 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  459 

written  in  prose  as  there  has  been  no  poetry  to  it.  The 
entire  time  has  been  spent  in  a  mad  attempt  to  earn 
a  living,  and  while  not  overly  successful,  I  have  yet 
to  miss  my  first  meal.  I  have  occupied  various  posi- 
tions and  worked  for  numerous  concerns,  but  never 
have  I  been  employed  outside  of  the  Smoky  City. ' ' 


Binnie  Morison 

Partner  in  the  Stock  Exchange  firm  of  Morison  Bros.,   60 
Broadway,  New  York  City 

Residence,  8  Melrose  Place,  Montclair,  N.  J. 

Born  June  27,  1881,  in  Helensburgh,  Scotland,  the  son  of 
Andrew  P.  Morison,  a  broker,  and  Margaret  (Binnie)  Mori- 
son.   He  is  of  Scotch  descent. 

Prepared  at  the  Montclair  High  School,  Montclair,  N,  J. 

He  married  on  October  11,  1909,  Clara  Bradford,  Smith 
1903,  daughter  of  Rev.  Amory  H.  Bradford,  pastor  of  the 
First  Congregational  Church  of  Montclair,  They  had  one 
daughter,  Cristal,  born  March  14,  1912,  in  South  Orange, 
N.  J.    Mrs.  Morison  died  March  18,  1912. 

On  graduation  he  went  with  the  Stock  Exchange  firm 
of  Wardwell  &  Adams,  but  in  May,  1906,  formed  a  part- 
nership with  his  brother,  Andrew  Morison,  under  the 
firm  name  of  Morison  Bros.,  with  the  latter  as  the  floor 
member  of  the  Stock  Exchange. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  First  Congregational  Church 
of  Montclair,  N.  J, 

Binnie  is  a  member  of  the  lunch  club  at  Robins,  on 
Broad  Street.  Drop  in  some  day  and  see  Gus  Schwab, 
Pop  Collins,  Herb  Smith  and  others,  and  they  will  tell 
you  about  all  financial  matters. 


460  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

Herbert  Edwin  Morris 

With  the  Boston  Fire  &  Marine   Insurance  Company,   137 
Milk  Street,  Boston,  Mass. 

Residence,  65  Mount  Vernon  Street,  Boston,  Mass. 

Born  October  17,  1879,  in  New  Haven,  Conn.,  the  son  of 
William  Greenwood  Morris,  who  has  retired  from  business, 
and  Margaret  Watson  (Moore)  Morris.  He  is  of  English 
ancestry.  Two  brothers  also  were  graduated  at  Yale :  William 
Greenwood  Morris,  Jr.,  1891,  and  Charles  Southerton  Morris, 
1896. 

Prepared  at  the  Hillhouse  High  School,  New  Haven,  Conn., 
and  in  college  was  a  substitute  on  the  Freshman  Eleven,  and 
received  second  dispute  appointments. 

He  married  on  May  15,  1912,  Grace  R.  Ezekiel,  a  graduate 
of  Rosemary  Hall,  daughter  of  E.  M.  Ezekiel,  deceased,  of 
Springfield,  Mass. 

On  graduation  lie  entered  the  insurance  business 
with  the  Security  Insurance  Company  of  New  Haven. 
For  a  number  of  years  he  has  been  with  the  Boston 
Fire  &  Marine  Insurance  Company. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Episcopal  Church. 

And  that  is  all  the  Kid  will  say. 

George  Guy  Murphy 

Ranching  in  Montrose,  Colo. 

Permanent  home  address,  Bethany,  Conn. 

Born  January  19,  1878,  in  Portsmouth,  Va.,  the  son  of  John 
Henry  Murphy,  who  has  retired  from  business,  and  Mary 
Jane  (Guy)  Murphy.    He  is  of  Irish  and  English  ancestry. 

Prepared  at  the  Waterbury  (Conn.)  High  School  and  in 
college  played  with  the  Freshman  and  College  elevens.  He 
received  first  dispute  appointments. 

He  is  unmarried. 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  461 

On  graduation  he  started  work  with  E.  Clarence 
Jones  &  Company,  New  York  bankers,  where  he 
remained  until  April  30,  1903,  when  he  became  a  bond 
salesman  for  E.  H.  Gay  &  Company,  a  New  York  bank- 
ing firm.  He  later  held  a  similar  position  with  Farson, 
Son  &  Company,  continuing  in  the  same  line  of  business 
until  February,  1911.  He  then  went  West  on  account 
of  ill  health  and  is  now  running  a  small  ranch  in  Colo- 
rado. 

He  is  a  Republican.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Catholic 
Apostolic  Church. 

Frank  Wells  Nevins 

Residence,  605  West  151st  Street,  New  York  City 

Born  December  12,  1882,  at  Lake  Maitland,  Fla.,  the  son  of 
Dr.  Russell  Henry  Nevins,  who  has  retired  from  practice,  and 
Katherine  (Brown)  Nevins  (died  in  1907).  He  is  of  Scotch 
and  English  descent.  A  brother,  Russell  Henry  Nevins,  Jr., 
was  graduated  at  Yale  in  the  Class  of  1901,  and  "bunches  of 
cousins. ' ' 

Prepared  at  King's  School,  Stamford,  Conn.,  and  in  college 
played  hockey  and  dissertation  baseball,  was  a  Wrangler 
and  a  member  of  the  Cross  Country  Club.  He  received  a 
dissertation  Junior  and  a  colloquy  Senior  appointment.  He 
was  a  member  of  Alpha  Delta  Phi. 

He  married  on  July  19,  1911,  at  Prouts  Neck,  Me.,  Rebecca 
Smith  Norris,  daughter  of  George  Wormeley  Norris,  of 
Mitchells,  Va.  They  have  a  daughter,  Rebecca  Norris,  born 
September  12,  1912,  in  New  York  City. 

The  summer  after  graduation  he  spent  in  Tennessee 
on  government  forest  reserves,  then  went  to  Pitts- 
burgh, with  the  Baltimore  &  Ohio  Railroad.  In  1903- 
04  he  was  with  the  Clairton  Steel  Company  at  Clair- 
ton,  later  with  the  United  States  Cast  Iron  Pipe  & 


462  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

Foundry  Company,  in  Scottsdale,  Pittsburgh,  Phila- 
delphia and  New  York,  until  1910,  when  he  resigned 
to  accept  a  position  with  the  Rotary  File  &  Machine 
Company  (Bart  Yung's  company),  of  which  he  became 
secretary  in  January,  1911,  resigning  in  the  fall  of 
that  year. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Yale  Club  of  New  York  City. 

Max  has  philosophized  a  bit  on  business:  ''Since 
then  (the  fall  of  1911)  have  been  looking  for  a  job. 
If  you  know  of  one,  let  me  know.  I  have  had  no  foreign 
travel  except  in  Washington  Square.  It  is  rather  hard 
to  write  a  story  of  ten  years,  as  it  has  been  generally 
spent  in  a  search  for  some  work  that  would  seem  con- 
genial. My  mistake,  I  think,  was  in  not  realizing 
sooner  the  eventual  undesirability  of  a  job  'on  the 
road. '  I  spent  six  years  at  that  and  will  probably  have 
to  spend  some  little  time  rectifying  the  error.  That 
is  what  I  am  at  present  trying  to  do.  Matrimony,  I 
suppose,  has  been  my  chief  achievement  and  I  consider 
that  I  could  not  have  done  better  in  that  respect.  My 
present  ambition  in  regard  to  material  things  is  to 
make  a  moderate  amount  of  money,  be  a  comparatively 
decent  citizen — not  so  decent,  though,  that  I  will  hurt 
anybody's  feelings.  My  motto  has  been,  'If  you  must 
hurt  somebody,  hurt  yourself,'  and  at  times  I  have 
succeeded  very  well  at  that." 

News  item: 

The  last  of  September  an  informal  dinner  was  held 
at  the  Yale  Club:  the  toastmaster  was  Howard  Mc- 
Dowell in  rare  form.  Those  present  were  Dick  Board- 
man,  John  Callender,  Henry  Rogers,  Beast  Berman, 
Jim  Wright.  The  evening  was  spent  drinking  standing 
toasts  to  Max's  daughter.  "The  memory  lingers  along 
with  the  necessity  for  a  tonic,  not  a  tunic ! ' ' 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  463 

Downer  Hazen  Newell 

Salesman  for  the  American  Writing  Paper  Company,  506  The 
Bourse,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Residence,  249  North  Eighteenth  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Born  September  6,  1880,  in  St.  Johnsbury,  Vt.,  the  son  of 
Dr.  Henry  Clay  Newell,  Dartmouth  1860,  M.D.  1864,  a  physi- 
cian, and  Maria  (Hazen)  Newell.    He  is  of  English  ancestry. 

Prepared  at  St.  Johnsbury  Academy,  St.  Johnsbury,  Vt., 
and  in  college  received  a  dispute  Senior  appointment. 

He  is  unmarried. 

In  September,  1902,  he  became  a  reporter  for  the 
New  York  Times,  and  remained  three  months,  when 
he  changed  for  the  manufacturing  end  of  the  paper 
business.  He  spent  a  year  in  a  paper  mill  in  Holyoke, 
Mass.,  six  months  in  the  mill  and  six  in  the  office,  and 
in  December,  1903,  became  a  salesman  for  the  American 
Writing  Paper  Company  in  their  New  York  office.  He 
has  continued  with  this  firm  and  is  now  their  Philadel- 
phia solicitor. 

He  is  a  Republican.  He  attends  the  Congregational 
Church. 

Doc's  interest  in  paper  is  entirely  in  the  selling  end; 
he  uses  none  to  write  letters  on — more's  the  pity. 

Robert  Bruce  Nisbet,  Jr. 

Contract  Manager,  Bankers  Service  Corporation,  257  Broad- 
way, New  York  City 

Permanent  address,  506  North  James  Street,  Rome,  N.  Y. 

Born  April  4,  1879,  in  Stokes,  N.  Y.,  the  son  of  Robert 
Bruce  Nisbet,  a  merchant,  and  Victoria  E.  (Williams)  Nisbet. 
He  is  of  Scotch,  English  and  Welsh  ancestry.  A  cousin, 
Wayne  C.  Nisbet,  was  graduated  at  Yale  in  the  Class  of 
1902  S. 


464  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

Prepared  at  the  Rome  (N.  Y.)  Free  Academy,  now  known 
as  Rome  High  School,  where  he  was  a  member  of  the  base- 
•  ball  team  and  the  debating  society.  In  college  he  was  a 
member  of  the  Freshman  and  Yale  Unions,  only,  unless 
replenishing  an  original  $5.00  capital  might  be  called  a 
college  activity.     He  received  a  Senior  colloquy  appointment. 

He  married  on  October  8,  1910,  in  Warsaw,  Ind.,  Edith 
Marjorie  McAlpine,  a  graduate  of  Indiana  State  Normal 
School,  daughter  of  Byron  S.  McAlpine,  of  Warsaw,  Ind. 

Until  September,  1905,  he  was  engaged  for  long  and 
short  periods  in  a  variety  of  kinds  of  work.  He  then 
accepted  a  position  as  contract  manager  with  the  Bank- 
ers Service  Corporation,  whose  business  is  bank  adver- 
tising, and  in  this  work  is  sent  to  many  parts  of  the 
United  States,  in  the  spring  of  1912  his  address  being 
in  Richmond,  Va.,  and  in  the  fall  in  Davenport,  Iowa. 

He  is  a  Republican.  He  is  a  member  of  the  First 
Methodist  Church  of  Rome,  N.  Y. 

Bob  says:  "Began  in  July,  1902,  for  a  mercantile 
agency,  gathering  data  for  new  commercial  rating 
book ;  neither  the  job  nor  the  agency  lasted  long.  Then, 
in  rapid  succession,  worked  in  a  law  office,  as  traveling 
solicitor  for  an  army  record,  sold  patent  medicines  to 
trade,  sold  books,  sold  drugs  till  September,  1904,  when 
I  went  to  New  York  to  start  at  the  bottom  and  work 
up.  Was  with  the  Merganthaler  Linotype  Company 
for  a  year,  still  at  the  bottom.  Net  result  up  to  Sep- 
tember, 1905 :  board,  clothes,  experience.  The  road  to 
anything  like  a  comfortable  living  income  in  New  York 
looked  too  long  to  me  then  and  I  left,  taking  up  my 
present  work.  I  am  fairly  well  satisfied  with  progress 
since  1905.  Will  not  list  my  various  residences  (about 
fifty)  as  they  were  temporary,  covering  most  of  tlie 
states  from  Iowa  east,  and  from  North  Carolina  north. 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  465 

Outside  the  pursuit  of  the  dollars  I  have  nothing  to  tell, 
except  a  few  fish  and  gun  stories,  with  the  usual 
attendant  risks." 

Edwin  Gates  Norman 

Lawyer,  311  Main  Street,  Worcester,  Mass. 

Residence,  240  Highland  Street,  Worcester,  Mass. 

Born  October  27,  1878,  in  Preston,  Conn.,  the  son  of  Thomas 
P.  Norman,  a  farmer,  and  Martha  (Peckham)  Norman.  He 
is  of  English  descent.  Two  brothers  also  graduated  from 
Yale :  Hibbard  Richard  Norman,  1899,  and  Albert  Chapman 
Norman,  1905. 

Prepared  at  the  Norwich  Free  Academy,  where  he  was  on 
the  editorial  board  of  the  school  paper  and  a  member  of  the 
football  team.  He  received  a  first  dispute  Junior  appoint- 
ment and  a  dissertation  Senior  appointment  at  Yale. 

He  married  on  June  30,  1910,  in  Norwich,  Conn.,  Louise 
Hayward  Thresher.  They  have  one  daughter,  Hope,  born 
July  15,  1911,  in  Worcester,  Mass. 

On  graduation  he  entered  the  Harvard  Law  School, 
where  he  was  a  member  of  the  Choate  Law  Club.  In 
1905  he  opened  an  office  for  the  general  practice  of 
law  in  Worcester,  Mass.  He  is  a  member  and  director 
of  the  F.  E.  Reed  Company,  Crompton  Motor  Carriage 
Company,  E.  H.  Raynor  Fur  Company  and  the  Strat- 
ford Society. 

He  received  the  degree  of  LL.B.  at  Harvard  in  1905. 
He  is  a  Republican  and  a  member  of  the  Republican 
City  Committee.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Central  Con- 
gregational Church,  superintendent  of  the  Sunday 
School,  treasurer  of  the  parish  and  president  of  the 
Young  People's  Association.  He  is  a  joint  author  of 
''Massachusetts  Trial  Evidence,"  and  a  member  of 
the  Worcester  Economic  Club,  Worcester  Society  for 


466  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

the  Detection  of  Thieves,  Rufus  Putnam  Memorial 
Association  and  Red  Men. 

Many  of  us  are  selfish  and  do  not  put  a  true  estimate 
on  the  hardships  of  others  and  their  sacrifices.  Accord- 
ingly I  am  publishing  this  letter  and  take  responsi- 
bility for  Ed's  displeasure  if  he  is  foolish  enough  to 
have  any  over  a  history  he  can  well  be  proud  of. 

''I  have  often  thought  of  responding  to  your  letters 
and  announcements  with  a  letter,  and  on  receipt  of  the 
last  one  I  sat  down  at  my  machine,  and  here  I  am, 
yielding  to  the  impulse.  What  I  have  to  say  is  con- 
fidential, but  any  facts  that  might  be  of  interest  you 
are  at  liberty  to  use  in  preparing  your  history. 

*'I  began  life  in  a  Connecticut  farmhouse  in  a  house- 
hold where  money  was  scarce.  There  was,  however, 
an  atmosphere  of  high  thinking  and  all  of  us  children 
read  all  we  could  and  from  various  sources  absorbed 
thoughts  and  dreams  that  blossomed  into  strong  ambi- 
tions. 

''At  the  age  of  fifteen  I  entered  the  Nor\vich  Acad- 
emy, where  I  made  some  progress  and  might  fairly  have 
been  considered  a  successful  member  of  my  class.  The 
four  years  spent  there  were  not  without  hardship.  The 
first  year  I  drove  seven  miles  each  day  back  and  forth 
from  school  to  home.  That  meant  rising  at  5  a.m.,  and 
as  part  of  the  time  at  home  was  spent  in  work,  the 
opportunity  for  study  was  limited.  The  last  three  years 
I  had  a  room  in  the  Museum  connected  with  the  school, 
and  slept  among  the  pictures  and  plaster  casts,  receiv- 
ing my  room  and  a  small  salary,  for  the  presence  of 
someone  in  the  building  was  needed  to  satisfy  the 
insurance  companies. 

*  *  I  entered  Yale  with  about  $100  cash  and  waited  on 
table  at  a  cheap  place  on  Crown  Street.    It  was  most 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  467 

disagreeable  and  often  disheartening  business.  Part 
of  the  time  I  ran  a  club.  I  did  some  tutoring  and  a 
few  odd  jobs  and  managed  to  get  along  until  my  last 
year,  when  I  got  a  legacy  that  put  me  on  my  feet.  I 
became  fond  of  Yale  and  through  my  period  there  I 
found  myself.  But  much  of  the  time  I  was  so  lonely. 
A  natural  shyness  kept  me  from  doing  my  best  and 
trying  for  accomplislunents  that  I  know  were  within 
my  reach.  Lack  of  money  did  the  rest.  I  suppose  I 
didn't  make  the  average  number  of  friends,  for  some 
of  the  poorer  men  there  were  not  congenial,  and  those 
who  were  not  I  fancied  didn't  care  for  my  intimate 
society.  But,  anyhow,  Yale  simply  made  me.  I  feel 
that  I  got  ideals,  some  confidence,  some  valuable 
friendships,  and  an  instinct  for  placing  the  proper 
values  upon  the  things  of  this  life. 

''I  entered  the  Harvard  Law  School  in  1902  and 
graduated  in  1905  with  a  fairly  good  record.  That  is, 
by  the  way,  a  fine  place.  I  got  many  other  things  there 
besides  a  good  legal  foundation. 

"When  I  left  I  had  no  influence  or  prospects,  so  I 
came  to  Worcester  where  I  didn't  know  a  soul  and 
started  up.  I  have  always  been  fairly  honest,  and  put 
my  best  work  in  whatever  I  undertook.  I  should  have 
no  hesitation  in  exhibiting  all  my  conduct  and  as  a 
result  I  have  made  some  impression  on  the  community. 
My  financial  return  has  been  pitifully  small,  but  it  is 
gromng.  I  have  held  many  positions  of  trust,  such  as 
treasurerships,  etc.  I  am  married  and  have  a  pleasant 
though  not  wealthy  home.  I  have  one  very  attractive 
child  aged  nine  months.  I  feel  confident  of  the  future 
and  know  I  have  a  good  foundation  on  which  to  build 
my  life. 


468  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

''Shortly  after  I  opened  my  ofl&ce,  which  I  shared 
^vith  a  Dartmouth  man,  we  began  to  write  a  book  on 
'Evidence. '  We  kept  at  it  for  four  years  and  published 
a  book  that  has  been  very  successful.  We  had  a  hard 
time  getting  it  started,  for  our  publisher  lost  faith  in  it 
and  we  had  to  place  it  with  a  new  concern.  It  has  been 
a  help  to  a  slight  degree  financially,  but  to  a  large 
degree  in  giving  us  a  standing.  I  am  now  working 
alone  on  a  work  on  'Damages.'  Both  of  these  books 
are  for  Massachusetts  only. 

"I  believe  strongly  in  the  future.  I  really  must  ask 
your  pardon  for  running  on  so.  I  don't  think  I  ever 
went  into  my  experiences  so  much  with  anybody,  but 
your  communication  hit  me  in  this  particular  mood, 
and  there  was  such  a  warm  friendliness  about  it  that 
I  have  responded  as  above." 


Robert  Castle  Norton 

Secretary  and  Treasurer  of  the  Baker  Motor- Vehicle  Com- 
pany, West  Eightieth  Street,  Cleveland,  Ohio 

Residence,  7301  Euclid  Avenue,  Cleveland,  Ohio 

Born  December  28,  1879,  in  Cleveland,  Ohio,  the  son  of 
David  Z.  Norton,  president  of  the  Citizens  Savings  &  Trust 
Company  and  a  member  of  Oglebay,  Norton  &  Company, 
iron  ore,  and  Mary  Hamilton  (Castle)  Norton.  His  ancestors 
were  French  and  English.  A  brother,  Laurence  Harper  Nor- 
ton, 1910,  and  a  cousin,  William  Castle  Rhodes,  1891,  have 
graduated  from  Yale. 

Prepared  at  the  University  School  in  Cleveland.  At  Yale 
he  was  a  member  of  the  Corinthian  Yacht  Club,  was  a  Cup 
man,  first  Wrangler,  member  of  the  Sophomore  German  and 
Junior  Prom  committees,  a  governor  of  the  University  Club, 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  469 

and  a  member  of  Kappa  Psi  (campaign  committee),  Alpha 
Delta  Phi  and  Scroll  and  Key, 
He  is  unmarried. 

After  spending  about  two  years  in  the  mining  busi- 
ness, he  became  connected  with  the  Baker  Motor- 
Vehicle  Company  in  Cleveland,  being  now  secretary 
and  treasurer  of  this  company.  He  is  also  president  of 
the  Baker  Electric  Company  of  Missouri;  vice-presi- 
dent of  the  Baker  Electric  Company  of  Michigan ;  vice- 
president  of  the  Baker  Motor- Vehicle  Company,  Ltd., 
of  Canada;  treasurer  of  the  Baker  Vehicle  Company 
of  New  York ;  vice-president  of  the  Electric  Automobile 
Manufacturers'  Association  and  president  of  the  Gid- 
dings  Kealty  Company. 

He  is  a  member  of  St.  Paul's  Episcopal  Church. 
The  clubs  of  which  he  is  a  member  are  the  Union,  Uni- 
versity, Tavern,  Hermit,  Country,  Automobile  and  the 
Chagrin  Valley  Hunt  Club.  He  is  a  second  lieutenant 
of  Troop  A,  Ohio  Cavalry. 

Bob  says:  ''Immediately  after  graduation  I  spent 
the  summer  in  the  iron  mines  of  Lake  Superior.  After 
that,  inspected  mines  in  Cuba,  and  for  the  next  eight- 
een months  was  located  in  Honaker,  Va.,  on  a  mining 
proposition,  official  title,  treasurer  of  the  Clinch  Val- 
ley Barytes  Company.  This  proved  a  very  bad  finan- 
cial investment,  but  was  rich  in  experiences,  Honaker 
being  a  town  of  three  hundred  inhabitants  in  the  moun- 
tainous district  on  the  border  of  Kentucky,  where 
moonshine,  feuds  and  shootings  were  prevalent.  Ego 
being  the  target  on  various  occasions.  This  was  the 
most  exciting  year  of  my  life  since  Sophomore  year 
in  college. 

''After  thoroughly  demonstrating  that  more  money 
can  be  put  into  the  ground  in  certain  localities  than 


470  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

can  be  taken  out,  I  became  interested  in  the  Baker 
Motor- Vehicle  Company,  both  financially  and  actively, 
and  was  elected  secretary  and  treasurer  of  this  splen- 
did company,  the  oldest  and  largest  manufacturers  of 
electric  automobiles  in  the  world,  and  am  still  in  the 
harness  and  expect  to  be  for  some  time. 

''Speaking  of  harness,  although  in  the  automobile 
business,  my  recreation  consists  entirely  of  affiliations 
with  the  horse.  For  nine  years  I  have  been  a  member 
of  the  famous  Black  Horse  Troop  A,  Ohio  Cavalry, 
escorting  presidents  and  quelling  night-riders  and 
street  car  riots,  and  have  recently  been  elected  second 
lieutenant  of  this  organization,  all  of  whose  officers  and 
about  one  half  of  its  membership  now  are  Yale  men. 
I  am  also  an  ardent  devotee  of  fox  hunting  and  follower 
of  the  elusive  anise-seed  bag.  Maintaining  a  string  of 
hunters  for  this  purpose,  and  being  a  strong  supporter 
of  almost  every  club  in  town,  has  precluded  my  joining 
the  benedicts,  and  doing  my  duty  by  our  country,  as 
Pick  and  Hal  are  doing.    Here's  hoping. 

''Forgot  to  mention  two  trips  to  Europe,  one  'en 
familW  and  the  other  with  Black  Jack  Burrall. 
Haven't  recovered  from  the  strain  of  the  last  men- 
tioned trip  yet."  [On  Christmas  morning,  1912,  he 
returned  from  a  third,  having  spent  three  months  in 
Europe.] 

It  has  been  mentioned  that  Bob  is  a  member  of  the 
Black  Horse  Cavalry  of  Ohio,  but  he  never  did  any 
better  riding  in  his  life  than  he  did  at  Decennial.  In 
justice  to  him  it  must  be  said  that  he  gave  up  an  exceed- 
ingly docile  camel  to  the  Class  Secretary  so  that  the 
latter  could  get  on  and  off  him  without  being  thrown, 
while  Bob  Norton  spent  the  rest  of  the  afternoon  with 
a  camel  bucking  in  every  conceivable  way  in  his  efforts 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  471 

to  remove  Bob.    Be  it  said  for  the  latter 's  horseman- 
ship, or  camehnanship,  that  he  remained  unmoved. 

George  Woodward  Noyes 

Secretary   and    Treasurer   of   the   Brunhoff   Manufacturing 
Company,  Ninth  Street  and  Freeman  Avenue,  Cincinnati, 

Ohio 

Bom  May  23,  1879,  in  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  the  son  of  Joseph 
C.  Noyes,  a  retired  business  man,  and  Alice  (Hutchins)  Noyes. 

Prepared  at  the  Franklin  High  School  and  in  college  was 
a  member  of  the  Cross  Country  Club,  secretary  of  the  Univer- 
sity Baseball  Association,  manager  of  the  College  Baseball 
Team  and  a  first  Wrangler.  He  received  colloquy  appoint- 
ments, was  a  member  of  the  Dramatic  Association,  University 
Club  and  Delta  Kappa  Epsilon. 

He  is  unmarried. 

Since  graduation  he  has  been  engaged  in  the  manu- 
facturing business  with  the  Brunhoff  Manufacturing 
Company,  makers  of  metal  and  hardware  specialties. 
His  position  is  that  of  secretary,  treasurer  and  director 
of  this  company. 

Noisy  seemed  to  have  grown  very  dignified  at  Decen- 
nial, and  strolled  around  with  a  great  display  of  savoir 
faire.  Despite  this,  his  appearance  of  coolness  was 
rather  shaken  by  the  loss  of  his  portmanteau  early  in 
the  proceedings,  but  its  rather  tardy  appearance  made 
the  smile  appear  again  and  all  was  well  in  New  Haven 
once  more. 

Clifford  Herrick  Owen 

Associated  with  Wise  &  Seligsberg  in  general  practice  of  law, 
15  William  Street,  New  York  City 

Born  December  13,  1878,  in  Lincoln,  N.  Y.,  the  son  of  Rev. 
Harvey  J.  Owen,  and  Esther  Lucretia  (Herrick)  Owen.    He 


472  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

is  of  Welsh  ancestry,  though  his  family  have  lived  in  this 
country  for  several  generations.  A  cousin,  Owen  Calvin 
Baker,  was  graduated  at  Yale  in  1896. 

Prepared  at  Haverling  Academy,  where  he  was  president 
of  his  class  in  Junior  and  Senior  years.  He  took  Freshman 
year  at  Syracuse  University,  entering  Yale  in  the  fall  of  1899. 
He  received  a  first  dispute  Junior  and  a  dissertation  Senior 
appointment. 

He  is  unmarried. 

On  graduation  he  entered  the  Yale  Law  School, 
where  he  received  the  degree  of  LL.B.  in  1905.  He  was 
then  associated  with  the  Title  Guarantee  &  Trust  Com- 
pany until  January  1, 1908,  when  he  went  with  Wise  & 
Seligsberg,  lawyers,  his  present  connection. 


Andrew  Dickson  Packer,  M.D. 
Physician,  262  Hicks  Street,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Born  August  30,  1879,  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  the  sou  of  Wil- 
liam Satterlee  Packer,  Yale  1866  (died  April  23,  1893),  a 
lawyer,  and  Mary  Keys  (Jones)  Packer.  He  is  of  Scotch, 
Irish  and  English  ancestry.  Besides  his  father,  a  brother, 
Wilham  Satterlee  Packer,  Jr.,  graduated  from  Yale  in  1898. 

He  prepared  at  Hotchkiss  School,  where  he  was  interested 
in  baseball.  He  entered  Yale  in  September,  1897,  with  the 
Class  of  1901,  but  later  joined  our  Class.  He  played  base- 
ball on  the  Disappointments  and  was  a  member  of  the  Fresh- 
man Glee  Club  for  a  while. 

He  married  on  August  16,  1911,  in  Raleigh,  N.  C,  Sophie 
Graham  Booker,  daughter  of  Rev.  James  Edward  Booker,  of 
Farmville,  Va. 

After  graduating  from  the  Long  Island  College  Hos- 
pital in  1907,  with  the  degree  of  M.D.,  and  serving  as 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  473 

interne  at  St.  Vincent 's  Hospital,  he  began  the  practice 
of  medicine  at  his  present  address  in  Brooklyn. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church. 
In  politics  he  is  Republican. 

An  extract  from  Bill's  letter  follows:  ''I  have  stuck 
strictly  to  the  job  ever  since.  I  have  had  several  hos- 
pital connections,  viz..  Long  Island  College  Hospital, 
Swedish  Hospital,  Bushwick  Hospital,  Brooklyn  City 
Dispensary.  For  the  last  two  years  I  have  been 
physician  in  charge  of  the  employees  of  Frederick 
Loeser  &  Company  in  Brooklyn. 

**0n  August  16,  1911,  I  went  South,  and  came  home 
with  a  wife,  and  I  advise  all  the  rest  of  the  class  who 
have  not  done  so,  especially  Wylie  and  Callender,  to 
take  this  fact  to  heart  and  do  likewise." 


Albion  Gile  Peirce 
Lawyer,  Bay  State  Building,  Lawrence,  Mass. 
Residence,  15  Pleasant  Street,  Methuen,  Mass. 

Born  June  22,  1880,  in  Methuen,  Mass.,  the  son  of  Dr. 
James  Peirce,  New  York  Medical  College  1874  (died  August 
25,  1902),  and  Ella  Lucy  (Gile)  Peirce.  He  is  of  English 
ancestry.  His  Yale  relatives  are  a  brother,  Clarence  Apple- 
ton  Peirce,  1909,  and  a  cousin,  Albion  Lester  Gile,  1901  Law. 

Prepared  at  the  Methuen  High  School  and  at  Phillips  Acad- 
emy, Andover.  In  college  he  received  a  first  dispute  appoint- 
ment in  Senior  year. 

He  is  unmarried. 

On  graduation  he  studied  law  at  Boston  University 
for  two  years  and  then  commenced  the  practice  of  law 
in  Lawrence,  Mass.  While  in  the  law  school  he  joined 
Sigma  Alpha  Epsilon  and  Gamma  Eta  Gamma,  the 


474  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

latter  a  legal  fraternity.  For  a  number  of  years  he 
practiced  under  the  firm  name  of  Peirce  &  Wadsworth, 
but  is  now  in  independent  practice. 

He  received  the  degree  of  J.B.  from  Boston  Uni- 
versity in  1905.  He  served  on  the  school  committee 
of  the  town  of  Methuen  from  1905  until  1911.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Baptist  Church.  He  is  an  Odd  Fellow, 
a  member  of  the  Canoe  Club  of  Methuen,  Home  Club 
of  Lawrence,  and  of  the  Merrimack  Valley  Country 
Club. 

Bemis  says:  ''Your  appeal  for  a  character  sketch 
was  received  about  October  19,  and  has  remained 
unanswered  until  the  present,  thereby  revealing  as 
well  as  any  long  essay  could,  one  of  my  own  character- 
istics, namely :  putting  off  as  long  as  possible  the  doing 
of  a  thing  which  I  do  not  know  how  to  do.  Like  all  the 
rest  of  the  Class,  I  hope  that  you  will  be  able  to  get 
out  a  great  Class  book  and  feel  sure  that  I  shall  read 
with  a  great  deal  of  interest  the  glimpses  which  each 
member  of  the  Class  gives  of  his  own  life  and  charac- 
ter, but  I  haven't  seemed  able,  during  the  past  month, 
to  think  of  anything  of  sufficient  interest  to  want  to 
see  it  in  print." 

'*P.  S.  The  subject  which  you  suggest  for  my 
description,  namely:  'Preventing  the  Law's  Delays,' 
is  the  last  subject  to  put  up  to  an  attorney  for  discus- 
sion, as  it  is  a  well-known  fact  that  most  lawyers  spend 
a  great  deal  more  time  in  prolonging  the  law's  delays 
to  the  profit  of  their  client  and  incidentally  to  their 
own  profit,  than  in  urging  to  greater  speed  the  wheels 
of  justice." 


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AUTOBIOGEAPHIES  475 

Harry  Alfred  Peters 

Principal  of  the  University  School,  Cleveland,  Ohio 

Residence,  1911  East  Seventy-third  Street,  Cleveland,  Ohio 

Born  August  4,  1879,  in  Lehighton,  Pa.,  the  son  of  Harry- 
Alfred  Peters  (died  in  1879),  who  was  in  the  drug  business, 
and  Abigail  Catherine  (Horn)  Peters.  He  is  of  German 
ancestry.  Two  cousins,  Norman  Francis  Peters,  ea;-1909,  and 
Wray  Nathan  Hoffman,  1912  S.,  have  studied  at  Yale. 

Prepared  at  Phillips  Academy,  Andover,  Mass.,  where  he 
played  on  the  class  baseball  team,  received  the  Means  prize 
in  speaking  and  was  awarded  a  scholarship.  At  Yale  he  was 
a  member  of  the  Senior  Baseball  Team,  received  a  high  ora- 
tion appointment  in  Junior  year  and  an  oration  appointment 
in  Senior  year,  was  keeper  of  the  archives  of  Phi  Beta  Kappa, 
and  during  his  course  did  some  work  for  the  Yale  Alumni 
Weekly. 

He  married  on  January  1, 1908,  in  Gilroy,  Calif.,  Rosamond 
Katherine  Zuck,  daughter  of  James  Clay  Zuck,  formerly 
United  States  Consul  to  Tien-Tsin  and  state  senator  of  Cali- 
fornia, now  a  lawyer  and  rancher  of  Gilroy.  They  have  one 
son,  Richard  Borland,  born  May  29,  1910,  in  Cleveland,  Ohio. 

Since  graduation  he  has  been  teaching  in  the  Uni- 
versity School  of  Cleveland,  and  since  1908  has  been 
principal  of  this  school.  He  is  secretary  of  the  execu- 
tive committee  of  the  Cleveland  Boy  Scouts  and  secre- 
tary of  the  North  Central  Academic  Association  of 
Chicago. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  University  Club  of  Cleveland 
and  the  Headmasters'  Association  of  New  York  and 
vice-president  of  the  Cleveland  Yale  Alumni  Associa- 
tion. He  is  a  member  of  the  Second  Presbyterian 
Church  of  Cleveland. 

Harry's  ideas  on  education  will  interest  you  fathers : 

**In  September,  1902,  I  came  to  Cleveland  to  try 


476  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

teaching  for  two  years ;  at  the  end  of  two  years  I  had 
become  so  interested  that  I  stayed  right  along  for  five 
years.  In  the  summer  of  1907  I  accumulated  typhoid 
germs  in  Lake  Erie  and  started  a  nine  months'  siege  in 
Yellowstone  Park,  finishing  the  winter  in  California 
as  soon  as  health  permitted  and  on  May  1,  was  called 
back  to  Cleveland  to  become  the  head  of  University 
School.  The  work  is  delightful — 230  boys  of  unusual 
vigor  and  a  fine  community  for  home. 

* '  In  1904  I  spent  the  summer  in  Europe ;  in  1905  in 
the  Canadian  woods  at  Temagami ;  in  1906  in  Canada, 
Alaska  and  the  Pacific  coast ;  three  other  summers  and 
one  winter  in  California;  and  one  summer  in  Maine. 
A  school  man  has,  you  see,  rare  opportunities  for 
broadening  his  life  and  brushing  out  the  cobwebs  in 
the  summer  vacations. 

''During  the  last  four  years  I  have  been  in  New 
Haven  once  a  year,  looking  for  men  for  our  work,  and 
when  I  could  get  them  have  found  that  Yale  men  are 
pretty  good  specimens.  A  good  percentage  of  our 
boys  go  to  Yale  and  I  find  they  are  uniformly  enthu- 
siastic. It  is  my  hope  that  we  may  turn  out  a  fine 
product  of  boys  of  ability  and  character,  who  will  live 
useful  lives  in  the  service  of  the  world — ^including  my 
own  boy,  Yale  1932." 


Benjamin  Judah  Phelps 

Principal  of  the  North  Plainfield  High  School,  North  Plain- 
field,  N.  J. 

Residence,  27  Craig  Place,  North  Plainfield,  N.  J. 

Born  October  4,  1877,  in  "West  Suffield,  Conn.,  the  sou  of 
Judah  Phelps,  a  farmer,  and  Ellen  C.  (Cannon)  Phelps.  He 
is  of  English  ancestry. 


AUTOBIOGEAPHIES  477 

Prepared  at  the  Connecticut  Literary  Institute,  Suffield, 
Conn.,  where  he  was  interested  in  athletics.  In  college  he 
played  on  the  College  Football  Team  Senior  year,  and  re- 
ceived dissertation  appointments. 

He  married  on  September  1,  1909,  Clarissa  Jane  Halladay, 
a  graduate  of  Connecticut  Literary  Institute,  daughter  of 
Edmund  Halladay,  of  Suffield,  Conn. 

On  graduation  he  began  teaching  Latin  and  Greek 
in  Pennington  Seminary,  Pennington,  N.  J.,  serving 
five  years  in  this  position,  and  during  the  last  two  was 
also  vice-president  of  the  school.  In  September,  1907, 
he  commenced  his  duties  as  principal  of  the  North 
Plainfield  High  School,  where  he  still  continues. 

He  attended  the  Yale  Summer  School  in  1907,  taking 
courses  in  pedagogy.  He  is  secretary  of  the  North 
Plainfield  Business  Men's  Association  and  president 
of  the  Plainfield  Council  for  Boy  Scouts.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Second  Baptist  Church  of  Suffield,  Conn., 
and  leader  of  the  Men's  Bible  Class  in  Calvary  Baptist 
Church,  Plainfield,  N.  J. 

But  Ben  will  say  no  more. 

Isaac  Gray  Phillips 

Member  of  firm  of  Pritchard,  Allison  &  Lynch,  lawyers,  615 
Hamilton  National  Bank  Building,  Chattanooga,  Tenn. 

Residence,  305  High  Street,  Chattanooga,  Tenn. 

Born  November  13,  1879,  in  Winchester,  Tenn.,  the  son  of 
George  Gray  Phillips  (died  August  30,  1893),  a  banker,  and 
Maria  Grant  (Moorman)  Phillips  (died  in  July,  1891).  His 
ancestors  were  English  and  Scotch. 

Prepared  at  Winchester  Normal  College,  Winchester,  Tenn., 
where  he  was  captain  of  the  baseball  and  football  teams, 
editor-in-chief  of  the  college  paper,  and  a  member  of  the  debat- 
ing team.    At  Yale  he  was  a  member  of  the  Grub  Street  Base- 


478  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

ball  Team;  received  a  Townsend  prize  in  English  composition 
in  Freshman  year,  a  high  oration  appointment  in  Junior  year 
and  an  oration  appointment  in  Senior  year ;  was  a  member  of 
the  Sophomore  Debating  Team  against  the  Freshman,  of  the 
debating  team  against  Harvard  in  1902,  and  alternate  against 
Princeton  in  1901 ;  was  president  of  the  Yale  Union  and  of 
the  Southern  Club;  a  first  "Wrangler,  and  a  member  of  Phi 
Beta  Kappa  and  Zeta  Psi. 
He  is  unmarried. 

He  has  been  engaged  in  study  and  practice  of  law  in 
the  South  ever  since  graduation,  first  in  Winchester, 
and  now  in  Chattanooga,  Tenn.  From  1904  to  1910  he 
was  secretary  and  manager  of  the  Gramm  Specialty 
Company,  patent  medicines,  and  since  1907  has  been 
secretary  of  the  Drake  Flying  Machine  Company. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Walnut  Street  Christian 
Church  in  Chattanooga.  He  has  served  as  secretary 
of  the  Democratic  Executive  Committee  of  Franklin 
County,  Tenn.,  for  six  years,  has  been  chairman  of 
campaign  committees  for  various  candidates  for  gov- 
ernor and  United  States  senator,  etc.,  in  Franklin 
County,  and  has  made  political  speeches  all  over  the 
county.  He  writes  that  he  has  never  held  public  office 
and  doesn't  want  to.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Calumet 
and  Commercial  clubs  and  of  the  Elks,  and  has  been 
presiding  officer  of  the  Masons,  Knights  of  Pythias 
and  Odd  Fellows  (subordinate  lodges).  In  1904-05  he 
was  editor  of  the  Straight  Democrat,  Winchester, 
Tenn.,  and  from  1905  to  1908,  editor  and  owner  of  the 
Franklin  County  Truth. 

Ike  says :  * '  After  graduation,  read  law  privately  in 
Winchester,  Tenn.,  passed  examinations  and  licensed 
to  practice  in  January,  1903;  worked  in  the  office  of 
Lynch  &  Lynch,  attorneys,  Winchester,  Tenn.,  until 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  479 

1905,  then  became  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Lynch  & 
Phillips,  attorneys,  until  January  1, 1911,  when  I  moved 
from  "Winchester  to  Chattanooga,  Tenn.,  and  worked 
for  Spears  &  Lynch,  until  April  1,  1911,  when  the  firm 
name  was  changed  and  I  was  admitted  to  the  firm  of 
Spears,  Lynch,  Spears  &  Phillips.  This  firm  dissolved 
January  1,  1912,  and  I  entered  the  new  firm  of  Pritch- 
ard,  Allison  &  Lynch,  organized  then,  with  which  firm 
I  expect  to  remain  permanently.  During  the  nine 
years  I  have  practiced  law,  I  have  been  engaged  in 
every  sort  of  litigation  that  arises  in  the  courts  of 
Tennessee,  but  for  the  past  year  or  so  have  made  a 
specialty  of  defending  damage  suits  against  corpora- 
tions and  life  insurance  suits.  Have  several  clients  in 
the  state  penitentiary  and  one  only  missed  being 
hanged  because  the  Supreme  Court  reversed  the  judge 
of  the  lower  court  (who  had  disregarded  the  jury's 
finding  of  mitigating  circumstances  and  sentenced  the 
man  to  death).  Don't  like  criminal  practice  and  hope 
not  to  have  to  do  any  more  of  it. 

''My  life,  for  the  last  ten  years,  has  been  for  the  most 
part  uneventful  and  average,  the  one  ever  present 
problem  of  'making  ends  meet'  overshadomng  all 
other  considerations.  Prospects,  thanks  to  instinctive 
optimism,  have  always  looked  bright  and  still  do. 
Have  no  other  ambition  than  to  make  a  success  in  my 
profession,  and  have  no  doubt  of  doing  that." 

Later,  on  June  1, 1912,  follows  this :  "  'The  best  laid 
plans,'  etc.,  you  know — the  truth  of  which  I  am  just 
now  having  impressed  upon  me  most  forcibly.  It  has 
just  developed  that  I  can't  come  to  Decennial,  in  spite 
of  all  my  plans  and  my  confidence,  including  my 
arrangements  to  have  the  one  glorious  time  of  my 
middle  young  manhood. 


480  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

''The  details  are  without  interest,  and  consist  sim- 
ply in  the  bitter  fact  that  I  have  cases  to  be  heard 
almost  daily  during  the  very  time  I  was  to  have  been 
at  New  Haven,  without  a  chance  to  have  them  reset  or 
to  have  them  attended  to  by  anyone  else,  without  losing 
the  benefit  of  the  'killing'  I  have  begun  and  expect  to 
complete  this  year.  Political  activity  has  caused  a  re- 
assignment of  the  dockets,  just  announced,  and  I  am 
compelled  to  stay  here  to  take  things  as  I  find  them. 
I  have  resolved  to  become  an  anarchist. 

**0f  course,  I  am  grievously  disappointed,  but  that 
doesn't  get  me  any  nearer  New  Haven." 


Jay  Morse  Pickands 

With  Pickands,  Mather  &  Company,  iron,  Western  Reserve 
Building,  Cleveland,  Ohio 

Residence,  Bratenahl  Village,  Cleveland,  Ohio 

Born  February  21,  1880,  in  Marquette,  Mich.,  the  son  of 
Col.  James  Pickands,  of  Pickands,  Mather  &  Company,  and 
Caroline  (Outhwaite)  Pickands.  A  brother,  Henry  Sparks 
Pickands,  was  graduated  at  Yale  in  the  Class  of  1897  S. 

Prepared  at  the  Union  School,  Cleveland,  Ohio,  and  in 
college  was  a  member  of  the  Gun  Club,  a  second  Wrangler, 
chairman  of  the  Cup  Committee,  a  member  of  the  University 
Club,  and  received  second  colloquy  appointments.  His  socie- 
ties were  He  Boule,  Alpha  Delta  Phi  and  Scroll  and  Key. 

He  married  on  January  7,  1903,  Alice  M.  Reynolds,  daugh- 
ter of  Josiah  G.  Reynolds,  of  the  Du  Pont  Powder  Company, 
of  Marquette,  Mich.  They  have  one  daughter,  Jean,  born 
January  25,  1908,  in  Cleveland,  Ohio. 

After  a  three  months'  European  trip  he  began  work 
with  the  firm  of  Pickands,  Mather  &  Company,  with 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  481 

whom  he  has  continued,  confining  his  attention  to  the 
pig  iron  end  of  the  business. 

Just  a  bit  from  one  of  Pick's  letters  says :  '*  As  I  hope 
to  continue  in  this  concern  the  rest  of  my  natural  life, 
I  cannot  afford  you  any  interesting  reading  matter." 

Howard  Weidner  Pierce 

Draughtsman  for  the  United  Engineering  &  Foundry  Com- 
pany, Farmers  Bank  Building,  Pittsburgh,  Pa. 

Residence,  758  Hazelwood  Avenue,  Pittsburgh,  Pa. 

Born  May  12,  1880,  in  New  Brighton,  Pa.,  the  son  of  Eras- 
tus  Eugene  Pierce  (died  May  2,  1908),  a  manufacturer  and 
inventor,  and  Libbie  (Elizabeth)  Caroline  (Weidner)  Pierce 
(died  August  24,  1886).  His  father  was  a  Connecticut  Yan- 
kee and  his  mother  (his  father's  second  wife)  was  of  German 
descent. 

Prepared  at  Greenwich  Academy,  Greenwich,  Conn.,  where 
his  activities  were  "passive  voice,  pluperfect  indicative,  third 
person  singular. ' '  At  Yale  he  received  a  dissertation  appoint- 
ment in  Junior  year  and  a  colloquy  appointment  in  Senior 
year.     His  chief  activity  was  Campus  baseball. 

He  is  unmarried. 

After  graduation  he  entered  the  Columbia  Law 
School,  and  received  his  LL.B.  degree  from  that  school 
in  1905.  He  was  one  of  the  editors  of  the  Columbia 
Law  Review  for  a  year  and  a  half,  other  1902  men  on 
the  board  being  Gardner  Abbott,  Charles  D.  Miller 
and  Frank  H.  Sincerbeaux.  He  was  admitted  to  the 
New  York  Bar  in  November,  1905,  and  for  a  while  was 
in  the  office  of  Curtis,  Mallet-Provost  &  Colt,  of  30 
Broad  Street,  New  York  City.  Since  leaving  this  firm 
he  has  been  employed  at  the  Edgar  Thomson  Steel 
Works  of  the  Carnegie  Steel  Company  and  the  United 
Engineering  &  Foundry  Company,  manufacturers  of 


482  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

rolling  mill  machinery,  etc.,  where  he  is  at  the  present 
time. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Squirrel  Hill  Methodist  Pro- 
testant Church  of  Pittsburgh,  being  superintendent  of 
the  Sunday  school  of  this  church.  For  President  his 
first  choice  was  Theodore  Roosevelt,  his  second  choice 
Woodrow  Wilson. 

Shorty,  honest  as  the  day  is  long,  tells  a  life  story: 
"I  needed  Johnnie's  'live  one'  to  start  me  to  tell  you 
the  story  of  my  life.  For,  strange  as  it  may  seem  (truth 
is  stranger  than  fiction,  sometimes),  I,  too,  was  a  con- 
temporary of  J.  P.  Morgan,  and  I,  too,  found  myself 
kicked  out  (partly  by  my  own  hoofs)  in  the  memorable 
autumn  of  1907  (I  tell  you  I'll  never  again  have  any 
faith  in  7's  after  1907).  I,  too,  spent  the  greater 
part  of  a  year  between  nowhere  and  the  next  stop. 

**  After  the  deluge  I,  too,  found  the  top  of  Mount 
Ararat,  to  wit:  the  draughting  room  at  the  Edgar 
Thomson  Steel  Works  of  the  Carnegie  Steel  Company, 
Braddock,  Pa.  Only  very  recently,  within  a  month,  to 
come  down  to  particulars,  the  flood  further  abated  suffi- 
ciently to  discover  a  second  peak  to  which  I  forthwith 
set  sail  in  my  monoplane,  to  wit:  United  Engineering 
&  Foundry  Company. 

**For  the  rest,  my  lines  have  (in  Pittsburgh)  fallen 
in  pleasant  places,  as  you  could,  vnih  second  sight,  see 
within  the  confines  of  758  Hazelwood  Avenue. ' ' 

William  Wallis  Piatt 

Lawyer,  partner  in  firm  of  Stanley  &  Piatt,  Austin  Block, 

Alamosa,  Colo. 

Residence,  Alamosa,  Colo. 

Born  August  24,  1881,  in  Bath,  Steuben  County,  N.  Y.,  the 
son  of  William  Alexander  Piatt,  Williams  1876,  a  newspaper 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  483 

man,  and  Julia  ]\Iaria  (Hankinson)  Piatt.  His  father's  ances- 
try is  chiefly  English,  with  a  strain  of  Scotch;  his  mother's 
French  Huguenot.  Both  families  have  lived  in  the  United 
States  since  about  1650. 

Prepared  at  the  Colorado  Springs  High  School,  Colorado 
Springs,  Colo.,  where  he  went  in  for  oratory  and  cadet  organi- 
zation. The  first  two  years  of  his  college  course  were  spent 
at  Colorado  College,  Colorado  Springs,  Colo.,  and  he  con- 
tinued his  interest  in  oratory  and  debating.  At  Yale  his 
"activities  were  not  noticeable.  Slung  hash  to  start  on.  Gave 
up  a  fair  chance  of  track  for  scholarship  and  got  stung  on 
that  with  a  high  oration  appointment  instead  of  the  philo- 
sophical needed  to  get  Phi  Beta  Kappa.  Went  in  for  trials  of 
debating  and  got  nowhere.  In  debating  societies  and  no 
good  at  that.  One  of  the  common  people  and  too  young  for 
the  crowd." 

He  is  unmarried. 

On  November  16,  1912,  he  formed  a  partnership  for 
the  general  practice  of  law  with  Fred  D.  Stanley,  Har- 
vard Law  School  1893.  He  is  a  ''dummy  director  of  a 
lot  of  corporations,  don't  know  what  ones." 

He  received  the  degree  of  LL.B.  from  Denver  Uni- 
versity Law  School  in  1906.  He  is  a  Republican  in 
politics.  He  is  a  Congregationalist,  though  not  a 
church  member.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Denver  Ath- 
letic Club,  Denver  Bar  Association,  Colorado  Bar  Asso- 
ciation, Yale  Alumni  Association  of  Colorado,  Kappa 
Sigma,  Fraternal  Brotherhood,  Denver  Real  Estate 
Exchange  and  Kopas  Club. 

Senator  writes:  "Graduated  June,  1902.  Loafed 
one  month  in  Maine  and  at  home.  On  maintenance  of 
way  work,  railroad,  August  to  October,  1902,  at  Colo- 
rado Springs.  Went  to  northern  Arizona  on  land 
surveying  trip  October  to  December,  1902.  Went  to 
Southern  Arizona   on   railroad   survey,   Phoenix  and 


484  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

Eastern,  till  May,  1903.  Came  home  to  Denver  to 
nurse  seriously  injured  father,  and  played  nurse  in 
hospital  three  months,  and  here  to  take  care  of  father 
ever  since.  Went  to  law  school  till  1906,  doing  odd 
jobs  on  the  side,  working  for  'The  Beast'  (see  Judge 
Lindsey),  i.e.,  the  Republican  Party,  in  campaigns, 
which  are  pretty  continuous  in  Colorado,  and  news- 
paper work,  and  so  forth.  In  summers  on  survey  trips, 
one  in  mountains  for  railroad  work,  1905,  and  one  on 
plains  of  Nebraska  for  U.  S.  Reclamation  Service. 
Can  give  my  opinion  of  ^he  same  and  of  actual  work- 
ings of  civil  service  law  if  desired.  Entered  law  office 
of  Hayt,  Dawson  &  Wright  in  1906,  spring,  and  there 
till  1907.  Entered  law  office  of  Milton  Smith,  January 
1,  1907,  and  here  ever  since.  Most  of  active  work  has 
been  in  connection  with  large  irrigation  enterprises, 
and  have  participated  in  considerable  important  litiga- 
tion. Also  have  been  deputy  county  attorney,  and  as 
such  in  charge  of  that  part  of  the  population  of  north- 
ern Colorado  who  are  crazy  enough  to  lock  up.  We  are 
also  general  counsel  for  the  telephone  trust  (Bell  inter- 
ests) in  this  office.  Six  years  since  graduation  are 
largely  a  tale  of  sawing  wood  and  not  talking  too  much, 
with  little  to  get  my  name  into  the  papers  about. ' ' 


Lucius  Beverly  Pond,  M.D. 

Physician,  113  Main  Street,  Easthampton,  Mass. 

Bom  September  22,  1879,  in  Burlington,  Conn.,  the  son 
of  Lucius  Bradford  Pond,  Yale  cx-1872,  a  farmer,  and  Ella 
A.  (North)  Pond  (died  October  31,  1894).  He  is  of  English 
ancestry.  Two  brothers  have  graduated  at  Yale:  Bernard 
Wesley  Pond,  1897,  and  Raymond  Augustus  Pond,  1909  S. 


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AUTOBIOGEAPHIES  485 

Prepared  at  Williston  Academy,  Easthampton,  Mass.,  and 
in  college  received  a  dissertation  Junior  appointment  and  a 
dispute  Senior  appointment  and  was  behind  the  bat  for  the 
Tightwads  and  Dissertations. 

He  married  on  September  3,  1912,  Ruth  Hilma  Cook,  Mount 
Holyoke  1905,  daughter  of  James  Cook,  deceased. 

On  graduation  he  entered  the  Harvard  Medical 
School,  where  he  was  a  member  of  the  Boylston  Medi- 
cal Club.  In  November,  1906,  he  entered  the  Worces- 
ter City  Hospital,  served  as  interne  until  August, 
1908,  when  he  took  up  the  general  practice  of  medicine 
in  Easthampton,  Mass. 

He  received  the  degree  of  M.D.  at  Harvard  in  1906. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Unionville  Congregational 
Church,  the  American  Medical  Association,  Massachu- 
setts State  Medical  Society,  the  Yale  Alumni  Associa- 
tion of  Western  Massachusetts  and  the  Pascommuck 
Club. 

Roderick  Potter 

Real  Estate,  656  Ellicott  Square,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

Residence,  50  Cleveland  Avenue,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

Born  September  13,  1879,  in  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  the  son  of 
George  Stan  Potter,  a  lawyer,  and  Frances  Louise  (Williams) 
Potter  (died  September  8,  1909).  He  says  that  his  ancestry 
is  of  an  "indescribable  blend." 

Prepared  at  the  Buffalo  Central  High  School.  In  college 
he  was  secretary  of  the  University  Boat  Club,  1900-01,  presi- 
dent and  manager  Senior  year;  a  member  of  the  Athletic 
Financial  Union  {ex  officio),  Yale  Field  Corporation  and 
auditing  committee  of  the  Athletic  Subscription  Fund.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  Wigwam  Debating  Club,  Sophomore 
German  and  Junior  Prom  committees;   received   honors  in 


486  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

English  composition  Sophomore,  a  third  Ten  Eyek  Junior  year 
and  a  first  dispute  Junior  appointment.  His  societies  were 
Alpha  Delta  Phi  and  Skull  and  Bones. 

He  married  on  July  1,  1905,  Eleanor  Benedict  Hotchkiss, 
Smith  1901,  daughter  of  William  Henry  Hotchkiss,  of  Buffalo, 
N.  Y.  They  have  a  daughter,  Mary  Frances,  born  March  26, 
1907,  in  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

On  graduation  he  went  to  Mexico  with  two  class- 
mates, working  on  the  Veracruz  al  Pacific©  Railroad. 
In  February,  1904,  he  returned  to  Buffalo,  accepted  a 
clerkship,  later  became  advertising  manager  for  J.  N. 
Adam  &  Company,  where  he  remained  until  1906.  He 
has  since  been  in  the  real  estate  business  as  treasurer 
of  the  Ellicott  Square  Company  and  secretary  and 
treasurer  of  the  Holland  Purchase  Realty  Company. 

He  is  a  Republican.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Ellicott 
Club  of  Buffalo. 

Rod  writes:  ''You  could  get  a  life  history  out  of  a 
stone.  Would  you  take  the  collection  of  some  awful 
bad  accounts  I  know  about? 

"From  New  Haven  I  set  out  with  Roy  and  Norman 
Mason  to  seek  adventure  and  wealth  in  Mexico  on  the 
Isthmus  of  Tehauntepec.  Of  fleas  and  adventure  there 
was  a  plenty,  but  of  wealth  a  scarcity ;  so  February  of 
1904  found  me  bank  clerking  at  home.  Shortly  after  a 
local  department  store,  J.  N.  Adam  &  Company,  called 
me  to  cheer  its  already  bustling  establishment.  There 
I  cheered  until  soon  my  astonishing  grasp  of  the  busi- 
ness made  me  advertising  manager,  where  I  inspired 
gigantic  bargain  sales,  until  in  1906  Buffalo's  real 
estate  field  beckoned  to  me.  Now  various  skinny  inter- 
ests in  an  office  building,  some  lots,  mostly  vacant, 
several  antique  but  chaste  rooming  houses  and  the  tax 
rate,  contain  nearly  all  my  business  hopes  and  fears. 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  487 

**A  small  but  amiable  family  enlivens  my  declining 
days.  I  find  that  you  have  a  very  agreeable  time 
watching  the  world  move,  even  if  it  doesn  't  all  go  in  the 
direction  of  your  vacant  lots,  and  T.  R.  hop  up  and 
down.  This  is  one  good  town  to  live  in.  You  have 
quiet  or  clamor,  just  as  you  choose.  I  take  some  of 
both  and  expect  to  continue  same  until  you  demand 
another  ten  years'  accounting." 


Thomas  Danford  Potwin 
Publisher  of  the  Perkins  County  Signal,  Lemmon,  S.  Dak. 

Born  September  12,  1880,  in  East  Windsor,  Conn.,  the  son 
of  Arthur  E.  Potwin,  a  farmer,  and  Adella  S.  (Bissell)  Pot- 
win.  He  is  of  "pure  Uncle  Sam  nationality."  His  father's 
ancestors  came  from  England  to  Boston  in  the  latter  part  of 
the  seventeenth  century,  and  on  his  mother's  side,  her  great- 
great-great-grandfather  was  a  captain  in  the  French  and 
Indian  and  Revolutionary  wars.  His  Yale  relatives  are 
Thomas  Potwine,  1751 ;  Stephen  Atwater  Potwine,  1833 ; 
Thomas  Stoughton  Potwin,  1851,  and  Lemuel  Stoughton 
Potwin,  1854. 

Prepared  at  the  Enfield  Public  High  School,  where  he  par- 
ticipated in  school  athletics  and  debating.  His  activities  in 
college  were  very  modest,  which  he  regrets.  He  received  a 
dispute  appointment  Junior  year  and  a  colloquy  Senior 
appointment. 

He  married  on  January  23,  1907,  Beulah  Emma  Sims,  a 
non-graduate  of  Oberlin  College,  daughter  of  Alexander  Wil- 
liam Sims,  a  banker,  then  of  Linton,  N.  Dak.,  but  now  of 
Eugene,  Ore.  They  have  three  children:  Thomas  Danford, 
Jr.,  born  May  27,  1908,  in  Aberdeen,  S.  Dak. ;  Arthur  Sims, 
bom  May  29,  1910,  in  Lemmon,  S.  Dak.,  and  Florence  Adella, 
born  January  23,  1912,  in  Lemmon,  S.  Dak. 


488  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

Since  graduation  he  has  engaged  in  newspaper  work, 
at  Perth  Amboy,  N.  J.,  until  the  summer  of  1903,  and 
since  that  time  in  South  Dakota,  at  Aberdeen  and  Lem- 
mon.  In  August,  1911,  he  became  a  stockholder  of 
Lemmon  State  Bank. 

Regarding  his  politics  he  says :  "While  I  have  never 
held  or  sought  any  office  or  emolument,  I  am  active  in 
South  Dakota  politics,  being  the  member  of  the  State 
Republican  Central  Committee  for  Perkins  County. 
Am  what  is  known  in  your  effete  East  as  an  Insurgent 
Republican.  When  a  resident  of  Aberdeen  was  editor 
of  the  leading  Insurgent  Republican  paper  of  the  state. 
Have  campaigned  the  northern  end  of  the  state  in  its 
cause  and  still  do  the  same  stunt  when  necessary.  Am 
a  member  of  the  Board  of  Education  of  Lemmon  Inde- 
pendent School  District  and  a  member  of  the  County 
Board  of  Education."  He  is  a  member  of  the  board 
of  trustees  of  the  local  Methodist  Church,  is  president 
of  the  Lemmon  Commercial  Club,  1912-13 ;  past  chan- 
cellor of  Lemmon  Lodge,  92,  Knights  of  Pythias  and 
a  member  of  South  Dakota  grand  lodge. 

Here  is  Tom 's  editorial : ' '  'Tis  as  you  say,  a  word  to 
the  wives  is  sufficient — for  me.  For  no  sooner  liad  my 
better  half  received  that  clandestine  epistle  than  I 
was  actually  constrained  to  get  busy  on  this  Class  book 
letter.  I  can  readily  see  that  there  will  be  no  peace  of 
mind  for  yours  truly  until  I  shall  have  disclosed  to 
you  all  the  dark  secrets  of  the  past  decade.  Were  I  so 
disposed,  I  could  to  you  a  tale  unfold  that  would  make 
you  tenderfeet  of  the  effete  East  sit  up  and  take  notice 
of  the  vitality  and  freedom  of  the  West — but  I  won't, 
for  I  do  not  want  to  make  you  dissatisfied  with  your 
environment. 

''Immediately  after  being  made  a  son  of  Elihu  Yale, 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  489 

I  embarked,  at  Perth  Amboy,  N.  J.,  upon  the  troubled 
waters  of  newspaper  life — and  there  I  have  remained 
ever  since,  with  the  exception  of  a  very  brief  period  of 
time.  I  mean  that  I  have  been  on  the  newspaper  sea, 
ever  since,  but  not  at  Perth  Amboy.  In  July,  1903,  I 
was  possessed  of  a  burning  desire  to  see  the  West  and 
being  alone  in  the  world  I  spent  that  summer  and  the 
next  winter  in  roaming,  during  which  I  experienced 
ranch  life  west  of  the  Missouri  River  in  South  Dakota. 
That  spring  I  by  chance  journeyed  to  Aberdeen, 
S.  Dak.,  and  while  there  found  a  job  awaiting  me  on  the 
Aberdeen  Daily  News  as  city  editor.  There  I  remained 
for  over  two  years.  Then  I  became  part  proprietor  of 
a  new  paper  that  was  born  after  much  effort  and  be- 
came its  managing  editor,  where  I  remained  until 
April  1,  1909,  when  I  came  to  Lemmon  and  became  the 
publisher  of  that  great  family  journal.  The  Perkins 
County  Signal. 

"Now  this  town  is  the  center  of  that  new  territory 
that  Standard  Oil  opened  up  when  it  built  the  Chicago, 
Milwaukee  &  St.  Paul  extension  from  Evarts,  S.  Dak., 
to  the  Pacific  coast.  It  is  in  the  heart  of  the  last  West, 
which  embraced  the  area  lying  between  the  Missouri 
River  and  the  Montana  line.  Until  that  time  this  sec- 
tion was  the  home  of  the  cowboy,  pure  and  simple. 
Well,  I  became  captivated  with  the  outlook,  sold  out 
my  interests  in  Aberdeen  and  here  I  have  been  ever 
since.  Am  taking  part  in  the  development  of  a  new 
country  and  enjoy  the  work  and  am  doing  well. 

''Lemmon  is  not  half  as  sour  a  place  as  it  sounds. 
In  fact,  it  is  just  the  reverse.  Named  after  an  old  cow- 
puncher,  who  ruled  this  country  for  about  twenty 
years.  Has  a  population  of  nearly  2,000 — not  large 
compared  to  New  York,  but  quite  a  burg  for  these 


490  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

parts,  as  people  within  a  radius  of  a  hundred  miles 
make  it  their  Mecca.  Hope  to  grow  up  with  the  coun- 
try and  think  I  shall  manage  to  do  so.  Its  only  draw- 
back is  that  a  fellow  sees  a  Yale  man  only  once  in  a 
long,  long  time. ' ' 

Robert  Arthur  Pritchard 

Lawyer  with  the  firm  of  Tyler  &  Young,  Ames  Building, 

Boston,  Mass. 

Residence,  10  Fremont  Street,  Brockton,  Mass. 

Born  August  14, 1880,  in  Brockton,  Mass.,  the  sou  of  Thomas 
J.  Pritchard,  a  contractor  (died  November  28,  1898),  and 
Anna  (Roberts)  Pritchard.  He  is  of  Welsh  ancestry.  A 
brother,  "William  Sumner  Pritchard,  was  graduated  at  Yale  in 
1901. 

Prepared  at  the  Brockton  (Mass.)  High  School  and  in  col- 
lege received  oration  appointments. 

His  engagement  has  been  announced. 

On  graduation  he  entered  the  Harvard  Law  School, 
and  on  the  completion  of  his  course  began  the  practice 
of  law  with  the  firm  of  Tyler  &  Young  in  Boston,  Mass. 

He  received  the  degree  of  LL.B.  from  Harvard  in 
1905.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Congregational  Church. 
His  politics  are  non-Rooseveltian. 

I  wonder  if  Bob  still  plays  the  piano  and  must  prac- 
tice and  not  write? 

Laurance  Blanchard  Rand 

Real  Estate  and  Insurance  with  Payson  McL.  Merrill,  481 
Fifth  Avenue,  New  York  City 

Residence,  Cedarhurst,  Long  Island,  N.  Y.  (after  May,  1913) 

Born  February  13,  1881,  in  New  York  City,  the  sou  of 
George  Curtis  Rand,  a  coffee  merchant  (died  May  12,  1907), 


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AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  491 

and  Eugenia  (Blanchard)  Rand.  He  is  of  New  England 
ancestry.  Three  brothers  have  attended  Yale:  Erving  H. 
Rand,  1911;  Curtis  G.  Rand,  ea;-1909,  and  Gordon  L.  Rand, 
ex-1912.    Payson  McL.  Merrill  is  a  brother-in-law. 

Prepared  at  Pomfret  School,  Pomfret,  Conn.,  where  he  was 
a  member  of  the  football  and  baseball  teams  and  editor  of 
the  school  paper.  At  Yale  he  was  a  second  Wrangler,  a 
member  of  the  Corinthian  Yacht  Club,  University  Club,  He 
Boule,  Delta  Kappa  Epsilon  and  Scroll  and  Key. 

He  married  on  July  2,  1907,  Kate  Stanton  Richardson, 
daughter  of  Samuel  William  Richardson,  of  New  York  City. 
They  have  a  son,  Laurance  Blanchard,  Jr.,  born  May  2,  1909, 
in  New  York  City. 

In  September,  1903,  he  went  into  business  with  Bar- 
ing, Magoun  &  Company,  bankers,  where  he  remained 
until  September,  1906,  when  he  became  associated  with 
Payson  McL.  Merrill,  '02,  in  the  real  estate  and  insur- 
ance business. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Episcopal  Church.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Yale  and  University  clubs  of  New  York 
City,  Graduates  Club  of  New  Haven  and  the  Eockaway 
Hunt  Chib. 

Laurie  writes :  * '  On  leaving  college  went  abroad  with 
B.  C.  Rumsey  for  three  months.  Sailed  on  July  30, 
1902,  aboard  S.  S.  Kroonland  (maiden  trip)  and  spent 
three  weeks  bicycling  around  Holland,  Belgium  and 
the  Rhine  country.  Returned  to  New  York  September 
13,  and  went  into  business  with  Baring,  Magoun  &  Com- 
pany, bankers.  Left  them  September,  1906,  and  be- 
came associated  with  P.  McL.  Merrill,  in  the  real  estate 
and  insurance  business  in  New  York  City.  Still  there." 


492  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

Kersey  Coates  Reed 

Member  of  the  law  firm  of  Rosenberger  &  Reed,  1010  New 
York  Life  Building,  Kansas  City,  Mo. 

Residence,  4310  Warwick  Boulevard,  Kansas  City,  Mo. 

Born  November  15,  1880,  in  Kansas  City,  Mo.,  the  son  of 
Homer  Reed,  Michigan  1872,  a  dealer  in  real  estate  and  bonds, 
and  Laura  (Coates)  Reed.  He  is  of  English  ancestry.  His 
Yale  relatives  are  two  uncles,  Arthur  Chandler  Coates, 
1885  S.,  John  Lindley  Coates,  ea:-1883  S.,  and  a  brother, 
Homer  Reed,  Jr.,  1910  S. 

Prepared  at  the  Central  High  School,  Kansas  City,  Mo., 
where  he  was  interested  in  debating.  In  college  he  won  a 
first  grade  Berkeley  premium  in  Latin  composition,  Robinson 
Latin  prize  in  Sophomore  year,  a  third  Ten  Eyck  in  Junior 
year,  DeForest  and  Townsend  prizes,  philosophical  oration 
Junior  and  an  oration  Senior  appointment.  He  was  a  member 
of  the  Dunham  Boat  Club,  Apollo  Banjo  Club,  took  part  in 
the  fifth  annual  Academic-Sheffield  debate,  and  was  elected 
to  Phi  Beta  Kappa. 

He  married  on  November  25,  1911,  Helen  May  Shedd,  Smith 
1905,  daughter  of  John  Graves  Shedd,  of  Chicago,  111. 

He  has  devoted  all  his  time  since  graduation  to  law, 
working  in  the  office  of  J.  C.  Rosenberger,  mth  whom 
he  is  now  in  partnership,  and  studying  in  the  Kansas 
City  Law  School,  being  admitted  to  the  bar  of  Jackson 
County  in  June,  1904. 

He  is  a  Democrat,  but  has  only  made  a  few  speeches. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Kansas  City  Country  Club  ( sec- 
retary for  four  years)  and  the  University  Club  of 
Kansas  City. 

Kersey  gives  these  facts:  ''Since  graduation  have 
devoted  my  entire  time  to  the  study  and  practice  of 
the  law.    My  efforts  have  been  devoted  to  unearthing 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  493 

fraud,  winning  cases,  protecting  my  clients  and  making 
life  look  dark  and  gloomy  for  my  opponents.  In 
leisure  moments  I  have  read  good  books,  played  a 
little  golf  and  caught  some  big  fish.  I  was  married 
last  November  and  have  been  living  happily  ever 
after." 


Dorrance  Reynolds 

Lawyer,  126  Second  National  Bank  Building,  Wilkes-Barre, 

Pa. 

Residence,  92  South  River  Street,  Wilkes-Barre,  Pa. 

Born  September  9,  1877,  in  Wilkes-Barre,  Pa.,  the  son  of 
[Edward]  Sheldon  Reynolds,  B.A.  Yale  1867,  and  M.A.  1872 
(died  February  8,  1895),  formerly  a  lawyer  of  Wilkes-Barre, 
and  Annie  Buckingham  (Dorrance)  Reynolds  (died  October 
5,  1905).  His  ancestors  were  English.  Besides  his  father, 
numerous  uncles  and  cousins  have  attended  Yale,  among  them 
Pierce  Butler  Reynolds,  1904,  and  Eugene  Beaumont  Rey- 
nolds, err-1907  S.,  both  cousins,  and  a  brother-in-law,  Barton 
Talcott  Doudge,  1901.  Some  of  the  founders  and  early  pillars 
of  Yale  are  also  forbears  of  his. 

Prepared  at  Hotchkiss  School,  Lakeville,  Conn.,  where  he 
was  interested  in  football,  track  athletics  and  debating.  He 
entered  with  1901  but  joined  1902  Freshman  year.  At  Yale 
he  was  a  first  Wrangler,  was  a  member  of  the  Dunham  Boat 
Club,  Kappa  Psi  and  Delta  Kappa  Epsilon,  and  since  grad- 
uation has  been  elected  a  member  of  the  Elihu  Club. 

He  was  married  June  30,  1903,  in  New  York  City,  to  Mabel 
Doudge,  a  graduate  of  Miss  Spence  's  School  in  New  York  City, 
daughter  of  James  R.  Doudge,  a  woolen  merchant.  They  have 
three  daughters,  all  born  in  Wilkes-Barre:  Constance,  born 
October  25,  1905 ;  Nancy  Buckingham  Dorrance,  born  Febru- 
ary 17,  1907,  and  Patricia,  born  March  26,  1910. 


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ACHIEVEMENTS  OP  1902 


Reynolds  spent  the  summer  after  graduation  abroad. 
The  next  fall  he  entered  the  Harvard  Law  School. 
After  his  marriage  in  June,  1903,  he  again  went  abroad 
for  the  summer,  returning  to  Cambridge  in  the  fall  to 
continue  his  law  studies.  He  received  the  LL.B.  degree 
in  1905,  and  since  then  has  been  engaged  in  the  practice 
of  his  profession  in  Wilkes-Barre. 

Since  December,  1910,  he  has  been  a  director  of  the 
Wyoming  National  Bank  of  Wilkes-Barre ;  since  Jan- 
uary, 1912,  of  the  Wyoming  Valley  Cutlery  Company 
of  Wilkes-Barre;  and  since  February,  1906,  of  the 
Dallas  Water  Company  of  Dallas,  Pa.  In  February, 
1911,  he  was  made  vice-president  of  the  Luzerne  Demo- 
cratic League  and  since  March,  1912,  has  been  colonel 
of  the  Ninth  Infantry,  National  Guard  of  Pennsyl- 
vania. 

In  religion  he  is  a  Presbyterian,  although  he  is  not 
a  member  of  any  church.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Yale 
and  Harvard  clubs  of  New  York  City,  the  Westmore- 
land and  Country  clubs  of  Wilkes-Barre,  the  May- 
flower Society,  the  American  Political  Science,  Ameri- 
can Historical  and  American  Statistical  associations, 
and  the  Wilkes-Barre  Press  Club.  In  February,  1907, 
he  was  Democratic  candidate  for  mayor  of  Wilkes- 
Barre,  but  was  defeated. 

In  1907  he  visited  England,  France,  Germany, 
Austria  and  Italy,  and  in  1908  spent  some  time  in 
France. 

After  persistent  attacks  on  the  part  of  Lope  Fox, 
Dub  was  finally  persuaded  to  come  to  New  Haven  for 
Decennial.  Who  can  forget  how,  with  grave  dignity — 
truly  military — from  the  back  of  his  camel  he  observed 
the  beatings  of  Fox,  the  rollings  of  Cushing,  the  legs 
of  James  and  the  bucking  of  Norton  and  beast  (always 


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AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  495 

together,  perfect  eamelmanship,  indeed)  ?  Dignity  and 
geniality  beamed  from  every  feature,  and  every  now 
and  then  a  quotation  dropped  from  his  lips.  Dub,  at 
least,  has  kept  up  his  reading  if  not  his  writing  (I 
wish  we  could  have  more  of  that).     [Ed.  comment.] 


Henry  Suydam  Reynolds 

Secretary  and  Treasurer  of  the  National  Gas  Governor  Com- 
pany, also  practicing  law  independently,  103  Park 
Avenue,  New  York  City 

Residence,  950  Madison  Avenue,  New  York  City 

Bom  August  31,  1881,  in  New  York  City,  the  son  of  Edgar 
Laing  Reynolds  (died  in  1894),  and  Alice  Lewis  (Burdett) 
Reynolds.  He  is  of  English  and  Dutch  descent.  Henry 
Wilson  Harris,  Yale  ea;-1894,  is  a  relative. 

Prepared  at  Cutler  School,  New  York  City.  In  college  he 
"also  ran"  in  the  half-mile  at  the  spring  Track  Meet  in 
Freshman  year,  took  the  part  of  Madame  Malingear  in  the 
French  play  ' '  La  Poudre  aux  Yeux, ' '  given  in  College  Street 
Hall  in  Senior  year,  member  of  the  Dramatic  Association  and 
took  the  part  of  Mrs.  Dangle  in  ' '  The  Critic. ' '  He  received  an 
oration  Junior  and  a  dissertation  Senior  appointment.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  University  Club. 

He  married  on  May  22,  1909,  Use  G.  Heinmueller,  a  grad- 
uate of  the  Normal  College  of  New  York  City,  daughter  of 
Dr.  John  R.  Heinmueller,  of  New  York  City.  They  have  had 
one  son,  Henry  Suydam,  Jr.,  born  August  15,  1910,  and  died 
December  4,  1910,  in  New  York  City. 

On  graduation  he  entered  the  Columbia  Law  School 
and  in  1905  became  a  clerk  with  Shepard  &  Houghton, 
and  was  admitted  to  the  firm  January  1,  1909.  The 
following  year  he  left  this  firm  to  practice  law  alone. 
In  addition  he  has  accepted  a  position  as  secretary  and 


496  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

treasurer  of  the  National  Gas  Governor  Company, 
engaged  in  the  manufacture  and  rental  of  gas  govern- 
ors. 

He  received  the  degree  of  LL.B.  from  Columbia  in 
1905.  He  is  a  member  of  the  West  Presbyterian 
Church  of  New  York  City.  His  clubs  are  the  Yale 
and  Union  League  of  New  York  City. 

Harry  has  been  hiding  his  light  under  a  bushel,  as 
evidenced  by  the  following  verses : 

''Upon  graduation  in  Nineteen  two 
I  sought  education  in  pastures  new. 

**For  three  years  more  I  studied  the  law. 
Was  given  degree 
Of  LL.B. 
At  Columbia  Law  School,  N.  Y.  C. 

^'Each  year  before  o'er  the  seas  I'd  soar. 
Farewell  Paree ! 
Adieu  Vichy ! 

It  now  becomes  a  sad  storee. 

*  *  In  books  well  taught  now  work  I  sought. 
I  was,  what  joy, 
Without  alloy! 

Apprentice  to  the  oflSce  boy. 

''With  Shepard  and  Houghton  I  worked  thus  on. 
Tho'  underpaid 
The  plans  were  laid 

Till  of  the  firm  I  was  partner  made. 

^'Reasons  diverse  affecting  my  purse 
I  made  an  end 
In  Nineteen  ten 

Of  relations  with  those  selfsame  men. 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  497 

"Uptown  I  moved  and  as  it  proved 
Held  just  as  well 
My  clientele 
With  other  work  upon  which  I  fell. 

"Said  a  company  which  wanted  me 
To  counsel  lend 
And  moneys  tend, 

I  ought  the  law  with  business  blend. 

"I  took  a  chair  and  still  am  there 
Making  my  way — 
But  forgot  to  say 

The  principal  thing  that  makes  life  pay 

"Was  in  Nineteen  nine,  most  memorable  time, 
When  I  life  began 
As  a  married  man, 

And  now  for  that  do  all  things  plan." 


George  Irving  Rhoda 

Cashier  and  Bookkeeper  for  the  Western  Newspaper  Union, 
Phipps  Power  Building,  Pittsburgh,  Pa. 

Residence,  Box  66,  Coraopolis,  Pa. 

Born  July  21,  1878,  in  Gloversville,  N.  Y.,  the  son  of  Wesley 
David  Rhoda  (died  May  17,  1902),  a  manufacturer  of  gloves, 
and  Ella  A.  (Proseus)  Rhoda.    He  is  of  German  descent. 

Prepared  at  Gloversville  High  School,  Gloversville,  N.  Y., 
and  in  college  received  first  dispute  appointments. 

He  married  on  October  12,  1912,  Anna  Dora  O'Neil, 
daughter  of  Mrs.  Harriet  R.  O'Neil. 

From  the  fall  of  1902  until  January,  1903,  he  worked 
for  the  Equitable  Life  Insurance  Company  in  Pitts- 
burgh, when  he  became  correspondence  clerk  for  the 


498  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

Diamond  National  Bank,  rising  to  position  of  receiv- 
ing teller,  which  he  held  six  years.  In  August,  1910, 
he  went  to  Baltimore  as  manager  of  the  Fox  River 
Butter  Company  branch,  but  in  May,  1911,  returned  to 
the  Diamond  National  Bank  as  paying  teller.  He  gave 
up  this  position  and  is  now  cashier  and  bookkeeper 
for  the  Western  Newspaper  Union. 

He  is  a  Republican.  He  is  a  steward  of  the  Meth- 
odist Church  and  a  Mason. 

George  explains  one  of  the  reasons  why  there  are 
lawyers  in  this  world  and  why  we  need  them :  ' '  When 
I  was  bonded  the  last  time  in  the  bank,  Mr.  E.  A. 
Woods,  manager  of  the  Equitable  branch  in  Pitts- 
burgh, reported  to  bonding  company  that  he  had 
advanced  me  money  that  I  had  never  paid  back.  The 
proposition  was  put  up  to  me  to  pay  him  his  claim  or 
my  bond  would  be  cancelled.  I  denied  the  claim  but 
at  that  time  had  no  proof  to  sustain  my  point,  so  I 
lost  my  bond  and  position.  Since  then  I  have  been 
able  to  show  that  I  worked  for  a  salary  and  not 
advancement  and  succeeded  after  some  delay  in  getting 
my  present  position.  It  has  practically  resulted  in  my 
having  to  start  at  the  bottom  again  and  work  at  a 
great  deal  smaller  salary  than  in  my  previous  posi- 
tion. If  things  don't  break  my  way  pretty  soon,  I 
guess  I  will  go  to  the  country  and  live  the  simple  life." 

Milo  Barnum  Richardson,  Jr. 

Secretary  and  Assistant  Treasurer  of  Barnum  Richardson 
Company,  iron  manufacturers,  lAme  Rock,  Conn. 

Born  January  26, 1879,  in  Lime  Rock,  Conn.,  the  son  of  Milo 
Barnum  Richardson,  a  manufacturer,  and  Ellen  Caroline 
(Miner)  Richardson.    His  ancestors  were  English  and  Scotch. 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  499 

Prepared  at  the  Hotchkiss  School,  Lakeville,  Conn.,  and  at 
Yale  was  a  member  of  the  Gun  Club,  University  Club  and 
Alpha  Delta  Phi. 

He  married  on  December  28,  1909,  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y., 
Edith  Vanderlip,  a  graduate  of  St.  Agnes'  School  of  Albany, 
N.  Y.,  daughter  of  Edward  Cuyler  Vanderlip,  of  Brooklyn. 
They  have  one  daughter,  Marjorie,  born  January  8,  1910,  in 
Lime  Rock,  Conn. 

Since  graduation  he  has  been  with  the  Barnum  Rich- 
ardson Company,  manufacturers  of  Salisbury  char- 
coal, pig  iron,  car  wheels  and  general  castings.  For 
several  years  he  was  assistant  treasurer  of  the  com- 
pany and  during  recent  years  has  also  been  secretary. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Episcopal  Church.  In  politics 
he  is  a  Democrat. 

Milo  refuses  even  to  lift  his  voice  in  explanation  of 
his  life  purposes. 


Edward  Hammond  Risley,  M.D. 
Physician,  527  Beacon  Street,  Boston,  Mass. 

Born  October  14,  1877,  in  Waterbury,  Conn.,  the  son  of 
William  Edward  Risley,  retired,  formerly  a  manufacturer  of 
silverware,  and  Maria  Louise  (King)  Risley.  He  is  of  Eng- 
lish ancestry. 

Prepared  at  the  Taft  School,  Watertown,  Conn.  In  college 
he  went  out  for  track  athletics  and  interappointment  base- 
ball and  received  second  colloquy  appointments. 

He  is  unmarried. 

On  graduation  he  entered  Harvard  Medical  School 
and  in  1906  became  a  surgical  house  officer  at  the 
Massachusetts  General  Hospital,  serving  two  years  as 


500  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

interne  and  one  year  as  instructor  in  surgery  for  the 
Harvard  Medical  School.  In  June,  1909,  he  opened  an 
office  for  private  practice.  He  is  assistant  surgeon  to 
the  Infants  Hospital,  clinical  assistant  to  the  Cancer 
Commission  of  Harvard  University,  assistant  in  anat- 
omy. Harvard  Medical  School,  and  assistant  surgeon 
to  outpatients,  Massachusetts  General  Hospital. 

He  received  the  degree  of  M.D.  from  Harvard  in 
1906.  He  is  a  Republican  and  a  member  of  the  Con- 
gregational Church.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Univer- 
sity Club  of  Boston,  Massachusetts  Medical  Society, 
New  England  Pediatric  Society,  ^sculapian  Club  and 
the  American  Society  for  Cancer  Research. 

Ned  is  one  of  my  best  correspondents  (I  wish  more 
would  emulate  him). 

''To  be  exhaustively  brief  and  unnecessarily  mod- 
est," he  writes,  ''I  will  state  that  my  purpose  is  to  spe- 
cialize in  surgery.  Besides  the  effort  to  acquire  a  prac- 
tice, I  have  done  considerable  experimental  work  on  the 
surgery  of  blood  vessels  and  the  transfusion  of  blood, 
and,  for  the  past  two  years,  special  research  work  in 
cancer,  being  connected  with  the  Cancer  Commission 
of  Harvard  University.  I  am  neither  married  nor  have 
I  children,  but  I  have  acquired  a  goodly  number  of 
near-nephews  and  nieces  among  my  many  more  fortu- 
nate friends,  who  are  struggling  to  make  a  record  in 
reproduction  rather  than  medicine.  I  am  particularly 
interested  in  cancer  and  the  surgery  of  infants  and 
children :  two  widely  divergent  fields.  I  have  also  ac- 
quired a  snug  little  piece  of  land  and  a  snugger  little 
cabin  away  off  on  a  lone  lake  in  the  north  of  Maine, 
where  I  go  'when  the  Red  gods  call' — and  that  is  often ; 
acquiring  much  calm  and  courage  from  this  wild  spot — 
my  chief  est  'hobl)y.'    And  to  this  same  'Little  Cabaine' 


AUTOBIOGEAPHIES  501 

I  invite  any  of  you  who  are  weary  of  the  world  and 
need  a  rest.  'If  you  want  to  be  an  Eli — just  come 
along  with  me. '  The  practice  of  medicine  as  a  starter 
is  not  lucrative,  but  it  makes  up  in  satisfaction  for 
what  it  lacks  in  dividends  and  coupons." 


Harry  Miller  Robbins 

Vice-President,  Clark-Nickerson  Lumber  Company,  Everett, 
Wash. ;    President,    St.    Paul    Boiler    &    Manufacturing 
Company ;  President,  Minnesota  Transfer  Land  Com- 
pany, 211  National  German  American  Bank 
Building,  St.  Paul,  Minn. 

Residence,  243  Summit  Avenue,  St.  Paul,  Minn. 

Born  June  23,  1880,  in  St.  Paul,  Minn.,  the  son  of  Daniel 
Miller  Robbins  (died  July  18,  1905),  a  grain  merchant,  and 
Delia  R.  (Barton)  Robbins.  He  is  of  New  England  descent. 
No  Yale  relatives  except  brothers-in-law. 

Prepared  at  St.  Paul  (Minn.)  High  School.  In  college  he 
says  he  did  nothing  worthy  of  note,  went  out  for  track  and 
cross-country  running  and  rowed  in  Junior  and  Senior  years 
on  the  Class  Crew  squad.  He  received  first  colloquy  appoint- 
ments and  was  a  member  of  the  University  Club. 

He  married  on  January  6,  1912,  Helena  G.  DriscoU,  a  grad- 
uate of  Dobb's  Ferry  School,  daughter  of  Arthur  B.  Driscoll, 
of  St.  Paul. 

He  worked  for  the  N.  W.  Elevator  Company  the  first 
year  after  graduation  and  was  then  associated  in  busi- 
ness with  his  father  for  two  years.  Since  the  latter 's 
death  he  has  been  concerned  with  the  administration  of 
the  estate  and  its  interests.  He  is  vice-president  of 
the  Clark-Nickerson  Lumber  Company,  Everett,  Wash., 
president  of  the  St.  Paul  Boiler  &  Manufacturing  Com- 


502  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

pany,  and  president  of  the  Minnesota  Transfer  Land 
Company. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  First  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church.  His  clubs  are  the  Minnesota  and  Town  and 
Country  of  St.  Paul  and  the  Lafayette  of  Lake  Minne- 
tonka. 

Harry  writes:  ''Am  now  considering  a  new  position 
with  a  manufacturing  company. 

".The  most  important  thing  that  has  happened  to 
me  since  graduation,  and  the  best  in  every  way,  was  my 
marriage  last  January  to  Helena  G.  Driscoll.  We 
went  to  Japan  on  our  wedding  trip  and  have  recently 
returned  after  a  most  w^onderful  time." 

[It  should  be  added  in  due  praise  of  Harry  that  he 
made  no  claim  for  the  long  distance  trophy.  Also  I 
insist  on  adding  an  individual  comment  that  as  a  host 
in  St.  Paul  no  one  can  beat  him.  Three  days  flew  away 
as  a  tale  that  is  told  and  there  was  nothing  in  the 
Twin  Cities  we  missed,  either.  Drop  in.  I  recommend 
him.    J.W.] 


Charles  Asaph  Roberts 

With  Cravath,  Henderson  &  deGersdorff,  lawyers,  52  William 
Street,  New  York  City 

Born  July  26,  1879,  in  Peking,  China,  the  son  of  Rev.  James 
Hudson  Roberts,  Yale  1873,  and  B.D.  1876,  a  missionary,  and 
Grace  Lilla  (Howe)  Roberts.  His  ancestors  were  English  and 
Welsh.  The  following  relatives  have  attended  Yale:  John 
Willard,  1849,  a  great-uncle;  Albert  Warren,  1867,  a  second 
cousin,  and  Willard  Berthrong  Roberts,  <'a;-1872  S.,  an  uncle. 

Prepared  at  Worcester  Academy  and  at  the  Hartford 
(Conn.)  High  School.  At  Yale  he  received  a  philosophical 
oration  appointment  in  Junior  year  and  an  oration  appoint- 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  503 

ment  in  Senior  year,  was  awarded  the  Daniel  Lord  scholar- 
ship in  Junior  year,  was  chairman  of  the  Information  and 
Employment  Committee  of  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.,  and  was  a  mem- 
ber of  Phi  Beta  Kappa,  Sigma  Xi  and  of  Book  and  Bond. 
While  in  the  Law  School  he  was  a  member  of  the  Yale  Law 
Journal  board. 

He  married  on  May  15,  1909,  in  Portland,  Maine,  Mary 
Florence  Berry,  Mount  Holyoke,  1901,  a  student  in  the  Yale 
Graduate  School  from  1903  to  1906  and  in  the  Yale  School  of 
Fine  Arts  from  1903  to  1905,  daughter  of  Melville  R.  Berry 
of  Portland.  They  have  one  daughter,  Alice  Parsons,  bom 
January  9,  1912,  in  New  York  City. 

During  the  first  year  after  leaving  Yale  he  taught  in 
the  high  school  in  Kockville,  Conn.  The  next  year 
he  entered  the  Yale  Law  School,  receiving  his  LL.B. 
degree  in  1906.  Since  then,  with  the  exception  of  six 
months,  he  has  been  in  the  law  office  of  Cravath,  Hen- 
derson &  deGersdorff.  In  1908  he  was  assistant  United 
States  attorney  for  the  southern  district  of  New  York. 

He  is  a  member  of  St.  Paul's  Episcopal  Church  of 
New  Haven.  During  1911-12  he  was  a  trustee  of  Smith 
College.  He  belongs  to  the  New  York  Yale  Club. 
Politically  he  is  a  Kepublican. 

The  rest  of  Windy 's  wind  is  saved  for  high  paying 
clients. 


Walter  Farley  Roberts 

Secretary  of  John  A.  Roberts  &  Company,  merchants,  Genesee 
Street,  Utica,  N.  Y. 

Residence,  420  Genesee  Street,  Utica,  N.  Y. 

Born  July  21,  1877,  in  Utica,  N.  Y.,  the  son  of  John  A. 
Roberts,  a  merchant  and  manufacturer,  and  Marion    (Vos- 


504  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

burgh)  Roberts  (died  June  21,  1903).  He  is  of  Scotch  ances- 
try. 

Prepared  at  Lawrenceville  and  Andover.  At  the  former 
school  he  was  business  manager  of  the  Lawrenceville  Literary 
Magazine,  member  of  the  glee  club,  winner  of  second  prize  in 
declamation  contest,  captain  of  first  hockey  team  and  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Philomathean  Society.  In  Andover  he  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  glee  club,  captain  of  first  hockey  team  and  was  a 
Draper  prize  speaker.  In  college  he  was  a  member  of  the 
University  Glee  Club  in  Junior  year.  University  Quartet 
(Foolish  Four),  and  won  a  second  elocution  prize.  He  was 
on  the  Class  Day  and  Senior  Prom  committees  and  was  a 
member  of  Delta  Kappa  Epsilon. 

He  married  on  April  28,  1904,  Mary  Daisy  Stewart,  Vassar 
1902,  daughter  of  Joseph  Alexander  Stewart,  deceased,  of 
Atlanta,  Ga.  They  have  two  sons,  both  born  in  Utica,  N.  Y. : 
John  A.,  2d,  born  October  1,  1905,  and  Walter  Stewart,  born 
August  5,  1907. 

Since  graduation  he  has  been  associated  in  business 
with  his  father  in  John  A.  Roberts  &  Company,  import- 
ers and  retailers  of  dry  goods  in  Utica. 

He  is  a  member  of  Grace  Episcopal  Church.  He  is 
a  member  of  Fort  Schuyler  Club,  Yale  Club,  Sada- 
quada  Golf  Club,  Sons  of  the  American  Revolution 
and  a  director  of  Associated  Charities. 

Walter  certainly  believes  brevity  is  wit's  soul.  He 
writes:  "Just  passed  an  eighth  wedding  anniversary, 
and  am  blessed  with  two  sons.  Not  prosperous  enough 
to  cease  responding  to  the  early  alarm,  and  my  days  are 
spent  in  toil — with  the  exception  of  those  when  I  join 
my  family  in  summer  at  the  sea,  and  in  winter.  South. ' ' 


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Henry  Alexander  Rogers 

Salesman  and  Manager  of  the  Country  Department,  Worth- 

ington  Whitehouse,  real  estate,  6  and  8  East  Forty-sixth 

Street,  New  York  City 

Bom  June  13,  1880,  in  New  Haven,  Conn.,  the  son  of  Henry 
Rogers,  LL.B.  Yale  1862,  a  lawyer  (died  January  26,  1889), 
and  Antoinette  (Anderson)  Rogers.  He  is  of  English,  Dutch, 
Irish  and  Welsh  ancestry.  An  uncle,  Alexander  D wight 
Anderson,  graduated  at  Yale  in  1866,  and  another  relative, 
George  Bigelow  Bartlett  Lamb,  in  1894. 

Prepared  at  Hillhouse  High  School,  New  Haven,  Conn.  In 
college  he  received  first  colloquy  appointments. 

He  is  unmarried. 

He  was  with  the  Whiting  Paper  Company,  whole- 
sale stationery,  from  August,  1902,  until  February, 
1904,  and  in  the  wholesale  clothing  business  with 
Rogers,  Peet  &  Company,  February,  1904,  until  Sep- 
tember, 1905.  He  has  since  been  in  real  estate  broker- 
age with  Whitehouse  &  Porter  and  the  successor  firm, 
Worthing-ton  Whitehouse. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  campaign  committee  of  assem- 
bly district,  but  mth  natural  reticence  fails  to  state 
for  which  party.  He  is  a  Congregationalist  and  a 
member  of  United  Church,  New  Haven.  His  clubs  are 
the  Yale  of  New  York  City  and  the  Graduates  of  New 
Haven. 

Hen  says:  *^At  an  early  age  I  arrived  in  the  large 
city  of  New  York  where  I  took  the  first  job  offered, 
namely,  that  in  a  wholesale  writing  paper  office  and 
factory,  but  not  being  much  of  a  letter  writer  myself, 
I  could  not  see  why  I  should  try  to  persuade  others  to 
do  so,  and  after  a  year  and  a  half,  I  connected  with 
another  wholesale  business,  that  of  men's  suits,  but 


506  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

after  a  little  I  found  that  this  job  didn't  suit,  although 
while  at  it  I  made  a  trip  out  West,  stopping  at  all  the 
big  cities  between  here  and  Denver,  and  found  many  a 
Yale  1902  whom  it  was  a  great  pleasure  to  see  again — 
it  was  one  of  the  most  pleasant  two  months  I  have  ever 
spent. 

''Having  found  that  'it  takes  nine  tailors  to  make  a 
man,'  I  decided  to  try  a  shot  at  real  estate  brokerage 
and  have  stuck  to  that  trade  like  a  leech  since  Labor 
Day,  1905,  and  it  looks  to  me  as  though  it  were  apt  to 
be  my  calling  for  the  rest  of  my  business  career. ' ' 


Henry  Pendleton  Rogers,  Jr. 

Member   of  the   New   York   Stock   Exchange,   care   Eugene 
Meyer,  Jr.,  &  Company,  14  Wall  Street,  New  York  City 

Residence,  35  West  Forty-ninth  Street,  New  York  City 

Born  November  14,  1879,  in  New  York  City,  the  son  of 
Henry  Pendleton  Rogers,  LL.B.  Columbia  1875,  a  lawyer 
(died  in  1904),  and  Mary  Wallace  (Shillito)  Rogers  (died 
June  13,  1911).  He  is  of  English  and  Huguenot  descent. 
His  Yale  relatives  are  a  brother,  John  Shillito  Rogers,  1898 ; 
and  cousins,  Edmund  Pendleton  Rogers,  1905 ;  Randolph 
Preston  Rogers,  1907,  and  Henry  Hopkins  Livingstone,  1909. 

Prepared  at  Cutler's  in  New  York  City  and  the  Groton 
School.  He  rowed  on  the  winning  fall  Freshman  Crew  and 
was  a  substitute  on  the  Freshman  Crew  in  the  spring,  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Intercollegiate  Cross  Country  Team,  Cross  Country 
Club,  Wigwam  Debating  Club,  Corinthian  Yacht  Club,  Uni- 
versity Club.  He  received  a  Senior  colloquy  appointment. 
His  society  was  Psi  Upsilon. 

He  is  unmarried. 

He  has  been  interested  in  finance  since  graduation, 
spending  several  years  with  Strong,  Sturgis  &  Com- 


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AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  507 

pany,  Kissel,  Kinnicutt  &  Company,  and  as  treasurer 
of  the  Heany  Company.  In  January,  1910,  he  pur- 
chased a  seat  on  the  New  York  Stock  Exchange  and  has 
his  office  with  Eugene  Meyer,  Jr.,  &  Company. 

He  is  an  Episcopalian  and  a  member  of  St.  Bartholo- 
mew's Church.  His  clubs  are  the  Knickerbocker,  Rac- 
quet and  Tennis  and  Yale  and  he  is  an  honorary  mem- 
ber of  Squadron  A. 

Pen  has  it  all  boiled  down,  this  philosophy:  "I  have 
not  many  plans.  I  have  found  by  experience  that  the 
best  way  to  plan  for  the  future  is  to  attend  to  the 
present. ' ' 

Frederick  William  Roman 

Professor  of  Economies  and  Sociology,  State  University  of 
South  Dakota,  Vermilion,  S.  Dak. 

Born  November  19,  1876,  in  Sidney,  Ohio,  the  son  of  Jacob 
Roman,  a  farmer,  and  Caroline  (Willhouse)  Roman.  He  is 
of  German  ancestry. 

Attended  country  schools  and  the  Norman  School  at  Leb- 
anon, Ohio,  though  he  prepared  chiefly  by  self-study.  He 
entered  college  as  a  Senior  by  special  examination  and  received 
a  dissertation  appointment. 

He  is  unmarried. 

From  1902  to  1903  he  taught  Greek  and  Latin  in  the 
Military  Academy,  Highland  Park,  111. ;  1903  to  1904, 
history  in  the  high  school  at  Butte,  Mont.;  1904  to 
1905,  student  in  the  Yale  Graduate  School;  1905  to 
1908,  department  of  political  economy  and  history. 
State  Normal  School,  Bowling  Green,  Ky.  In  Decem- 
ber, 1907,  he  was  appointed  by  Gov.  Beckham  to  inves- 
tigate and  report  on  the  public  school  system  of  the 
German  Empire.     He  spent  two  years  on  this  work 


508  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

and  studying  for  a  doctorate  at  Berlin.  The  year  1910- 
11  was  spent  in  study  in  Paris  and  then  he  returned  to 
this  country  to  accept  a  position  in  the  department  of 
economics  and  sociology  at  Smith  College  and  in  1912 
he  was  appointed  professor  and  head  of  the  economics 
department  at  the  State  University  of  South  Dakota. 

He  received  the  degree  of  M.A.  at  Yale  in  1905,  Ph.D. 
at  Berlin  in  1910.    He  is  a  Presb}i;erian. 

Cato  has  plans.  "I  have  spent  the  last  ten  years," 
he  writes,  ''in  further  preparation  for  teaching  and 
learning  the  world.  In  the  summer  of  1904,  I  worked 
as  an  ordinary  laborer  in  the  copper  mines  in  Butte. 

''While  in  Europe  I  traveled  in  all  countries  except 
Spain,  Portugal,  Norway  and  Sweden. 

"I  have  just  been  made  head  of  the  department  of 
economics  in  the  State  University  of  South  Dakota. 
In  two  years  I  shall  return  to  Paris,  where  I  expect  to 
take  the  Doctor  of  Letters  degree.  In  time  I  hope  to 
get  an  executive  position  in  a  university." 


Albert  Edward  Roraback 

Pastor  of  the  Church  of  the  Evangel,  Congregational,  Bed- 
ford Avenue,  corner  of  Hawthorne  Street,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Residence,  114  Fenimore  Street,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Born  March  5,  1880,  in  Canaan,  Conn.,  the  son  of  Judge  A. 
T.  Roraback,  judge  of  the  Superior  Court  of  Connecticut,  and 
Minnie  (Hunt)  Roraback.    He  is  of  English  ancestry. 

Prepared  at  Canaan  Academy  and  Robbins  School,  Norfolk, 
Conn.    He  received  oration  appointments  in  college. 

He  is  unmarried. 

On  graduation  he  entered  Yale  Divinity  School  and 
was  one  of  the  Commencement  speakers  in  1905.    In  the 


i, 


Tahi.kt  is   Hotki.  Tait 
(in  center  of  rotimclM  floor) 

Maybe  it  was  Roraback,  maybe  some  one  else,  who  sbu'ked  suns,  wound  a  rol)e 
around,  inserted  a  red  lisrlit,  and— presto!  a  "tent  in  tlie  wilderness."  Lo,  there 
were  sweet  songs,  pleasant  drinks  and  sleep,  while  Merry,  the  proprietor, 
watched,  remembered  and  planted  this  tiblet  as  a  permanent  memorial  of  the 
greatest  reunion  ever! 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  509 

summer  of  1903  he  had  charge  of  the  summer  mission 
church  at  Mankato,  Minn.  In  1905  he  immediately 
began  work  as  assistant  pastor  in  the  Central  Congre- 
gational Church,  of  Providence,  R.  I.,  and  when  the 
pastor,  Rev.  Edward  F.  Sanderson,  severed  his  connec- 
tion with  the  church,  he  was  acting  pastor  for  a  year 
and  a  half.  In  November,  1910,  he  became  pastor  of  the 
Church  of  the  Evangel,  Brooklyn. 

He  received  the  degree  of  B.D.  at  Yale  in  1905  and 
M.A.  in  absentia  in  1907. 

Bert  conducted  and  arranged  our  memorial  service 
at  Decennial  and  it  was  a  meeting  not  easily  forgot- 
ten— impressive,  sincere. 

''Canaan,  my  birthplace  and  home,"  he  writes,  ''may 
have  been  the  potter  that  moulded  the  clay;  it  was 
work  done  at  the  Yale  Mission  that  made  me  feel  that 
I  would  be  happy  in  service.  As  the  chair  of  ministry 
seemed  to  offer  the  best  opportunity  for  that,  I  began 
my  training  at  the  Yale  Divinity  School,  which  isn't 
such  a  bad  place  as  it  seems  from  across  the  street. 

"After  graduation  I  received  a  call  from  Provi- 
dence. I  was  there  for  five  years,  was  an  associate 
pastor  a  part  of  the  time,  a  year  and  a  half  I  was  the 
only  one  to  hold  down  the  lid.  I  use  the  term  advisedly, 
as  there  was  a  tempest  in  the  teapot.  My  service  there 
is  perhaps  summed  up  by  the  names  of  the  streets  I 
lived  on.  At  first  I  lived  on  Hope  Street,  then  on 
Angell  Street,  near  which  were  Benevolent  and  Benefit 
streets. 

' '  The  part  of  the  work  that  appealed  to  me  most  was 
done  at  a  mission  among  Portuguese — ^men  from  Cape 
de  Verde  Islands.  Their  family  was  the  result  of  an 
intermarrying  of  the  convicts  sent  as  colonists  from 
Portugal  and  slaves  brought  from  Africa.    I  was  their 


510  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

father,  their  priest,  their  doctor,  lawyer,  arbitrator  of 
family  jars,  their  merchant  buying  their  coal,  for 
otherwise  they  would  have  bought  it  by  the  basket  and 
paid  from  fourteen  to  sixteen  dollars  a  ton  for  it :  ^vish 
I  might  relate  some  of  my  experiences  stopping  policy 
game,  etc. 

*'Two  years  ago  I  came  to  Brooklyn,  as  you  know, 
the  city  of  churches,  the  least  of  which  is  not  the  Con- 
gregationalist  that  I  am  pastor  of.  We  have  here  the 
largest  church  we  have  in  the  world;  I  have  as  co- 
workers such  leaders  as  Hillis,  Cadman,  Waters,  Boyn- 
ton  and  McLaughlin.  I  have  the  ideal  church,  in  a 
growing  neighborhood,  a  church  that  doesn't  boast  of 
antiquity  but  of  activity,  no  ruts,  no  doing  this  because 
it  always  has  been  done,  a  church  that  is  plastic;  its 
future  depends  upon  leadership." 

Bert  is  putting  enthusiasm  into  his  work  and  I  must 
quote  one  of  his  church  letters,  for  I  cannot  make  out 
whether  I  got  my  epistolatory  habit  of  attack  from  him 
or  he  from  me. 

''To  the  Members  and  Friends  of  the  Church  of  the 
Evangel: 

''The  'Block-hewing  Bee'  was  a  hummer — not  all 
buzz — there  was  neither  hammer  or  axe,  nor  any  tool 
of  iron  heard  in  the  house.  Many  whose  hearts  stirred 
them  up,  whose  spirits  made  them  willing,  brought 
gold  and  an  abundance  of  rubies.  Of  the  $4500  mort- 
gage more  than  $4420  has  already  been  pledged.  It 
seems  miraculous  when  we  consider  that,  with  the 
exception  of  the  $1000  pledged  by  our  splendid 
Woman's  Association,  the  largest  amount  given  was 
$100.  It  shows  what  can  be  accomplished  by  team 
work;   getting  together   and  pulling  together.     The 


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other  mortgage  is  tottering ;  its  days  are  numbered ;  the 
eleventh  hour  gifts  will  tackle  that.  The  day  of  the 
building  is  at  hand. 

"We  have  much  to  be  thankful  for.  These  are  some 
of  the  achievements:  two  sections  added  that  nearly 
doubled  our  seating  capacity,  to  say  nothing  of  the 
new  carpet,  electric  lights,  the  commodious  parlors, 
recently  varnished  by  one  of  our  generous  laymen.  We 
have  also  banished  the  assistance  of  the  New  York 
Home  Missionary  Society  to  the  realms  of  the  departed 
spirits. 

"You  know  of  the  increase  in  membership — over 
100  added  in  two  years.  Our  congregations  are 
increasing,  we  now  have  more  in  the  evening  than  in 
the  morning.  The  last  months'  record  shows  an 
increase  of  86  per  cent  over  last  year. 

"These  are  some  of  the  milestones  passed.  With 
your  co-operation  'The  Best  is  Yet  to  Be.'  " 


Bronson  Case  Rumsey 
Stock  Raising,  Cody,  Wyo. 

Born  January  11,  1879,  in  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  the  son  of  Bron- 
son Rumsey,  a  real  estate  broker,  and  Mary  Cleveland  (Coxe) 
Rumsey.    He  is  of  English  ancestry. 

Prepared  at  Fay  School  and  St.  Mark's  School,  Southboro, 
Mass.  In  college  he  was  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  Fresh- 
man Navy,  captain  of  the  Freshman  Eleven,  until  he  broke 
his  leg,  then  acting  as  substitute,  member  of  Crew  in  Junior 
year,  Apollo  Glee  Club  and  secretary  in  Junior  year,  Univer- 
sity Glee  Club,  Gvm  Club,  Corinthian  Yacht  Club,  executive 
committee  of  the  Berkeley  Association.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  Sophomore  German  and  chairman  of  the  Junior  Prom 
committees,  a  second  Wrangler  and  a  member  of  the  Univer- 


512  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

sity  Club.  He  received  the  Class  vote  for  most  popular  and 
handsomest.  His  societies  were  He  Boule,  Delta  Kappa  Epsi- 
lon  and  Skull  and  Bones. 

He  married  on  February  26,  1910,  in  Denver,  Colo.,  Mrs. 
Anna  Bowditch  Perkins,  daughter  of  Ebenezer  Francis  Bow- 
ditch,  of  Boston,  Mass. 

He  traveled  abroad  the  summer  following  gradua- 
tion, taking  a  bicycle  trip  with  L.  B.  Rand,  '02.  He 
taught  at  St.  Mark's  during  1902-03  and  tutored  in  the 
summer  of  1903  in  Wyoming,  remaining  until  January 
1,  1904,  when,  after  some  traveling,  he  began  teaching 
in  the  Florida-Adirondack  School.  During  1904-06  he 
again  taught  at  St.  Mark's,  Southboro,  and  from  Janu- 
ary to  June,  1907,  he  was  in  the  Columbia  Law  School. 
In  September,  1907,  he  became  engaged  in  ranching  in 
Wyoming,  with  S.  B.  Camp  and  G.  A.  Lyon,  Jr.,  Yale 
'00,  H.  L.  Ferguson,  Yale  '04  S.,  and  J.  B.  Wright, 
B.S.  Princeton  '99,  as  first  partners.  He  is  president 
of  the  Cody  Garage  Company,  vice-president  of  the 
Home  Oil  &  Gas  Company,  and  president  and  manager 
of  the  Shoshone  Creamery  Company. 

He  is  a  Free  Thinker  in  politics.  He  was  chairman 
of  the  Triennial  and  Sexennial  committees,  though  his 
absence  in  the  West  prevented  his  attending  the  latter 
reunion. 

Bob  loves  the  West  and  his  life :  here  is  what  he  is 
doing:  ''Balance  of  time  in  Wyoming  poisoning  prairie 
dogs ;  fighting  Mormons  and  partners ;  shearing  sheep ; 
nursing  lambs;  rounding  up  sheep  herders  and 
'booze-fighters';  'breaking  broncs';  branding  'dudes,' 
practicing  obstetrics  on  horses,  mules,  cows  and  sheep. 
Performing  likewise  all  trades,  occupations  and  pro- 
fessions known  to  genus  homo." 


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Charles  Cooke  Riiss 

Trust  Officer,  Hartford  Trust  Company,  Drawer  40,  Hartford, 

Conn. 

Residence,  117  Woodland  Street,  Hartford,  Conn. 

Born  November  26,  1880,  in  Hartford,  Conn.,  the  son  of 
Charles  Trumbull  Russ,  Yale  1875,  insurance  (died  May  2, 
1881),  and  Elizabeth  Baldwin  (Camp)  Russ.  His  ancestry 
is  mainly  English,  with  some  Dutch.  Yale  relatives  besides 
his  father  are  his  maternal  grandfather,  Henry  Bates  Camp, 
1831 ;  uncle,  Henry  Ward  Camp,  1860,  and  brother,  Henry 
Camp  Russ,  1902. 

Prepared  at  the  Hartford  Public  High  School,  where  he 
devoted  himself  to  somewhat  excessive  studying,  to  the  exclu- 
sion of  everything  else.  In  college  he  received  a  Berkeley 
premium  in  Latin  composition,  first  grade,  Hurlbut  scholar- 
ship, philosophical  oration  Junior  year  and  oration  Senior 
appointment.  He  played  on  the  Chess  Team  Senior  year.  He 
was  elected  to  Phi  Beta  Kappa  and  was  a  member  of  the  Uni- 
versity Society  of  Book  and  Bond. 

He  is  unmarried. 

In  the  fall  of  1902  he  returned  to  New  Haven  and 
entered  the  Yale  Law  School,  where  he  was  an  editor  of 
the  Yale  Law  Journal  in  Junior  year  and  chairman  of 
the  board  in  Senior  year.  On  graduation  in  1905  he 
entered  the  office  of  Schutz  &  Edwards,  and  in  1909 
became  a  member  of  the  firm.  June  1,  1911,  he  was 
appointed  trust  officer  of  the  Hartford  Trust  Company, 
a  position  which  includes  the  work  of  supervising  the 
administration  of  the  bank's  trust  department. 

He  received  the  degree  of  LL.B.  at  Yale  in  1905.  He 
is  a  member  and  treasurer  of  the  Asylum  Hill  Con- 
gregational Church  of  Hartford.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Hartford  Golf  Club,  Connecticut  Congregational 
Club,  Hartford  Society  for  the  Prevention  of  Tuber- 


514  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

culosis,  etc.,  and  the  Ausable  Club  of  Keene  Valley, 
N.  Y. 

Charles  writes : ' '  Have  lived  in  Hartford  throughout 
the  ten  years,  except  for  the  fact  that  the  greater  part 
of  the  first  three  was  spent  at  New  Haven  during  my 
course  at  the  Yale  Law  School.  Spent  one  summer 
during  those  three  years  traveling  in  Europe  with 
Louis  and  Gardner  Talcott  (the  usual  places  only) ; 
also  parts  of  two  other  summers  in  travel  in  this  coun- 
try. In  the  fall  of  1905,  entered  the  office  of  Schutz  & 
Edwards,  attorneys-at-law ;  was  admitted  to  the  firm 
in  January,  1909,  and  resigned  in  July,  1911,  to  become 
trust  officer  of  the  Hartford  Trust  Company,  my  pres- 
ent position.  My  life,  if  pleasant,  has  been  uneventful, 
and  does  not  make  good  copy  for  a  story. ' ' 

Henry  Camp  Russ,  M.D. 

Physician,  31  Wethersfield  Avenue,  Hartford,  Conn. 
Residence,  114  Woodland  Street,  Hartford,  Conn. 

Bom  October  2,  1879,  in  Hartford,  Conn.  For  family 
history  consult  biography  of  brother  and  classmate,  Charles 
Cooke  Russ. 

Prepared  at  the  Hartford  Public  High  School  where  he  was 
president  and  only  member  of  the  No-good  Club.  [So  he  says, 
but  I  know  better.  Ed.  comment.]  In  college  he  received 
a  philosophical  oration  appointment  Junior  year  and  was  a 
member  of  the  Intercollegiate  Chess  Team  two  years.  He 
received  elections  to  Phi  Beta  Kappa  and  Sigma  Xi  and  was 
a  member  of  Book  and  Bond. 

He  married  on  September  8,  1908,  in  Dover,  Ohio,  Clara 
•Gertrude  Boesger,  daughter  of  Henry  A.  Boesger,  a  cigar 
manufacturer,  of  Cleveland,  Ohio.  They  have  one  daughter, 
Katherine  Camp,  born  April  28,  1911,  in  Hartford,  Conn. 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  515 

On  graduation  he  entered  the  Johns  Hopkins  Medi- 
cal School,  where  he  was  a  member  of  the  Pithotomy 
Club  and  the  Vessalian  Society,  took  the  four-year 
course,  and  then  served  two  years  in  the  Lakeside  Hos- 
pital, the  second  in  laboratory  research  work.  In  1909 
he  returned  to  Hartford,  where  he  has  continued  to 
practice  medicine. 

He  received  the  degree  of  M.D.  from  Johns  Hopkins 
in  1906.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Congregational  Church, 
superintendent  of  the  Sunday  school  and  a  member 
of  various  committees.  He  has  made  various  addresses 
on  pathological  subjects  before  the  Cleveland  Acad- 
emy of  Medicine  and  the  local  medical  societies,  and 
has  written  articles  on  similar  topics  for  current  medi- 
cal literature.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Hartford  Medical 
Society,  Hartford  County  Medical  Society,  Hartford 
Golf  Club  and  Congregational  Club. 

Hen  writes : ' '  Being  one  of  those  that  are  living  very 
ordinary,  unexciting  lives  there  is  but  little  that  I  can 
enter  under  this  heading. 

"After  leaving  Yale,  I  spent  four  years  at  Balti- 
more in  order  to  see  the  big  fire  and  incidentally  accu- 
mulate an  M.D.  The  next  three  were  spent  in  Cleve- 
land, Ohio,  as  resident  pathologist  to  the  Lakeside 
Hospital  and  in  special  research  work  in  the  laboratory 
there.  Came  back  to  Hartford  in  December,  1909,  but 
it  was  not  until  the  following  July  that  I  swam  the 
first  really  professional  stroke  as  pathologist  and  clini- 
cal microscopist,  with  headquarters  and  laboratory  at 
the  Charter  Oak  Private  Hospital.  Since  then  I  have 
found  that  every  once  in  a  while  there  is  a  chance  to 
take  another  stroke. 

' '  Two  of  the  summers  in  the  ten  years  were  spent  in 
Europe;  1903  in  Germany  and  1906  in  travel." 


516  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

Ralph  R.  Ryan,  M.D. 

Physician  and  Surgeon,  Scarsdale,  N.  Y. 

Born  May  4,  1880,  in  Pawling,  N.  Y.,  the  son  of  Joseph  J. 
Ryan,  an  undertaker,  retired,  and  Flora  A.  (Wells)  Ryan. 
He  is  of  English  ancestry. 

Prepared  at  Hotchkiss  School  where  he  went  out  for  track 
athletics.  In  college  he  was  a  pole  vaulter,  a  bicycle  rider  and 
received  second  dispute  appointments. 

He  married  on  September  2,  1909,  Agnes  C.  Sherman, 
daughter  of  Walter  A.  Sherman,  manager  and  treasurer  of 
the  Jersey  City  Stock  Yards  Company,  of  New  York  City. 
They  have  a  daughter,  Agnes  Cecilia,  born  March  4,  1912, 
in  Scarsdale,  N.  Y. 

On  graduation  he  entered  the  College  of  Physicians 
and  Surgeons,  Columbia,  spending  his  summer  vaca- 
tions in  hospitals.  He  won  first  place  at  Bellevue  Hos- 
pital and  was  there  two  years;  and  at  the  New  York 
Foundling  Hospital  a  year  before  starting  private 
practice  in  Scarsdale,  N.  Y. 

He  received  the  degree  of  M.D.  from  Columbia  in 
1905.  He  is  health  officer  of  Scarsdale  and  visiting 
physician  at  the  White  Plains  Hospital.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  American  Medical  Association,  New 
York  State  Medical  Society  and  Westchester  County 
Medical  Society. 

Another  of  these  brief  doctors  is  Ralph.  It's  really 
the  lawyers,  who  are  supposed  to  be  very  careful  what 
they  say,  who  do  a  deal  of  talking  and  the  doctors,  who 
are  supposed  to  be  poor  business  men — for  the  most 
part  don't  talk  at  all.  Here  is  all  I  could  get  out  of 
Ralph :  '  *  Have  a  pretty  home  in  Scarsdale,  an  auto- 
mobile and  a  good  practice.  I  hope  I  may  continue 
to  keep  what  I  have." 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  517 

Charles  Felix  Samson 

Member  of  the  brokerage  firm  of  Carlisle,  Mellick  &  Company, 
20  Broad  Street,  New  York  City 

Residence,  Dobbs  Ferry,  N.  Y. 

Born  April  27,  1881,  in  New  York  City,  the  son  of  Felix 
Samson,  a  woolen  manufacturer  (died  in  1904),  and  Sarah 
(Spayer)  Samson.  He  is  of  German  ancestry.  Two  brothers- 
in-law  were  graduated  at  Yale:  George  Monroe  Sidenberg, 
1891  S.,  and  Joseph  William  Sidenberg,  1904. 

Prepared  at  Morris  Academy,  Morristown,  N.  J.,  and  at 
Andover.  In  college  he  received  oration  appointments  and 
was  a  member  of  the  University  Club. 

He  married  on  April  13,  1909,  Madeline  Sidenberg,  daugh- 
ter of  Henry  Sidenberg,  of  New  York  City.  They  have  a 
daughter,  Mary,  born  December  19,  1911,  in  New  York  City. 

He  has  been  connected  with  financial  houses  since 
graduation,  starting  as  a  clerk  with  Halle  &  Stieglitz, 
buying  a  seat  on  the  Stock  Exchange  in  1906  and 
becoming  a  member  of  his  present  firm  in  1908. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Jewish  Synagogue.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Yale  Club  of  New  York  City  and  the 
Century  Country  Club  of  White  Plains,  N.  Y. 


Curtiss  Aldrich  Sanford 

"With   the    Otis   Elevator    Company,    Eleventh   Avenue   and 
Twenty-sixth  Street,  New  York  City 

Residence,  536  West  111th  Street,  New  York  City 

Born  October  12,  1882,  in  Yonkers,  N.  Y.,  the  adopted  son 
of  Dr.  Isaac  Reed  Sanford,  Yale  1873,  a  physician  (died 
February  15,  1892),  and  son  of  Kate  (Curtiss)  Sanford  by  her 


518  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

first  husband.  He  is  of  English  ancestry.  His  Yale  relatives 
are  a  brother,  Selden  Bradley  Sanford,  ex-1909  S. ;  great 
grandfather,  Selden  Haines,  D.D.,  1826;  an  uncle,  John 
Quincy  Adams  Johnson,  1878;  cousins,  John  Quincy  Adams 
Johnson,  Jr.,  1908,  Alexander  Johnson,  1911,  Charles  Adams 
Johnson,  1916,  and  William  Curtis  Johnson,  ex-1906. 

Prepared  at  King's  School,  Stamford,  Conn.  In  college  he 
"tried  to  row  and  tried  to  run,  but  was  uniformly  unsuccess- 
ful as  an  athlete."  He  received  an  oration  appointment 
Junior  year  and  a  dispute  Senior  appointment. 

He  married  on  November  2,  1912,  in  "Westfield,  Mass.,  Kath- 
arine Elizabeth  Root  Moseley,  daughter  of  Mrs.  Thomas 
Benton  Moseley. 

He  worked  in  the  offices  of  the  New  York  Central  & 
Harlem  River  Railroad  for  about  two  years  and  then 
accepted  a  position  in  the  auditing  and  accounting  de- 
partment of  the  Otis  Elevator  Company,  New  York 
City. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Episcopal  Church.  His  clubs 
are  the  Yale  of  New  York  City  and  the  Saegkill  Golf 
Club. 

Well,  Curt  says :  *  *  I  really  fear  that  my  life  history 
to  date  would  prove  rather  disappointing  to  a  person 
looking  for  a  bit  of  exciting  literature.  I  spent  the 
first  summer  out  of  college  loafing  and  in  the  fall 
offered  my  valued  services  to  the  New  York  Central 
&  Harlem  River  Railroad  and  in  return  received  the 
enormous  sum  of  twenty  dollars  a  month.  I  stayed 
with  them  for  a  little  over  two  years  and  then  left  to 
make  the  Otis  Elevator  people  believe  I  was  worth  a 
great  deal  as  an  expert  accountant.  While  I  have  suc- 
ceeded in  fooling  them  more  than  I  was  able  to  the 
railroad,  I  am  still  far  from  having  accomplished  even 
a  small  portion  of  my  ambitions  in  this  line.     Have 


AUTOBIOGEAPHIES  519 

lived  in  Yonkers,  Brooklyn  and  New  York  City  during 
the  ten  years,  though  the  first  seven  years  I  was  with 
the  Otis  Company  I  spent  about  half  my  time  on  the 
road  as  a  traveling  auditor,  which  may  partially  offset 
the  disgrace  of  my  Brooklyn  residence.  Am  at  present 
living  in  New  York,  have  quit  traveling  and  auditing 
to  dally  with  the  finances  of  the  company  as  a  sort  of 
assistant  to  the  treasurer.'* 

Hugh  Satterlee 

Partner  in  the  law  firm  of  McGuire  &  Wood,  German 
Insurance  Building,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

Residence,  30  Thayer  Street,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

Born  October  16,  1880,  in  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  the  son  of 
Eugene  Satterlee,  University  of  Rochester  1867,  a  lawyer 
(died  January  7,  1910),  and  Olivia  Sanger  (Moore)  Satterlee. 
He  is  of  English  ancestry. 

Prepared  at  Bradstreet's  in  Rochester,  and  Phillips  Acad- 
emy, Andover.  In  prep  school  he  was  treasurer  of  the  athletic 
association  and  class  prophet.  In  Yale  he  was  assistant  man- 
ager of  the  University  Baseball  Association  in  Junior  year, 
president  and  manager.  Senior  year,  an  ex  officio  member  of 
the  Athletic  Financial  Union,  Yale  Field  Corporation ;  chair- 
man of  the  Boys'  Club  and  Mission  Funds  committees  of  the 
Y.  M.  C.  A. ;  membership  committee.  Wigwam  Debating  Club; 
Freshman,  Apollo  and  University  Glee  clubs,  Corinthian 
Yacht  Club.  He  received  a  third  Ten  Eyck  prize,  a  philo- 
sophical oration  Junior  appointment  and  an  oration  Senior 
appointment,  elected  to  Phi  Beta  Kappa  and  vice-president 
of  the  Yale  Chapter.  He  received  the  Class  vote  for  biggest 
fusser. 

He  married  on  February  1,  1909,  Helen  Curtis  Taylor,  a 
graduate  of  Dobbs  Ferry,  daughter  of  Joseph  W.  Taylor,  of 
Rochester,  N.  Y.  They  have  one  daughter,  Nancy,  born 
February  2,  1911,  in  Rochester,  N.  Y. 


520  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

Before  entering  the  Harvard  Law  School  in  1904  he 
spent  two  years  in  getting  practical  business  expe- 
rience with  the  Ohmer  Fare  Register  Company  and  the 
Stromberg-Carlson  Telephone  Manufacturing  Com- 
pany. In  the  law  school  he  was  a  member  of  the  Kent 
Club  and  editor-in-chief  of  the  Harvard  Law  Review, 
1906-07.  He  practiced  law  one  year  in  Rochester,  two 
years  in  New  York  City  and  then  returned  to 
Rochester,  N.  Y. 

He  received  the  degree  of  LL.B.  from  Harvard  in 
1907.  He  is  an  Independent  Republican  and  an  Epis- 
copalian. He  is  a  member  of  the  Genesee  Valley  Club 
of  Rochester,  Rochester  Club,  Friars  Club,  Rochester 
Tennis  Club,  Yale  Club  of  New  York  City  and  the 
University  Club  of  Salt  Lake  City. 

Hug  gives  a  real  chatty  letter,  so  I  quote  in  full: 
''I  had  always  expected  to  be  a  law>'er,  but  I  was  told 
to  see  something  of  business  and  other  professional 
life  before  definitely  deciding.  So  in  the  fall  of  1902 
I  went  to  Dayton,  Ohio,  to  work  in  a  machine  shop  for 
the  Ohmer  Fare  Register  Company,  making  compli- 
cated carfare  registers,  something  like  cash  registers. 
There  were  several  hundred  more  parts  than  I  can 
remember,  but  at  last  I  put  them  together  and  grad- 
uated to  the  advertising  department  and  then  to  the 
road,  where  I  worked  one  horsecar  towns  through 
Ohio,  Pennsylvania  and  New  York.  In  April,  1903, 
the  Stromberg-Carlson  Telephone  Manufacturing  Com- 
pany of  Rochester  wanted  an  honest  man  (no  business 
experience  required)  to  supervise  the  spending  of  its 
money  in  the  construction  of  a  telephone  plant  in  Utah. 
From  then  until  the  fall  of  1904  I  was  honest  and 
played  golf  in  that  near  paradise  for  the  young  man, 
Salt  Lake  City,  with  an  occasional  pleasure  excursion. 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  521 

no  more  than  tinged  with  business,  to  Spokane  and 
Butte.  When  I  die,  give  me  Salt  Lake  in  preference  to 
Paris ! 

^'But  I  still  wanted  to  study  law,  and  I  went  to  the 
Harvard  Law  School.  There  I  spent  three  highly 
instructive  years,  learning  also  to  like  the  graduate 
life  of  Harvard.  In  fact,  in  the  summer  of  1906  I 
went  abroad  with  a  Harvard  man.  The  summer  of 
1905  Salt  Lake  City  drew  me. 

"Immediately  after  my  law  graduation  in  1907  I 
went  into  the  office  of  Satterlee,  Bissell,  Taylor  & 
French,  my  father's  firm,  in  Rochester.  After  a  year 
of  the  usual  mixture  of  office-boy  running  and  petty 
law  which  a  freshly  admitted  clerk  has  before  him  in 
any  but  the  largest  cities,  I  got  the  New  York  fever. 
I  'accepted  a  position'  with  Cravath,  Henderson  &  de 
Gersdorff  and  had  the  pleasure  and  sometimes  the  pain 
of  working  under  Mr.  Cravath  for  two  years.  It  was 
a  busy,  exciting  and  generally  fascinating  life.  But 
my  father  died  in  January,  1910,  and  in  that  summer 
I  thought  best  to  return  to  Rochester.  For  a  time  I 
opened  an  office  of  my  own,  receiving  more  book  agents 
than  clients,  but  early  in  1911  Mr.  Hiram  R.  Wood,  the 
unretired  member  of  the  firm  of  McGuire  &  Wood,  took 
me  into  partnership  with  him.  Since  then  I  have  strug- 
gled for  a  living  with  hopes  of  a  competence  at  some 
future  date  and  with  increasingly  settled  habits." 

John  Joseph  Scanlan 

Assistant  Local  Counsel  for  the  Pittsburgh  Plate  Glass 

Company,  322  Hudson  Street,  New  York  City 

Residence,  133  St.  Johns  Place,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Born  May  3,  1881,  in  New  Haven,  Conn.,  the  son  of  Nicholas 
Scanlan,  retired,  and  Johanna   (Crotty)   Scanlan.     He  is  of 


522  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

Irish  ancestry.  Dr.  Thomas  Joseph  Bergin,  Yale  1896,  is  a 
relative. 

Prepared  at  the  Hillhouse  High  School,  New  Haven,  Conn. 
In  college  he  received  an  oration  Junior  appointment  and  a 
dissertation  Senior  appointment. 

He  is  unmarried. 

On  graduation  he  entered  the  Yale  Law  School, 
where  he  received  honors  first  year  and  the  degree  of 
LL.B.  in  1904.  He  has  since  been  connected  with  the 
Pittsburgh  Plate  Glass  Company  as  assistant  counsel 
in  New  York  City. 

He  is  a  Republican  and  a  member  of  the  Roman 
Catholic  Church. 

Out  upon  thee,  Jack!  This  brief  la^vyer  writes: 
''Have  lived  in  Brooklyn  and  have  been  connected  as 
above  most  of  the  time  since  leaving  law  school.  Since 
graduation  from  the  law  school  as  aforesaid,  I  have 
been  suffering  with  hallucinations  and  have  been  the 
victim  of  the  auto-suggestion  that  I  have  been  practic- 
ing law." 


Gustav  Schwab 

Partner  in  the  firm  of  Oelrichs  &  Company,  commission  mer- 
chants and  steamship  agents,  5  Broadway,  New  York  City 

Residence,  1  Lexington  Avenue,  New  York  City 

Born  July  28,  1879,  in  Summit,  N.  J.,  the  son  of  Gustav 
H.  Schwab,  a  merchant  (died  November  12,  1912),  and  Caro- 
line Ogden  (Wheeler)  Schwab  (died  March  9,  1911).  He  is 
of  English  and  German  ancestry.  His  Yale  relatives  are 
two  uncles,  Laurence  Henry  Schwab,  1878,  and  John  Christo- 
pher Schwab,  1886;  and  many  cousins,  among  them,  William 
Wheeler,    1855;    William    Egbert    Wheeler,    1866;    Junius 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  523 

Wheeler,  1892 ;  Roland  Werner  Kliipfel,  1909 ;  Alexander  de 
Trofimoff  Jones,  1900  S.;  Ogden  Trevor  MeClurg,  1901  S.; 
Lawrence  Raymond  Wheeler,  1911, 

Prepared  at  Cutler  School,  New  York  City,  where  he 
studied  mostly,  though  he  played  some  hockey.  In  college  he 
"managed  to  keep  out  of  the  Dean's  office,  and  to  get  suffi- 
cient peace  of  mind  to  enjoy  a  cruise  on  the  Sound  during 
examination  time,  by  doing  a  little  studying  pretty  regularly. 
Got  a  Junior  appointment  of  oration  (Senior  dissertation) 
and  wish  I  had  worked  a  little  harder  and  got  Phi  Beta 
Kappa."  He  was  substitute  goal  on  the  Hockey  Team  one 
year  and  goal  on  1902  Class  Hockey  Team  (which  won  the 
pennant).  He  was  a  member  of  Corinthian  Yacht  Club, 
University  Club  and  Delta  Kappa  Epsilon. 

He  married  on  September  30,  1911,  in  Norfolk,  Conn., 
Alice  Requa  Clark,  daughter  of  Cyrus  Clark,  of  New  York 
City. 

Since  graduation  he  has  been  connected  with  his 
father's  firm,  Oelrichs  &  Company,  commission  mer- 
chants and  steamship  agents,  though  a  great  deal  of  his 
time  has  been  spent  abroad  in  the  interests  of  the  busi- 
ness. He  is  also  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  Ogden 
Estate  Company,  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  Rey- 
nolds Ice  Machine  Company,  vice-president  of  North 
German  Lloyd  Dock  Company,  and  a  director  of  Gar- 
field Worsted  Mills,  Manhattan  Mining  Company  and 
Londonderry  Mining  Company. 

He  is  a  member  of  Grace  Church  (Episcopal),  New 
York  City,  is  a  trustee  of  Sheltering  Arms  and  a  mem- 
ber of  the  council  of  the  University  Settlement  Society. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Yale,  Graduates,  German,  Union, 
City  and  Sleepy  Hollow  Country  clubs. 

Gus,  our  beloved  vagabond,  writes:  "Perhaps  you 
would  rather  hear  me  sing,  but  never  mind,  here  is  the 
story  of  my  life:  After  graduation  I  loafed  till  Jan- 


524  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

uary,  1903,  when  I  entered  my  father's  firm,  Oelrichs  & 
Company,  New  York,  as  office  boy.  The  following 
October  I  left  for  Germany  and  worked  as  'volontaire' 
for  five  months  in  the  office  of  Gustav  Ebell  &  Com- 
pany, Berlin,  w^ool  merchants,  and  then  for  six  months 
in  a  wool  washing  factory  near  Hanover,  and  then 
again  in  Ebell 's  office,  Berlin,  for  another  six  months. 
During  the  fall  of  1904  my  father  and  I  took  a  vacation 
of  six  weeks  or  so  in  Greece,  Asia  Minor,  the  islands 
of  the  ^gean,  etc.  In  December,  1904,  I  returned  to 
New  York  and  re-entered  my  father's  office,  remaining 
there  until  May,  1905,  when  I  accompanied  my  mother 
to  Nauheim,  Germany,  remaining  there  for  six  weeks 
or  so  and  then  joining  a  gentleman  of  our  office  for  a 
business  trip  to  Russia.  We  visited  Moscow,  Nijni- 
Novgorod,  Rostov  of  Don,  the  Crimea,  Sebastopol, 
Odessa,  and  returned  by  way  of  Budapest  and  Vienna 
to  Genoa,  where  I  embarked  on  a  steamer  in  September 
(1905)  for  Australia,  touching  at  Port  Said,  Suez, 
Aden,  Colombo,  Fremantle  and  Adelaide.  I  arrived 
at  Melbourne  thirty-five  days  later,  where  I  attended 
wool  auctions  and  in  other  ways  tried  to  learn  things 
appertaining  to  the  wool  business,  an  important  part 
of  my  vocation-to-be.  After  visiting  Sydney,  I  crossed 
to  New  Zealand  and  spent  there  two  months  of 
most  enjoyable  vacationing.  (I  want  to  say  right  here 
that  of  all  the  places  I  have  seen  New  Zealand  is  the 
only  one  outside  of  the  U.  S.  A.  that  I  want  to  see 
again.)  Then  tagging  Tasmania,  I  took  a  freighter 
and  arrived  at  Durban,  Natal,  South  Africa,  twenty- 
three  days  later.  It  took  five  days  by  rail  to  reach  the 
Victoria  Falls,  on  the  Zambezi,  and  five  days  back 
again,  but  I  did  it  and  am  glad  of  it.  Ask  Harry 
Thacher  about  the  rubber  snake  I  brought  back.    After 


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about  two  months  on  the  veldt,  I  took  a  boat  for  home 
via  Southampton,  arriving  at  New  York  in  May,  1906, 
after  a  year's  absence.  I  again  re-entered  my  father's 
office,  but  departed  once  more  in  September,  1906,  for 
South  America,  arriving  at  Rio  de  Janeiro,  the  most 
beautiful  harbor  on  top  of  the  earth,  after  a  trip  of 
three  weeks  from  Cherbourg.  I  took  a  coasting 
steamer  to  Rio  Grande  do  Sul,  then  another  on  to 
Montevideo,  where  I  stayed  a  month  or  so,  fooling  with 
hides,  wool  and  such-like.  Buenos  Aires  then  became 
my  happy  home  for  a  short  time,  until  I  turned  north- 
ward once  more  and  got  back  to  little  old  New  York  via 
Southampton  in  the  spring  of  1907. 

"By  all  this  foolishness  I  missed  Triennial,  but  I  got 
to  Sexennial  all  right,  in  spite  of  three  hard-working 
weeks  in  the  big  timber,  without  a  guide  but  with  the 
medic  Thacher.  Otherwise  I  have  managed  to  retain 
my  hold  pretty  well  on  this  side  of  the  Enormous  Wet, 
although  I  did  go  abroad  for  a  very  short  trip  last 
fall.  In  January,  1909,  I  became  a  member  of  the  firm 
of  Oelrichs  &  Company,  the  other  two  partners  being 
my  father  and  my  great-uncle,  Herman  C.  von  Post. 
In  the  fall  of  1909  I  got  a  farm  in  Dutchess  County, 
near  Sharon,  Conn.,  and  have  been  broke  and  happy 
ever  since.  I  hope,  by  dint  of  hard  work  and  rigid 
economy,  to  be  able  to  support  that  farm  by  and  by. 
I  saw  the  wisdom  of  the  course  of  the  Class  majority 
and  got  married  last  September. 

* '  This,  I  think,  completes  the  catalogue,  and,  my  dear 
James,  I  beseech  you,  don't  inflict  it  on  helpless  class- 
mates, unless  for  a  good  cause.  For  the  rest,  I  shall 
try  to  fix  it  so  that  I  can  make  a  report  in  1917  without 
too  much  cause  for  regret. ' ' 


526  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

George  Howard  Sellers 

Lawyer,  346  Broadway,  New  York  City 

Residence,  184  Lefferts  Place,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Born  September  15,  1878,  in  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  the  son  of 
George  W.  Sellers,  deceased,  and  Martha  (Weston)  Sellers. 
He  is  a  Vermont  Yankee. 

Prepared  at  Buffalo  Central  High  School,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 
His  college  accomplishment  was  "acquiring  the  degree  of 
Bachelor  of  Arts." 

He  is  unmarried. 

On  graduation  he  took  the  course  in  the  University 
of  Buffalo  Law  School,  where  he  was  a  member  of  Phi 
Delta  Phi.  He  then  served  two  years  in  a  Buffalo  law 
office,  and  two  years  in  New  York.  Since  January  1, 
1908,  he  has  practiced  independently  in  the  latter  city. 

He  received  the  degree  of  LL.B.  at  the  University 
of  Buffalo  Law  School  in  1904.  He  is  Republican  in 
politics.    He  is  an  Episcopalian. 

George  writes:  ''I  was  engaged  as  a  clerk  in  a  law 
office  in  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  up  to  January  1,  1906,  and  in 
same  capacity  in  New  York  City  until  January  1, 1908, 
since  which  time  have  held  forth  as  practicing  lawyer 
and  am  at  present  endeavoring  to  acquire  a  law  prac- 
tice and  find  it  no  cinch  in  this  great  city.  However, 
taking  things  as  they  come,  it  isn't  half  bad  and  you 
know  there 's  quite  a  stretch  of  time  ahead. ' ' 

Henry  Stoddard  Sherman 
Secretary  and  Treasurer,  Crowell  &  Sherman  Company,  con- 
tracting engineers,  3111  Carnegie  Avenue,  Cleveland,  Ohio 
Residence,  1883   East  Ninety-third  Street,   Cleveland,   Ohio 

Born  October  11,  1879,  in  Cleveland,  Ohio,  the  son  of  Henry 
Stoddard  Sherman,  Dartmouth  1866,  a  lawyer  (died  in  1893), 
and  Harriette  (Benedict)  Sherman.     He  is  of  English  ances- 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  527 

try.  His  Yale  relatives  are  a  brother,  George  Benedict  Sher- 
man, ex-1907  (died  during  Freshman  year),  and  a  cousin, 
Philemon  Tecumseh  Sherman,  1888  S. 

Prepared  at  the  University  School,  Cleveland,  where  his 
chief  activity  consisting  in  being  fired  twice,  and  each  time 
taken  back  the  next  day.  In  college  "attempted  Football 
Team  and  Crew  spasmodically  and  failed  utterly,  due  to 
prejudices  of  the  coaches."  He  was  on  the  membership  com- 
mittee of  the  Wigwam  Debating  Club,  and  was  a  member  of 
Kappa  Psi,  Delta  Kappa  Epsilon  and  Scroll  and  Key. 

He  married  on  November  21,  1906,  Edith  Lydia  McBride, 
daughter  of  John  Harris  McBride,  of  Cleveland,  Ohio.  They 
have  two  sons,  both  born  in  Cleveland,  Ohio :  Henry  Stoddard, 
Jr.,  born  May  31,  1908,  and  John,  born  April  25,  1910. 

He  studied  at  Massachusetts  Institute  of  Technology 
and  then  went  into  engineering  work  in  Cleveland. 
He  is  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  Crowell  &  Sher- 
man Company,  contracting  engineers. 

He  served  in  Troop  A,  Ohio  National  Guard,  for  a 
year  and  belongs  to  a  few  local  clubs. 

Hal  includes  political  philosophy  with  paternal  prog- 
nostications :  ' '  My  life  was  a  blank  between  graduating 
and  getting  married,  as  I  spent  it  at  Boston  Tech  some 
nineteen  hours  a  day  and  in  Cleveland  afterwards  real- 
izing how  little  I  knew.  When  I  got  married,  however, 
everything  got  rosy  and  I  am  now  employed  in  raising 
the  two  best  future  Elis  that  ever  were.  I  soon  found 
that  my  best  claim  to  fame  would  lie  not  so  much  in 
what  I  did  myself,  but  rather  in  being  the  only  father 
on  record  of  two  presidents  of  the  United  States.  Even 
then  I  fear  that  the  cold  world  won't  give  me  proper 
credit  but  hand  it  over  to  my  wife,  where  it  belongs. 
At  any  rate,  when  the  time  comes  you  will  find  that 
they  will  both  understand  the  fallacy  of  a  third  term, 
and  that  even  in  politics  it  pays  to  be  decent. ' ' 


528  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

William  Richard  Sidenberg 

Partner  in  the  firm  of  G.  Sidenberg  &  Company,  importers 
and  manufacturers,  116  Fifth  Avenue,  New  York  City 

Residence,  40  West  Seventy-fifth  Street,  New  York  City 

Bom  June  13,  1881,  in  New  York  City,  the  son  of  Richard 
Sidenberg,  of  the  firm  of  G.  Sidenberg  &  Company,  until  he 
retired  in  December,  1911,  and  Matilda  (Schafer)  Sidenberg. 
He  is  of  German  ancestry.  A  brother,  Arthur  Meyer  Siden- 
berg, was  graduated  at  Yale  in  1911,  and  two  cousins,  George 
Monroe  Sidenberg,  1891  S.,  and  Joseph  William  Sidenberg, 
1904. 

Prepared  at  Sachs  Collegiate  Institute,  New  York  City, 
where  he  was  interested  in  running,  hockey  and  tennis.  At 
Yale  he  was  a  member  of  the  Cross  Country  Club  and  Univer- 
sity Club,  received  an  oration  Junior  and  a  dissertation  Senior 
appointment. 

He  married  on  March  20,  1906,  May  Isabelle  Hoffman, 
daughter  of  Joseph  Emmanuel  Hoffman,  of  New  York  City. 
They  have  a  daughter  and  two  sons,  all  bom  in  New  York 
City :  Marjorie  May,  born  March  27,  1907 ;  Richard  William, 
2d,  born  February  4,  1908,  and  Gilbert  Hoffman,  born  Jan- 
uary 22,  1910. 

On  graduation  he  entered  the  family  business,  G. 
Sidenberg  &  Company,  importers  and  manufacturers, 
and  after  a  few  years  was  admitted  to  the  firm. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Yale  Club  and  the  Century 
Country  Club. 

Bill,  like  other  successful  men,  gives  credit  to  his 
wife,  in  this  way:  '*I  have  delayed,  hoping  each  day 
that  I  might  make  history  the  next.  But,  now,  you 
apply  to  my  wife,  and  she  insists  she  will  do  her  duty 
and  permits  me  to  delay  no  longer.  After  graduation, 
I  went  to  work  in  my  father's  business  (founded  by  my 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  529 

grandfather)  and  some  three  or  four  years  later  was 
admitted  to  membership  in  the  firm.  At  this  job  I  am 
still  plugging  away  today.  In  1906  I  married  Miss 
Hoffman  and  we  earnestly  hope  to  make  our  daughter 
and  two  sons  as  staunch  to  Yale  as  we  are.  Remember- 
ing that  I  may  expect  a  duplicate  set  of  questions  like 
these  in  1917,  I  shall  do  my  utmost  to  make  these  next 
five  years  so  interesting  and  exciting  that  I  may 
answer  this  question  then  \vith  ease,  speed  and  zest." 


Ralph  Merriam  Simonds 

New  England  Sales  Manager  for  the  Globe  Register  Company, 
19  Pearl  Street,  Boston,  Mass. 

Residence,  27  Marathon  Street,  Arlington,  Mass. 

Born  October  24,  1878,  in  "Westminster,  Mass.,  the  son  of  S. 
D wight  Simonds,  and  Ida  E.  (Merriam)  Simonds.  He  is  of 
English  ancestry. 

Prepared  at  Gushing  Academy,  where  he  went  in  for  ath- 
letics of  all  kinds.  In  college  he  was  on  the  Varsity  Baseball 
Team  in  Freshman  year  until  he  ' '  threw  his  arm  out ' '  pitching. 
He  went  south  on  the  Easter  trip  that  year,  played  first  base 
on  the  Freshman  Team,  and  the  same  position  on  the  Class 
Team  in  Sophomore  year.  He  played  tennis  some  in  Junior 
and  Senior  years.    He  received  a  Senior  colloquy  appointment. 

He  married  on  September  20,  1906,  in  Allston,  Mass.,  Zulma 
E.  Lunt,  a  graduate  of  Gorham  Normal  School,  daughter  of 
George  W.  Lunt,  of  West  Tremont,  Me.  They  have  a  son, 
Ralph  Merriam,  Jr.,  bom  June  10,  1911,  in  Arlington,  Mass. 

On  July  28, 1902,  he  entered  the  employ  of  the  Graton 
&  Knight  Manufacturing  Company,  manufacturers  of 
leather  belting,  Worcester,  Mass.,  and  spent  some  fif- 
teen months  in  different  departments  in  the  main  ofiQce. 


630  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

He  was  then  sent  to  Philadelphia  as  assistant  manager 
of  the  branch  in  that  city,  remaining  one  year.  Seven 
months  follo\^dng  were  spent  traveling  for  the  com- 
pany in  Pennsylvania,  Maryland,  Virginia  and  Wash- 
ington, D.  C,  and  then  he  returned  to  the  Worcester 
office,  entered  the  advertising  department,  being 
engaged  in  follow-up  work.  August  20,  1906,  he  went 
with  the  Sherwin-Williams  Company,  in  their  Boston 
office,  and  took  charge  of  the  promoting  department. 
He  remained  in  that  position  three  years  and  then  went 
with  Wadsworth,  Howland  &  Company,  in  Boston,  in 
the  same  line  of  business,  paints,  varnishes  and  paint- 
ers' supplies.  In  February,  1910,  he  assumed  his  pres- 
ent duties  as  New  England  sales  manager  for  the  Globe 
Register  Company,  manufacturers  of  autographic 
registers. 

He  is  a  Republican. 

Si  gives  an  epitome  of  his  life:  ''Started  at  the 
bottom  in  a  clerical  position,  worked  my  way  along  to 
assistant  manager  of  a  branch  sales  office,  was  on  the 
road  for  a  year  as  traveling  salesman,  put  in  three 
years  as  manager  of  a  correspondence  department 
engaged  in  working  up  new  business  in  connection 
with  a  large  force  of  salesmen,  and  for  the  past  two 
years  have  been  New  England  sales  manager  for  the 
Globe  Register  Company  of  Cincinnati,  Ohio."  As  to 
foreign  travels,  ''not  fortunate  enough,  or  in  plain 
English,  have  not  had  the  wherewithal."  But  per- 
sistency like  this  tells  and  it  will  be  a  different  story  in 
the  next  book,  I  am  thinking.    [Ed.  comment.] 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  531 

Frank  Hiiestis  Sincerbeaux 

"With  Bowers  &  Sands,  lawyers,  31  Nassau  Street,  New  York 

City 

Residence,  140  Wadsworth  Avenue,  New  York  City 

Born  July  12,  1874,  in  Kelloggsville,  Cayuga  County,  N.  Y., 
the  son  of  Edward  M.  Sincerbeaux,  a  retired  teacher,  and 
Mary  Elizabeth  (Rooks)  Sincerbeaux.  He  is  of  English  de- 
scent on  the  maternal  side  and  of  Dutch  on  the  paternal 
branch.  His  Yale  relatives  are  a  brother,  Chauncey  Milton 
Sincerbeaux,  1905,  and  a  cousin,  John  Carroll  Slade,  1905. 

Prepared  at  Moravia  Union  High  School  and  Oneonta 
State  Normal  School,  where  he  participated  in  amateur  theat- 
ricals, debating,  literary  and  oratorical  contests.  In  college 
he  was  Class  deacon,  president  of  the  Yale  Union,  member  of 
the  Wigwam  Debating  Club,  member  of  the  team  which 
debated  against  Harvard  in  1900  and  Princeton  in  1901; 
received  honors  in  English  composition  in  Sophomore  year, 
second  Ten  Eyck  Junior  year,  Thacher  debating  prize,  1900; 
Waterman  scholar,  1899-1900,  1900-01.  He  received  a  philo- 
sophical oration  appointment  Junior  year  and  an  oration 
appointment  Senior  year,  was  Class  Orator,  Salutatorian,  and 
elected  to  Phi  Beta  Kappa.  He  received  Class  vote  for  man 
most  to  be  admired.  His  societies  were  Psi  Upsilon  and  Skull 
and  Bones. 

He  married  on  June  30,  1903,  in  Edmeston,  N.  Y.,  Jessie 
Marion  Batterson,  daughter  of  Elmer  E.  Batterson,  deceased. 
They  have  one  daughter,  Helen  Frances,  born  June  18,  1906, 
in  New  York  City. 

On  graduation  he  entered  Columbia  Law  School, 
where  he  was  a  member  of  the  board  of  editors  of  the 
Columbia  Law  Review,  1904-05,  Phi  Delta  Phi  and 
Temple  Court.  During  1905-06  he  was  with  Allied  Real 
Estate  Interests,  and  then  entered  the  law  office  of 
Bowers  &  Sands,  his  present  connection. 


532  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

He  received  the  degree  of  LL.B.  at  Columbia  in 
1905.  He  is  a  Republican.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Methodist  Church  and  interested  in  various  fields  of 
Y.  M.  C.  A.  work,  particularly  in  the  boys'  depart- 
ment. He  has  addressed  frequent  boys'  and  men's 
meetings  in  New  York  City,  Lowell,  Fall  River,  New 
Bedford  and  Springfield,  Mass.,  Hartford,  Conn.; 
Providence,  R.  I.,  Schenectady,  Troy  and  Niagara 
Falls,  N.  Y.  For  two  years  he  was  leader  of  the  Men's 
Bible  class  at  the  West  End  Presbyterian  Church, 
New  York  City. 

Frank  sends  a  pleasant  letter.  Here  it  is  in  full: 
"I'm  sorry  I  can't  tell  you  all  of  the  wonderful  things 
that  have  come  my  way  since  getting  educated.  One 
of  the  biggest  surprises  of  my  life  is  to  find  myself 
a  lawyer  instead  of  a  teacher  or  parson  or  something 
of  the  kind.  During  the  last  year  at  Yale,  I  couldn't 
have  guessed  it.  But  the  fact  is,  here  I  am  living  in 
little  old  New  York,  and  grubbing  away  at  the  rather 
gruelling  business  of  the  law.  By  the  grace  of  rich 
men  with  sons  who  didn't  love  the  acquisition  of 
knowledge,  I  got  an  LL.B.  from  Columbia,  and  after 
a  mnter  of  campaigning  over  New  York  State,  settled 
down  in  one  of  those  ancient  machine  shops  of  legal 
precedents  located  on  Nassau  Street.  There  the  grind 
goes  on  day  in  and  day  out,  its  little  variety  being 
those  joy  rides  at  the  beginning  and  end  of  the  day  in 
the  subway.  Perhaps  you  remember  that  I  debated 
some  at  Yale.  That  reputation  seems  to  hold  among 
my  old  Yale  friends.  But  of  all  the  useless  acquisi- 
tions I  have — that  has  proved  the  most. 

''Well,  I'm  married  and  have  a  kid  in  the  kinder- 
garten. That's  another  story  and  a  mighty  good  one, 
too." 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  533 

Edward  Levi  Skinner 
Farming  at  the  Walnut  Hill  Farm,  Ottawa,  Kans. 

Born  January  23,  1877,  in  Westfield,  N.  Y.,  the  son  of 
John  Arthur  Skinner,  a  banker,  and  Jeannie  (York)  Skinner. 
A  cousin,  Alburn  Edward  Skinner,  was  graduated  at  Yale 
in  the  Class  of  1895. 

Prepared  at  Phillips  Academy,  Andover.  In  college  he 
sang  on  the  Freshman  Glee  Club,  was  a  Class  deacon,  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Wigwam  Debating  Society  and  its  membership 
committee,  chairman  of  the  Bible  study  committee,  Y.  M. 
C.  A.,  1901-02,  a  member  of  the  executive  committee  of  the 
Berkeley  Association,  received  a  Senior  colloquy  appoint- 
ment.   He  was  a  member  of  Delta  Kappa  Epsilon. 

He  married  on  September  2,  1907,  Edith  Goodin,  daughter 
of  Charles  Goodin,  a  broker,  of  Ottawa,  Kans.  They  have  one 
daughter. 

On  graduation  he  continued  study  at  the  Episcopal 
Theological  School  in  Cambridge  for  two  years,  and 
preached  in  Hingham,  North  Scituate  and  Rockland, 
Mass.  In  October,  1904,  he  went  to  Ottawa,  Kans., 
where  he  was  chosen  rector  of  Grace  Church,  in  July, 
1905,  being  elected  secretary  of  the  Ottawa  Chautauqua 
and  editor  of  the  Chautauqua  Assembly  Herald.  He 
served  in  the  ministry  three  years  and  was  then  forced 
to  give  it  up  on  account  of  ill  health.  He  has  since 
operated  a  farm  near  Ottawa,  having  at  present  about 
125  acres. 

He  is  a  Republican. 

Why  Ed  doesn't  say  more  no  one  knows,  but  he  isn't 
as  good  a  correspondent  as  he  once  was  and  it's  too 
bad,  for  he's  a  good  talker. 


534  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

Frank  Joseph  Sladen,  M.D. 

Resident  Physician,  Johns  Hopkins  Hospital,  and  Associate 
in  Medicine,  Johns  Hopkins  University,  Baltimore,  Md. 

Residence,  Johns  Hopkins  Hospital,  Baltimore,  Md. 

Bom  January  6,  1882,  in  West  Point,  N.  Y.,  the  son  of 
Major  Joseph  Alton  Sladen,  M.D.  Bellevue  Medical  College 
1872,  United  States  Army  (died  January  25,  1911),  and 
Martha  Frances  (Winchester)  Sladen.  He  is  of  English 
ancestry. 

Prepared  at  the  Bishop  Scott  Military  Academy,  Portland, 
Ore.  In  college  he  took  the  Oregon  Alumxii  Association  prize 
for  the  highest  mark  on  entrance  examinations  of  men  from 
Oregon  ("only  two  entered").  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Apollo  Banjo  and  Mandolin  clubs  during  Sophomore  and 
Junior  years,  and  the  University  clubs  in  Senior  year,  and 
was  a  member  of  the  Cross  Country  Club.  He  received  ora- 
tion appointments  Junior  and  Senior  years.  His  society  was 
Zeta  Psi. 

He  is  unmarried. 

On  graduation  he  entered  Johns  Hopkins  Univer- 
sity and  has  continued  to  make  his  residence  in  Balti- 
more since  that  time,  serving  in  the  hospital  in  various 
capacities  and  instructing  in  the  University.  While 
a  student  in  the  Medical  School  he  was  a  member  of 
Pithotomy  Club,  1905-06,  Alpha  Omega  Alpha,  was 
elected  to  Phi  Beta  Kappa,  a  member  of  Honorary 
Medical  Society,  and  faculty  adviser,  1906-12.  He 
played  on  the  banjo  and  mandolin  clubs  during  his 
first  years  at  the  Medical  School.  He  spent  the  year 
1909-10  in  Berlin  and  Breslau  with  Heubner,  Esherich 
and  Czriny. 

He  is  a  Republican.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Baptist 
Church.    He  has  published  numerous  articles  on  medi- 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  535 

cal  subjects,  most  of  which  were  first  presented  before 
medical  societies  or  associations. 

Doc  writes  in  his  pleasant,  competent  way : ' '  Came  to 
the  sunny  South  the  fall  after  graduation  and  entered 
medical  department  of  Johns  Hopkins  University, 
determined  to  get  to  work.  Russ,  Burlingham, 
Thacher  and  Ingraham,  '02  S.,  in  the  same  class. 
Roomed  with  Ingraham.  Relaxed  with  the  banjo  on 
the  Hopkins  clubs  and  played  on  the  Hopkins  baseball 
team,  captained  by  Whipple,  Yale  1900.  Managed  to 
stand  high  enough  to  pull  an  interneship  in  medicine 
in  the  Johns  Hopkins  Hospital.  And  here  I  have  been 
ever  since!  Have  been  put  through  the  various  staff 
positions  on  the  wards  and  in  the  laboratories,  until 
now  I  am  the  resident  physician — since  December, 
1910.  Hold  dual  positions,  teaching  in  medical  school, 
assistant  in  medicine,  instructor,  and  now  associate  in 
medicine.  Do  a  great  deal  of  teaching,  like  it  very 
much,  and  hope  to  continue  a  university  life  with  con- 
sultation work  in  internal  medicine.  Spent  1909-10 
abroad,  studying  in  Berlin,  Vienna  and  Munich,  with  a 
loaf  in  France  and  England.  These  ten  years  have 
been  broken  by  transcontinental  trips  to  Portland,  Ore., 
my  home  until  recently.  My  future  may  be  in  Balti- 
more. It's  hard  to  tell.  I  shall  retain  my  present  posi- 
tion for  at  least  a  year  more. ' ' 


Aubrey  Adam  Smith 
President  of  the  Smith  National  Bank,  St.  Edward,  Neh. 

Born  January  7,  1879,  in  St.  Edward,  Neb.,  the  son  of 
Pierson  D.  Smith,  who  attended  the  University  of  Chicago  and 
Northwestern  University,  formerly  president  of  the  Smith 
National  Bank,  now  in  the  grain  business,  and  Martha  Shaw 


536  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

(McMillan)  Smith.  He  writes  that  his  ancestry  is  "mostly 
Scotch,"  An  uncle,  William  Redding  Smith,  is  an  ex-member 
of  the  Yale  Class  of  1859. 

Prepared  at  Lawrenceville  School,  Lawrenceville,  N.  J., 
where  he  writes  that  he  "played  on  house  teams  and  made 
some  kind  of  a  speech  Class  day. ' '  At  Yale  he  was  a  member 
of  the  Kraut  Club,  University  Club  and  Psi  Upsilon, 

He  is  unmarried. 

Since  graduation  he  has  been  in  the  banking  business 
in  St.  Edward,  and  has  held  the  offices  of  vice-presi- 
dent and  president  (his  position  at  the  present  time) 
in  the  Smith  National  Bank. 

He  is  a  Republican  in  politics.  In  1907  he  was  state 
representative,  and  in  1911  was  elected  state  senator 
from  the  ninth  district  of  Nebraska.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Omaha  and  Omaha  Racquet  clubs,  and  is  a 
Mason  and  an  Elk. 

Allie  sends  but  one  sound,  out  of  the  West,  and  that 
the  clink  of  one  gold  piece  upon  another,  and  despite 
his  vocal  silence,  his  money  talks  at  every  reunion,  as 
those  who  have  run  them  know. 


Charles  Winslow  Smith 

Treasurer  of  the  Sherwood  Shoe  Company,  203  South  Good- 
man Street,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

Residence,  8  Livingston  Park,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

Born  June  6, 1880,  in  Waterbury,  Conn.,  the  son  of  Edward 
Winslow  Smith,  who  was  in  the  insurance  business  (died  in 
December,  1904),  and  Jane  A.  (Webb)  Smith.  He  is  of 
English  ancestry. 

Prepared  at  Williston  Seminary,  Easthampton,  Mass., 
where  he  was  a  member  of  the  glee  club,  baseball  team,  basket- 
ball team,  tennis  champion  and  received  a  scholarship  prize. 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  537 

At  Yale  he  sang  on  the  Freshman,  Apollo  and  University 
Glee  clubs  and  was  a  member  of  the  college  choir  for  three 
years.  He  played  scrub  baseball  on  the  Grub  Street,  Tight- 
wads and  appointment  teams.  He  received  first  dispute 
appointments. 

He  married  on  September  28,  1905,  Carolyn  Augusta  Sher- 
wood, daughter  of  Frederick  Augustus  Sherwood,  president 
of  the  Sherwood  Shoe  Company,  of  Rochester,  N.  Y.  They 
have  two  sons  and  a  daughter,  all  born  in  Rochester,  N.  Y. : 
Sherwood  Winslow,  born  October  18,  1908 ;  Burton  Cheney, 
born  April  23,  1910,  and  Barbara  Carolyn,  born  August  27, 
1911. 

He  was  master  of  mathematics  and  music  at  the 
Hoosac  School,  Hoosick,  N.  Y.,  from  1902  to  1904,  then 
moved  to  Rochester  and  entered  the  employ  of  the 
Sherwood  Shoe  Company,  manufacturers.  He  was 
made  treasurer  and  a  director  in  1907. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church, 
superintendent  of  the  Sunday  school  and  a  director 
of  the  Boys'  Department  at  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.  He  is  a 
director  of  the  University  Club  of  Rochester,  member 
of  the  executive  committee  of  the  Rochester  Lawn 
Tennis  Club,  member  of  the  board  of  managers  of  the 
Infants'  Summer  Hospital  and  is  treasurer  of  the 
Yale  Club  of  Rochester. 

Charlie  writes:  "The  chances  are  the  story  of  my 
life  since  graduation  will  be  of  no  interest  to  any  of 
the  Class  except  myself.  My  lot  the  last  ten  years  has 
fallen  into  pleasant  places,  and  I  am  grateful  for  much 
good  fortune. 

''Enjoyed  the  first  two  years  after  graduation  as 
master  of  mathematics  and  music  in  Hoosac  School, 
Hoosick,  N.  Y. 

''In  the  fall  of  1904  moved  to  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  and 
entered  the  employ  of  Sherwood  Shoe  Company,  manu- 


538  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

facturers.  At  that  time  we  were  getting  out  1,200  pairs 
of  ladies'  shoes  per  day.  Our  business  has  prospered 
beyond  all  expectation  and  we  are  now  making  6,000 
pairs  per  day.  Account  for  the  growth  by  the  fact 
that  we  make  an  honest  article  and  one  that  is  in 
demand  at  all  times,  no  matter  whether  hard  or  good. 

**In  1907  was  made  treasurer  and  director  of  com- 
pany. Married  in  1905,  as  per  above,  and  will  back 
my  three  young  ones  to  the  limit  against  any  in  their 
class. 

"My  ten  years  since  graduation  have  been  quiet,  but 
most  pleasant  and  full  of  interest  to  me. " 

Herbert  William  Smith 

Lawyer,  32  Liberty  Street,  New  York  City 

Residence,  Larchmont  Manor,  N.  Y. 

Born  June  15,  1880,  in  North  Haven,  Conn.,  the  son  of 
Herbert  P.  Smith,  and  Mary  Jeannette  (Johnson)  Smith.  He 
is  of  English  and  Scotch  descent.  His  Yale  relatives  are : 
Ezra  Stiles,  1746,  former  president  of  Yale  College;  Ells- 
worth Johnson  Smith,  1900  S.,  a  brother;  Ernest  Ellsworth 
Smith,  1888  S.,  and  Harold  Ellsworth  Smith,  1911,  cousins. 

Prepared  at  Hopkins  Grammar  School,  "where  youthful 
escapades  and  study  occupied  his  attention."  He  "lived 
at  home  during  Freshman  year,  for  which  great  disadvantage 
did  I  reap,  in  that  such  conduct  cannot  promote  one  much 
in  real  Yale  life  and  in  meeting  upper  classmen,  of  vital 
importance  in  Freshman  life. ' '  He  was  a  member  of  the  Uni- 
versity Glee  Club  Junior  and  Senior  years,  received  a  first 
colloquy  Junior  and  a  dispute  Senior  appointment. 

He  married  on  September  4,  1906,  Gertrude  Louise  Tooke,  a 
graduate  of  St.  Luke's  Hospital  Training  School  for  Nurses, 
New  York  City,  daughter  of  Benjamin  Tooke,  a  manufacturer, 
of  Montreal,  Canada.     They  have  two  children,  both  born  in 


AUTOBIOGEAPHIES  539 

Larchmont  Manor,  N.  Y. :  Mary  Parker,  born  July  7,  1908, 
and  Herbert  William,  Jr.,  born  May,  1911. 

He  entered  the  Columbia  Law  School  in  the  fall  of 
1902,  and  in  1906  began  to  practice  law  with  John 
Brooks  Leavitt.  He  is  now  in  independent  practice, 
and  is  president  of  the  C.  &  D.  Company  of  New  York 
City. 

He  received  the  degrees  of  M.A.  and  LL.B.  at  Colum- 
bia in  1905.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Health  of 
Larchmont  Manor,  a  member  of  the  Protestant  Episco- 
pal Church,  the  Yale  Club  of  New  York  City,  Horse- 
shoe Harbor  Club  and  Larchmont  Fire  Department. 

Herb  writes  thus :  * '  The  Triennial  Record  published 
about  Sexennial  contains  a  brief  of  my  record  to 
approximate  date  of  publication.  Since  then  I  have 
been  a  commuter  between  Larchmont  and  New  York, 
for  which  I  have  to  shell  out  eight  beans  per  monat 
to  Graham  Mellen's  father's  railroad.  Since  Sexen- 
nial I  have  visited  Porto  Rico  again  and  didn't  get 
a  bite  or  bitten.  Have  oscillated  between  New  York  and 
Montreal  considerably.  Sojourned  with  my  better  half 
at  Geneva,  Switzerland,  last  summer  (1911). 

''Am  holder  of  championship  record  on  Knicker- 
bocker Golf  links,  short-long  course,  with  Dick  Tilling- 
hast.  Pop  Collins  and  Binnie  Morison  close  seconds." 


Keith  Smith 
Rancher  and  Farmer,  Linwood,  Utah 

Born  December  27,  1878,  in  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  the  son  of 
Frank  W.  Smith,  and  Frances  Meiggs  (Keith)  Smith.  He 
is  of  Scotch  and  English  ancestry.  A  brother,  Sanford  Minor 
Smith,  was  an  ex-member  of  the  Class  of  1894  S. 


540  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

Prepared  at  Andover,  where  he  managed  the  track  team, 
was  business  manager  of  the  Pot  Poiirri,  president  of  Forum, 
Inquiry  and  School,  and  a  member  of  K.  0.  A.  At  Yale  he 
was  president  of  the  Freshman  Football  Association,  and  a 
member  of  the  Wigwam  Debating  Club,  University  Club  and 
Corinthian  Yacht  Club.  He  received  a  Senior  colloquy 
appointment.  His  societies  were  Eta  Phi  (campaign  com- 
mittee), Alpha  Delta  Phi  (campaign  committee)  and  Wolf's 
Head. 

He  married  on  December  1,  1905,  in  New  York  City,  Helen 
Alice  Garrett,  Bryn  Mawr  ej;-1905,  daughter  of  Thomas  Gar- 
rett, a  manufacturer,  of  Staten  Island.  They  have  two  chil- 
dren, both  born  on  Staten  Island,  N.  Y. :  Keith,  Jr.,  born 
September  1,  1906,  and  Susan  Alice,  born  December  10,  1909. 

Since  graduation  he  has  been  engaged  in  farming 
and  ranching  in  the  far  West.  In  addition  to  his  farm- 
ing interests  he  has  been  postmaster  of  Linwood  since 
1904,  took  over  the  management  of  a  general  store  in 
1907,  is  president  of  the  Smith  Dunton  Sheep  Com- 
pany, Inc.,  secretary  and  treasurer  of  Smith  Brothers 
&  Field,  Inc.,  treasurer  of  Smith  &  Larsen  Mercantile 
Company,  Inc.,  and  secretary  and  treasurer  of  Peoples 
Canal  Company,  Inc. 

He  is  a  "strictly  conservative  Republican."  He  is 
an  Episcopalian,  though  not  a  member  of  the  church. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Yale  Club  of  New  York  City. 

Keith,  as  usual,  underestimates,  as  follows:  "Came 
out  pioneering  July  after  graduation  and  made  camp 
in  the  sagebrush  fifty  miles  south  of  Green  River, 
Wyo.,  the  western  terminus  of  the  Union  Pacific.  All 
ten  years  since  have  been  taken  up  witli  plowing,  plant- 
ing, irrigating,  harvesting  and  feeding  the  crops  to 
cattle,  horses,  hogs,  chickens  and  sheep,  and  the  end 
is  not  yet  in  sight.  Got  a  postoffice  and  was  appointed 
postmaster  of  Linwood,  Utah,  in  1904,  and  am  still  it. 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  541 

Took  on  a  side  line,  consisting  of  a  modest  but  healthy 
general  store,  in  1907,  and  in  1909,  the  cattle  men's 
dead  line  being  withdrawn,  I  annexed  a  band  of  range 
sheep. 

''That  is  all,  I  believe,  my  marriage  and  two  chil- 
dren 's  births  being  mentioned  above.  I  might  add  that 
I  have  found  this  '  return  to  nature '  a  long,  uphill  game 
in  some  respects,  mighty  pleasant  in  others,  and  that 
as  yet  I  see  no  prospect  of  a  return  to  'white  men'  and 
the  arts  of  civilization. ' ' 

Scott  Lord  Smith,  M.D. 

Physician,  33  Cannon  Street,  Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y. 

Born  October  23,  1878,  in  Morristown,  N.  J.,  the  son  of 
Edwin  Everett  Smith,  M.D.,  Dartmouth  1868,  a  physician,  and 
Janette  (Lord)  Smith.    He  is  of  English  ancestry. 

Prepared  at  Hotchkiss  School,  Lakeville,  and  in  college  had 
"a  mighty  good  time  and  somehow  got  through  without  con- 
ditions."    He  received  a  Senior  colloquy  appointment. 

He  married  on  March  23,  1910,  Mildred  Gorham,  a  graduate 
of  Dalhousie  University,  daughter  of  John  William  Gorham, 
of  Halifax,  Nova  Scotia.  They  have  one  son,  John  Lord  Gor- 
ham, born  January  9,  1911,  in  Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y. 

He  took  the  course  at  the  College  of  Physicians  and 
Surgeons,  Columbia,  where  he  was  a  member  of  the 
Omega  Club,  and  then  served  in  a  number  of  different 
hospitals.  In  1909  he  accepted  an  appointment  as 
attending  physician  at  the  Vassar  Brothers  Hospital, 
Poughkeepsie,  and  began  the  practice  of  medicine  in 
that  city. 

He  received  the  degree  of  M.D.  at  Columbia  in  1906. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Congregational  Church, 
American  Medical  Association,  County  and  State  asso- 
ciations and  the  Yale  Club  of  New  York  City. 


542  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

Here  is  Scotty's  idea  of  becoming  a  doctor:  "First 
four  years  were  spent  in  medical  school,  living  in  one 
boarding  house  after  another,  engaged  in  one  unending 
grind  in  the  effort  to  'make  a  hospital.'  That  finally 
culminated  in  an  appointment  to  Roosevelt  Hospital, 
beginning  January  1,  1907,  served  there  six  months  as 
ambulance  surgeon  and  eighteen  months  on  the  medi- 
cal side,  finishing  as  house  physician  in  January,  1909. 
After  three  months  at  the  Sloane  Maternity  Hospital, 
also  in  New  York,  I  was  offered  the  appointment  of 
attending  physician  at  the  Vassar  Brothers  Hospital 
at  Poughkeepsie,  with  the  understanding  that  I  would 
start  a  private  practice  in  the  town.  I  am  still  work- 
ing on  that  practice  and  it  is  grooving,  but  it  needs 
everlasting  looking  after." 


Keith  Spalding 

President  of  the  Durand  Steel  Locker  Company,  76  West 
Monroe  Street,  Chicago,  111. 

Residence,  2626  Prairie  Avenue,  Chicago,  111. 

Born  October  7,  1877,  in  Chicago,  111.,  the  son  of  Albert  G. 
Spalding,  an  athletic  goods  manufacturer,  and  Sarah  Jose- 
phine (Keith)  Spalding  (died  July  10,  1899).  Of  English 
ancestry  on  his  father's  side  and  of  Scotch  on  his  mother's. 
Two  cousins  have  graduated  at  Yale:  Horace  Spalding 
Brown,  1900  S.,  and  Henry  Boardman  Spalding,  1908  S. 

Prepared  at  the  Hill  School,  Pottstown,  Pa.  In  college  he 
was  a  member  of  the  Fencing  Team,  treasurer  of  the  Fencing 
Club  in  1901  and  president  in  1902,  University  Glee  Club  and 
secretary  in  1901,  Kneiselet  Quartet,  first  Wrangler.  He 
received  second  colloquy  appointments.  He  was  a  member 
of  Delta  Kappa  Epsilon. 


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AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  543 

He  married  on  December  29,  1906,  Mrs.  Eudora  Hull  Gay- 
lord,  a  graduate  of  Monticello  Seminary,  daughter  of  Morton 
B.  Hull,  a  lumber  merchant  and  banker,  of  Chicago,  who  died 
in  1895. 

He  has  divided  his  time  since  graduation  between 
ranching  in  Colorado  and  California  and  manufactur- 
ing in  Chicago. 

He  is  a  Taft  Eepublican.  His  clubs  are  the  Uni- 
versity of  Chicago,  Chicago  Athletic  Club,  and  Midlo- 
thian Country  and  the  Pasadena  Country  Club  of 
California. 

Keith  writes :  ' '  Directly  after  leaving  New  Haven  I 
went  into  the  cattle  business  in  Colorado,  where  I 
remained  for  about  a  year  and  a  half,  at  the  end  of 
which  time  I  went  to  San  Diego,  Calif.,  to  take  charge 
of  my  father's  horse  ranch  there. 

**In  January,  1905, 1  moved  to  Chicago  and  went  into 
partnership  with  my  step-brother,  Durand  Churchill, 
in  the  manufacturing  of  steel  lockers,  steel  shelving 
and  general  steel  factory  equipment.  My  partner's 
health  broke  down  early  in  1907  and  in  the  latter  part 
of  that  year  I  incorporated  the  business  under  the 
name  of  the  Durand  Steel  Locker  Company,  an 
Hlinois  corporation,  at  the  same  time  moving 
our  plant  from  Chicago  to  Waukegan,  HI.  In  the 
spring  of  1910  this  plant  was  burned  to  the  ground. 
We  were  insured  in  full  and  bought  an  absolutely  fire- 
proof plant  at  Chicago  Heights,  111.,  where  we  are  now 
located. 

"For  the  last  several  years  I  have  been  spending 
about  half  the  year  in  California,  managing  a  large 
citrus  ranch  in  Ventura  County. 

"The  only  foreign  travel  I  have  had  since  leaving 
college  was  a  trip  to  Japan  two  years  ago. ' ' 


544  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

Franklin  Maynard  Spear 

Buyer  for  William  Filene's  Sons  Company,  specialty  outfit- 
ters, Boston,  Mass. 

Born  May  1,  1880,  in  Methuen,  Mass.,  the  son  of  Frederick 
Augustus  Spear,  of  the  American  Pneumatic  Company,  and 
Laura  A.  (Stiles)  Spear.    He  is  of  English  ancestry. 

Prepared  at  Phillips  Academy,  Andover,  Mass.  In  college 
he  was  manager  of  the  University  Band  for  two  years,  played 
on  the  Yale  Orchestra,  went  out  for  the  track  team  in  Junior 
year  and  was  a  member  of  the  University  Club. 

He  is  unmarried. 

From  1902  to  1906  he  was  with  Forbes  &  Wallace, 
Springfield,  Mass.,  taking  a  regular  apprenticeship  in 
the  retail  dry  goods  business.  He  was  assistant  man- 
ager and  superintendent  of  the  store  of  the  Consoli- 
dated Dry  Goods  Company  of  Poughkeepsie  for  one 
year  and  then  became  connected  with  William  Filene's 
Sons  Company,  specialty  outfitters,  of  Boston,  Mass. 
He  is  now  buyer  for  the  company. 

He  has  taken  one  trip  to  Havana  and  one  to  New 
Orleans.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Boston  Chamber  of 
Commerce,  Retail  Trade  Board,  Boston  City  Club  and 
the  Yale  Club  of  New  York  City. 

Frank  has  a  purpose.  **Ten  years  of  good  hard 
work,"  he  writes,  ''with  short  vacations  and  hours 
plenty  long,  but  in  a  line  of  business  that  has  the  great- 
est future  for  college  men,  is  intensely  interesting,  and 
has  great  possibilities.  I  hope  to  be  able  one  of  these 
days,  through  example  or  influence,  to  show  the  Y^ale 
fellows  just  what  the  Science  of  Merchandising  is,  and 
what  there  is  in  it.     (Dartmouth  is  realizing  it.) " 


AUTOBIOGEAPHIES  545 

Lyman  Spitzer 

Secretary  and  Manager  of  the  Spitzer  Building  Company, 
Spitzer  Building,  Toledo,  Ohio 

Residence,  448  "West  Woodruff  Avenue,  Toledo,  Ohio 

Born  FebruaTy  2,  1880,  in  North  Amherst,  Mass.,  the 
son  of  Adelbert  L.  Spitzer,  a  banker,  and  Sarah  E.  (Strong) 
Spitzer.  He  is  descended  from  New  York  Yankees.  Two 
brothers  are  also  Yale  graduates:  Carl  Bovee  Spitzer,  1899, 
and  Roland  Adelbert  Spitzer,  1909. 

Prepared  at  Andover,  where  he  was  on  the  board  of  the 
school  paper,  the  Phillipian.  He  was  an  associate  editor  of 
the  News  from  1899  to  1901,  and  editor  in  Senior  year ;  editor 
of  the  Banner  (Bicentennial  issue),  and  one  of  the  under- 
graduate editors  of  the  Alumni  Weekly.  He  heeled  the  Track 
Team,  more  or  less,  the  whole  four  years,  was  a  member  of  the 
Cross  Country  Club  and  Corinthian  Yacht  Club.  He  received 
two  year  honors  in  English  and  economics  and  oration 
appointments  for  the  course.    He  was  a  member  of  Zeta  Psi. 

He  married  on  September  19,  1906,  Blanche  Carey  Brum- 
back,  Vassar  1906,  daughter  of  Hon.  Orville  Sanford  Brum- 
back,  Princeton,  1877,  an  attorney,  of  Toledo,  Ohio.  They 
have  two  daughters,  both  born  in  Toledo,  Ohio :  Lydia  Carey, 
born  October  7,  1909,  and  Luette  Ruth,  born  July  25,  1911. 

Since  graduation  he  has  been  with  Spitzer  &  Com- 
pany, bankers,  and  the  Spitzer  Building  Company, 
both  of  Toledo,  Ohio.  He  is  secretary  and  treasurer 
of  the  Carleton  Building  Company,  a  small  family  con- 
cern, and  trustee  of  the  Toledo  Stock  Exchange. 

He  was  a  councilman  from  the  Seventh  Ward  of 
Toledo  for  two  years.  He  is  a  trustee  of  the  First 
Congregational  Church  of  Toledo,  was  a  trustee  of  the 
Business  Men's  Club,  later  of  the  Toledo  Commerce 
Club,  its  successor.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Toledo  and 
Toledo  Country  clubs.    He  has  written  several  articles 


546  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

on  bonds.  He  has  recently  been  appointed  commis- 
sioner of  parks  of  Toledo,  the  term  of  office  being  three 
years. 

Lyman's  breezy  letter  follows:  **I  am  neither  an 
artist  nor  a  poet,  and  my  pen  is  not  as  nimble  as  when 
I  heeled  the  News,  so  it  is  difficult  to  give  you  a  graphic 
account  of  my  life  since  graduation.  How  would  it  be 
if  I  sent  you  a  batch  of  cancelled  checks?  These  will 
show  a  year's  residence  at  the  Yale  Club  in  New  York 
while  I  was  acquiring  the  rudiments  of  the  bond  busi- 
ness; then  a  year  spent  peddling  bonds  all  over  the 
State  of  Maine.  The  checks  will  then  show  a  local 
cancellation  stamp,  as  I  returned  to  Toledo  and  went 
in  the  home  office  of  Spitzer  &  Company,  bankers  and 
dealers  in  bonds.  There  will  be  nothing  of  special 
interest  in  these  checks  for  a  year  or  so,  until  1906, 
when  a  sudden  burst  of  checks  drawn  to  furniture  deal- 
ers, decorators,  etc.,  indicate  my  marriage.  Now  you 
will  notice  a  steady  crescendo  of  checks,  many  written 
in  a  feminine  hand,  while  an  occasional  reference  to 
nurses  or  baby  buggies  shows  that  I  have  not  forgotten 
my  duty.  This  steady  tide  of  checks  is  still  rising,  and 
if  they  and  my  family  increase  proportionately,  will 
perhaps  engulf  me  before  our  next  Decennial. 

*'(0n  second  thought,  I  will  not  send  those  checks. 
They  might  scare  some  of  the  unmarried  fellows.) 

'  *  My  past  ten  years  have  been  happy,  contented  and 
uneventful.  I  left  the  bond  business  about  four  years 
ago  and  worked  for  the  Spitzer  Building  Company; 
I  am  now  manager.  We  have  a  ten-story  office  building 
with  about  700  offices,  so  that  I  am  busy  keeping  rooms 
painted,  windows  washed  and  tenants  satisfied.  My 
two  brothers  are  still  in  the  bond  business,  being  part- 
ners in  Spitzer,  Rorick  &  Company. 


AUTOBIOGEAPHIES  547 

''Like  many  of  the  Class,  I  have  tried  an  excursion 
into  politics  here  at  home.  In  1907 1  ran  for  the  Repub- 
lican nomination  for  councilman-at-large  and  did  not 
get  a  look-in.  In  1909  I  tried  for  councilman  from  my 
own  ward,  was  nominated  and  elected.  My  two  years 
in  the  city  council  were  very  interesting  and  rather 
enjoyable.  I  ran  again  in  1911,  but  was  defeated.  I  am 
afraid  that  I  will  never  make  a  good  politician. 

*'I  have  tried  to  take  part  in  the  civic  and  commer- 
cial life  of  the  city  and  I  think  that  I  have  done  some 
good.  This  class  of  work  demands  considerable  time 
and,  on  the  whole,  is  rather  disappointing  in  its  imme- 
diate results. 

*'A  wife  and  children  bring  contentment  and  com- 
fort; as  Bacon  says,  they  are  'hostages  to  fortune.' 
(Please  notice  this  trace  of  a  vanishing  education.) 
One  settles  back  into  well-worn  grooves ;  the  new  and 
untried  seem  no  longer  alluring;  the  fine  frenzy  of 
youth  is  gone ;  I  believe  I  am  getting  old. ' ' 


Edwin  Allen  Stebbins 

Treasurer,  Loomis,  Wilding  &  Stebbins  Company,  wholesale 
merchants  in  apples,  401  Cutler  Building,  Rochester, 

N.  Y. 

Residence,  Clover  Street,  Brighton,  N.  Y. 

Born  May  30,  1879,  in  Oswego,  N.  Y.,  the  son  of  Rev.  Henry 
Hamlin  Stebbins,  D.D.,  Yale  1862,  and  Julia  Frances  (Allen) 
Stebbins  (died  December  14,  1908).  Besides  his  father,  a 
brother,  Henry  Hamlin  Stebbins,  Jr.,  1904,  and  a  cousin, 
Alan  Fox,  1903,  have  graduated  from  Yale. 

Prepared  at  Phillips  Academy,  Andover,  Mass.  At  Yale 
he  received  a  second  elocution  prize,  a  colloquy  appointment 
in  Senior  year,  was  Class  deacon,  vice-president  of  the  Y.  M. 


548  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

C.  A.  in  1901  and  president  in  1902,  was  a  member  of  the 
Wigwam  Debating  Club,  the  University  Club,  Kappa  Psi,  Psi 
Upsilon  and  Skull  and  Bones. 

He  married  on  November  3,  1903,  in  Oswego,  N.  Y.,  Bessie 
deWolf  Ward,  daughter  of  General  Thomas  Ward,  West 
Point  1863,  of  Washington,  D.  C.  They  have  two  children: 
Edwin  Allen,  Jr.,  born  June  7,  1905,  in  Rochester,  and 
Katherine  deWolf,  born  March  19,  1908. 

After  graduation  he  was  general  secretary  of  the 
Young  Men's  Christian  Association  of  Yale  College 
for  a  year.  He  was  then  engaged  in  the  banking  busi- 
ness in  Rochester,  until  he  became  connected  with  the 
firm  of  which  he  is  now  a  member. 

He  is  an  elder  and  superintendent  of  the  Sunday 
School  of  the  Third  Presbyterian  Church  of  Rochester. 
Politically  he  is  a  Progressive  Republican.  He  served 
on  the  Triennial  and  Sexennial  Committees. 

Al  will  buttonhole  you  at  any  corner  and  tell  you, 
very  convincingly,  too,  why  you  should  be  Progressive. 
Have  a  care,  my  friend,  that  you  are  not  persuaded  too 
easily  for  you  will  miss  a  lot  of  entertaining  argument. 


Porter  Steele 

Partner  in  the  firm  of  Steele,  DeFriese  &  Steele,  lawyers, 
32  Liberty  Street,  New  York  City 

Residence,  33  Monroe  Place,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Bom  December  12,  1880,  in  Natchez,  Miss.,  the  son  of  Judge 
Hiram  R.  Steele,  a  lawyer,  and  Mary  E.  (Porter)  Steele  (died 
May  25,  1910).  He  is  of  English  descent.  His  great-great- 
great-grandfather,  Rev.  Stephen  Steele,  was  graduated  at 
Yale  in  1717,  two  brothers,  Roswell  Hiram  Steele,  1908,  and 
Charles  Messinger  Steele,  1910,  and  a  cousin,  Albert  Aston, 
1905. 


AUTOBIOGEAPHIES  549 

Prepared  at  Brooklyn  Polytechnic  Preparatory  School, 
where  he  belonged  to  the  musical  clubs.  In  college  he  was 
leader  of  the  University  Orchestra  and  the  University  Band 
Junior  and  Senior  years  and  a  member  of  the  New  Haven 
Symphony  Orchestra.  He  received  second  colloquy  appoint- 
ments. 

He  is  unmarried. 

On  graduation  he  entered  the  Columbia  Law  School, 
where  he  was  a  member  of  Delta  Kappa  Epsilon  and 
Phi  Delta  Phi.  In  1905  he  entered  the  law  office  of 
Steele,  DeFriese  &  Frothingham,  his  father's  firm,  and 
in  1908  was  admitted  to  the  firm  under  the  name  of 
Steele,  DeFriese  &  Steele.  Aside  from  his  profession 
he  has  continued  to  devote  a  great  deal  of  time  to  music, 
composing  instrumental  and  vocal  pieces  of  both  seri- 
ous and  popular  themes,  and  conducting  musical  plays. 
A  complete  list  of  his  compositions  will  be  found  in  the 
bibliographical  notes.  Since  January,  1906,  he  has 
been  a  trustee  for  the  Bondholders  committee  of  the 
Arizona  Water  Company. 

He  received  the  degree  of  LL.B.  from  Columbia  in 
1905.  He  is  a  Eepublican.  He  is  a  member  of  Christ 
Church  (Episcopal),  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  His  clubs  are 
the  Yale  of  New  York  City  and  the  Representatives 
Club  (honorary  member). 

Porter  is  giving,  I  am  glad  to  say,  more  time  to 
music.  He  writes : ' '  Have  finished  a  course  in  harmony 
counterpoint  and  composition  with  R.  Huntington 
Woodman,  the  composer,  and  expect  to  continue 
further  with  him  in  the  theory  of  music.  Expect 
eventually  to  give  up  the  greater  part  of  my  time  to 
composing. ' ' 


550  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

Melville  Alphonse  Stern 

Vice-President  of  Stem  Brothers,  dry  goods  merchants,  36 
West  Twenty-third  Street,  New  York  City 

Born  April  27,  1880,  in  New  York  City,  the  son  of  Louis 
Stern,  also  of  Stern  Brothers,  and  Lisette  (Strupp)  Stem 
(died  in  November,  1905).  A  cousin,  Robert  Bernhard  Stern, 
graduated  from  Yale  College  in  1910. 

Prepared  at  Dr.  Chapin's  and  Dr.  Sach's  schools  in  New 
York,  and  at  Yale  received  a  first  colloquy  appointment  in 
Junior  year  and  a  colloquy  appointment  in  Senior  year,  and 
was  a  member  of  the  Fencing  and  University  clubs. 

He  married  on  February  12,  1907,  in  New  York  City, 
Beatrice  L.  Hecht,  daughter  of  David  Hecht,  of  New  York 
City.  They  have  one  son,  Louis,  3d,  bom  June  27,  1909,  in 
New  York  City. 

He  has  been  in  the  dry  goods  business  with  Stern 
Brothers  of  New  York  ever  since  graduation. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Temple  EmanuEl,  and  belongs 
to  the  Yale,  Aldine  and  Republican  clubs  of  New  York. 

Mel  writes:  "I  am  in  receipt  of  your  favor  of  the 
18th  inst.,  regarding  the  Class  book. 

*'It  is  not  on  account  of  unwillingness  that  I  have 
not  complied  with  your  request,  but  because  my  life, 
like  so  many  others  in  a  great  city  like  ours,  has  been 
uneventful  and,  besides,  the  business  I  am  in  is  one 
that  can  only  interest  ladies  and  not  men." 

Henry  Budington  Stoddard 

Partner  in  law  firm  of  Marsh,  Stoddard  &  Day,  164  State 
Street,  Bridgeport,  Conn. 

Residence,  499  Washington  Avenue,  Bridgeport,  Conn. 

Born  April  15,  1880,  in  Bridgeport,  the  son  of  Goodwin 
Stoddard  (died  July  27,  1909),  formerly  a  lawyer,  and  Julia 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  551 

E.  (Sanford)  Stoddard.  His  ancestors  were  English.  A 
brother,  Sanford  Stoddard,  graduated  from  Yale  College  in 
1899. 

Prepared  at  St.  Paul's  School,  Concord,  N.  H.,  and  at  the 
Taft  School,  Watertown,  Conn.  At  Yale  he  played  third  base 
on  the  Freshman  Nine,  was  captain  of  the  University  Hockey 
Team,  member  of  the  Yale  Record  board,  a  second  Wrangler, 
and  a  member  of  Psi  Upsilon. 

He  is  unmarried. 

Stoddard  is  practicing  law  in  Bridgeport,  being  a 
member  of  Marsh,  Stoddard  &  Day.  In  1908  he  sent 
in  the  following  account  of  his  life : 

"My  life  since  graduation  has  been  quite  conven- 
tional. Upon  leaving  college  Dick  Tillinghast,  Walter 
Krementz,  Holland  Duell  and  I  went  abroad,  dallying 
in  foreign  climes  for  three  months.  Upon  my  return 
I  entered  the  Harvard  Law  School  and  spent  a  couple 
of  years  there.  During  the  summer  of  1904  I  spent 
some  time  in  the  West — Arizona  and  California — and 
in  the  fall  entered  my  father 's  law  office.  In  1906  I  was 
taken  in  as  a  member  of  the  firm.  The  summer  of  1906 
found  me  abroad  again,  this  time  with  Jack  Burrall. ' ' 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Episcopal  Church  and  a  Bull 
Mooser. 

Hank  is  one  of  the  bitterest  opponents  of  the  new 
Yale,  giving  as  his  reason,  ''  I  live  near  the  place  and 
can  see ! ' '  but  as  this  remark  was  made  after  Wheeler 
(the  Bridgeport  quarter)  had  muffed  some  punts, 
when  Hank  had  been  rooting  for  him  all  season,  why, 
there  might  have  been  another  reason.  Hank's  chief 
recreations  are  automobiling  and  golf. 


552  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

Harold  Stone 

Member  of  Stone  &  Stone,  lawyers,  921  Onondaga  County 
Savings  Bank  Building,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 

Residence,  213  Highland  Avenue,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 

Born  October  19,  1878,  in  Syracuse,  N.  Y.,  the  son  of 
Charles  L.  Stone,  a  lawyer,  and  Zilla  (Sackett)  Stone.  His 
ancestors  were  English.  Holland  Duell,  of  our  Class,  is  a 
cousin. 

Prepared  at  Phillips  Academy,  Andover,  Mass.,  where  he 
was  a  member  of  the  track  team  and  the  Mirror  board.  At 
Yale  he  rowed  No.  2  on  fall  Freshman  Crew  that  won  the 
Regatta,  was  a  member  of  the  Corinthian  Yacht  Club  and 
the  University  Bicycle  Team,  winning  his  Y  in  Freshman 
year,  heeled  the  News,  and  a  member  of  Eta  Phi,  Psi  Upsilon, 
Skull  and  Bones  and  the  University  Club.  As  to  his  studies, 
Stone  writes  that  he  really  wa^  good  in  mathematics.  And 
after  all  this,  he  received  Class  vote  for  laziest.  "It  is  to 
laugh!" 

He  married  on  June  16,  1904,  in  Syracuse,  N.  Y.,  Anne 
Treadwell  Babcock,  daughter  of  John  Babcock,  of  Syracuse. 
They  have  two  children,  both  born  in  Syracuse :  Charlotte 
de  Sers,  born  April  21,  1906,  and  Carol  Babcock,  born 
September  7,   1908. 

After  graduation  he  studied  law  at  Syracuse  Univer- 
sity and  was  clerk  in  a  law  office  at  the  same  time. 
Since  receiving  his  LL.B.  in  1904  he  has  been  in  busi- 
ness with  his  father. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  Church.  In 
politics  he  is  a  Republican,  is  a  member  of  several 
clubs  and  a  director  of  various  organizations  in  Syra- 
cuse. He  has  written  once  for  the  North  American 
Review. 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  553 

Hal  says  briefly  this:  ''I've  only  moved  once  and 
hope  never  to  do  it  again.  Same  firm  since  graduation. 
Europe  several  times. 

**Main  accomplishment  in  ten  years  is  a  happy  home, 
almost  enough  to  live  on  and  a  happy  disposition. ' ' 

Rush  Sturges 

Junior  partner  in  firm  of  Green,  Hinckley  &  Allen,  lawyers, 
49  Westminster  Street,  Providence,  R.  I. 

Residence,  79  Williams  Street,  Providence,  R.  I. 

Born  August  19,  1879,  in  Providence,  R.  I.,  the  son  of  How- 
ard 0.  Sturges,  a  cotton  manufacturer,  and  Alice  Spring 
(Knight)  Sturges.  Two  brothers,  "Walter  Knight  Sturges, 
1898  S.,  and  Howard  Sturges,  1908,  and  a  first  cousin,  Philip 
Allen,  1890  S.,  have  graduated  from  Yale. 

Prepared  at  St.  Paul's  School,  Concord,  N.  H.,  and  at  Yale 
was  a  member  of  the  Varsity  Baseball  and  Class  Hockey 
teams,  the  Corinthian  Yacht  Club,  University  Club,  Eta  Phi 
and  Alpha  Delta  Phi.  While  in  college  he  did  considerable 
long-distance  walking. 

He  married  on  January  1,  1908,  in  Peace  Dale,  R.  I., 
Elizabeth  Hazard,  daughter  of  Rowland  Gibson  Hazard, 
Brown  1876,  a  woolen  manufacturer.  They  have  two  children, 
both  born  in  Providence:  Benjamin  Rush,  born  December  4, 
1908,  and  Elizabeth  Peace,  born  May  11,  1910. 

After  graduation,  in  company  with  Ives  Goddard,  he 
took  a  trip  around  the  world.  On  his  return  he  entered 
the  Harvard  Law  School,  receiving  his  LL.B.  in  1906. 
During  this  course  he  was  a  member  of  the  Thayer 
Law  Club,  ''The  Wig."  After  his  admission  to  the 
Rhode  Island  Bar  he  began  practicing  law  in  Provi- 
dence, since  June  1,  1910,  as  a  member  of  the  firm  of 
Green,  Hinckley  &  Allen. 


554  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

He  is  a  trustee  of  the  Providence  Public  Library  and 
for  the  last  two  years  has  been  one  of  the  city  com- 
mittee on  summer  playgrounds  of  Providence.  He  is 
a  vestryman  of  the  Grace  Episcopal  Church,  is  a 
member  of  the  Hope  Club,  governor  of  the  Agawam 
Hunt  Club  and  a  member  of  Battery  A,  Field  Artil- 
lery, Rhode  Island  National  Guard. 

Rush  says:  ''I  am  winded.  If  there  is  not  enough 
above  you  will  have  to  make  it  up. 

"(1)  I  have  had  a  residence  that  goes  with  the 
travel  of  my  case  as  indicated. 

''  (2)  I  have  had  no  other  business  connections  than 
as  indicated,  although  I  did  not  start  in  as  a  partner. 

"(3)  Ives  and  I  encircled  the  globe  after  gradua- 
tion and  it  was  most  interesting,  especially  for  the 
inhabitants  of  the  different  countries  who  helped  them- 
selves to  our  New  England  cash. 

''Ten  years  are  a  long  story,  and  yet  you  probably 
have  the  general  run  of  affairs  in  the  story  like  the 
one  of  John  Callender's.  If  I  were  to  be  very  boastful 
I  would  whisper  in  an  audible  tone  of  the  reorganiza- 
tion of  an  historic  military  command,  Light  Battery 
A,  in  which  I  have  had  some  part,  and  have  at  the 
present  time  the  honor  of  being  a  lieutenant.  I  have 
also  been  interested  as  secretary  of  the  Providence 
Playground  Association  for  the  past  three  years  in 
trying  to  make  a  rotten  condition  of  affairs  better. 

''If  you  don't  believe  all  this  wait  until  Decennial, 
when  I  can  not  only  punch  your  head,  but,  as  Col.  Link- 
aby  Didd  said,  '  I  can  prove  it. ' 

"Addenda.  I  tried  to  run  the  Yale  Alumni  Asso- 
ciation of  Rhode  Island  for  three  years  as  secretary- 
treasurer,  but  the  strain  was  too  heavy.  Yale  men 
are   like   inspiration;  they  are   all   right  when   they 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  555 

arrive,  but  around  here  their  stiff-necked  New  England 
muses  about  exhaust  the  patience  of  the  player  of  the 
pipe.  The  above  isn't  fit  to  print,  don't  print  it." 
[Yes,  I  will.    Ed.  comment.] 

Joseph  Rockwell  Swan 

Partner  in  firm  of  Kean,  Taylor  &  Company,  bankers,  30 
Pine  Street,  New  York  City 

Residence,  1  Lexington  Avenue,  New  York  City 

Born  October  21,  1878,  in  Utica,  N.  Y.,  the  son  of  Joseph  R. 
Swan  (died  in  December,  1902),  formerly  a  lawyer,  and 
Emma  (Mann)  Swan  (died  in  April,  1910).  His  ancestors 
were  English.  The  following  relatives  have  graduated  from 
Yale :  three  uncles,  Charles  Addison  Mann,  1856,  James 
Andrews  Swan,  1867,  and  Matthew  Darbyshire  Mann,  1867 ; 
and  three  cousins,  John  Henry  Mann,  1883  S.,  Charles  Neave, 
1888,  and  Joseph  Rockwell  Swan,  1895. 

Prepared  at  the  Groton  School,  and  at  Yale  was  a  member 
of  the  Freshman  Football  Team,  substitute  on  the  Freshman 
Crew,  member  of  the  Varsity  Football  Team  in  1901,  received 
a  second  dispute  appointment  in  Junior  year  and  a  dispute 
appointment  in  Senior  year,  was  a  member  of  the  Wigwam 
Debating  Club,  served  on  the  Promenade  Committee,  was 
president  of  the  University  Club  and  a  member  of  He  Boule, 
Psi  Upsilon  and  Skull  and  Bones. 

He  married  on  December  20,  1911,  in  New  York  City, 
Nathalie  Henderson,  a  graduate  of  Barnard  College,  daughter 
of  the  late  Charles  R.  Henderson  of  New  York. 

The  fall  after  graduation  was  spent  in  coaching  the 
University  Football  Team.  In  December,  1902,  he 
went  to  Albany  and  became  secretary  to  the  president 
of  the  National  Commercial  Bank.  On  January  1, 
1905,  he  became  associated  with  the  Union  Trust  Com- 
pany of  Albany,  becoming  treasurer  of  that  company 


556  ACHIEVEMENTS  OP  1902 

in  May.  In  May,  1910,  he  severed  his  connection  with 
the  Union  Trust  Company  and  removed  to  New  York, 
where  he  is  now  a  member  of  Kean,  Taylor  &  Company, 
bankers. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Episcopal  Church.  In  politics 
he  is  a  Republican. 

Joe  doesn  't  talk  any  more  about  himself  now  than  he 
did  in  the  old  college  days,  but  is  striding  right  along 
in  the  financial  world.  It  was  good  to  see  how  he 
enjoyed  reunion  and  he  entirely  outclassed  Daniel's 
friends  by  the  fearless  way  in  which  he  leaped  through 
the  bonfire  at  Decennial. 


Henry  Lee  Sweinhart 

Reporter  on  staff  of  the  Associated  Press,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Residence,  1706  8  Street,  N.  W.,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Bom  June  12,  1878,  in  Pottstown,  Pa.,  the  son  of  Isaac 
Sweinhart  (died  in  January,  1893),  formerly  tie  purchasing 
agent  and  inspector  for  the  Philadelphia  &  Reading  Railway, 
and  Susanna  (Pennypacker)  Sweinhart.  He  states  that  he  is 
three  fourths  German  and  one  fourth  Irish,  "a  fine  combina- 
tion— three  'Hochs'  and  an  'Erin  go  Braugh.'  " 

Prepared  at  the  Hill  School,  Pottstown,  Pa.,  where  he  was 
a  member  of  one  of  the  debating  teams  and  played  a  violin 
in  the  school  orchestra.  He  also  took  part  in  two  oratorical 
contests,  winning  third  prize  in  the  first  one  and  first  prize 
in  the  second  one.  At  Yale  he  won  a  Berkeley  prize  for  special 
work  in  Latin  composition  in  Freshman  year;  received  the 
John  Addison  Porter  prize  for  a  historical  essay  and  held  a 
high  oration  appointment  in  Junior  year ;  received  an  oration 
appointment  in  Senior  year,  and  was  one  of  the  Townsend 
speakers  at  Commencement,  his  subject  being  "Milton's 
Pamphlets."     He  received  two  year  honors  in  English,  and 


AUTOBIOGEAPHIES  557 

was  a  member  of  Phi  Beta  Kappa.  He  was  "super"  in  the 
"Fair  Maid  of  the  West,"  presented  by  the  Dramatic  Asso- 
ciation, and  sang  in  the  Greek  chorus  at  the  time  of  the  Yale 
Bicentennial. 

He  married  on  June  30,  1905,  in  Boston,  Mass.,  Mary  Jose- 
phine van  der  Hoogs,  daughter  of  Caleb  Hoogs,  deceased, 
formerly  a  commission  merchant  of  Boston. 

He  received  the  degree  of  M.A.  from  Yale  in  1905 
for  work  in  absentia  on  the  **  History  of  the  English 
Novel,"  work  done  under  the  direction  of  Professor 
Phelps.  After  teaching  for  one  year  at  Peddie  Insti- 
tute, Hightstown,  N.  J.,  and  working  in  the  examining 
division  of  the  United  States  Civil  Service  Commis- 
sion for  three  and  a  half  years,  he  took  up  newspaper 
work,  which  is  his  occupation  at  the  present  time. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  First  Baptist  Church  of 
Washington.  He  was  one  of  the  organizers  and  a 
charter  member  of  the  National  Press  Club  of  Wash- 
ington, and  served  on  various  committees  which  had 
to  do  with  starting  the  club,  and  during  the  first  year 
was  on  the  house  committee.  In  politics  he  is  a  Repub- 
lican. 

Concerning  his  literary  achievements  he  writes  as 
follows:  ''As  newspaper  reports  are  not  much  more 
ephemeral  than  much  of  the  literature  (?)  published 
in  any  of  our  fifteen-cent  magazines,  I  may  with  due 
modesty  be  permitted,  perhaps,  to  refer  to  numerous 
large  and  bulky  newspaper  volumes,  reposing  peace- 
fully in  the  Congressional  Library,  in  which  my  arti- 
cles, varying  in  length  from  fifty  words  to  a  solid  page, 
including  illustrations,  lie  buried,  waiting  for  the  his- 
torian of  a  later  day  to  come  along  and  discover  their 
beauty  as  gems  of  English  and  to  embalm  them  and 
thereby  glorify  himself,  as  did  Boswell,  by  commenting 


558  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

on  them  to  the  extent  of  some  six  hundred  pages  of 
more  of  brevier. 

' '  The  call  to  Decennial  found  me  with  my  first  poem 
just  accepted.  It  is  to  be  published  in  an  early  number 
of  the  National  Magazine  (Boston).  Title:  *To  the 
Washington  Monument.'  Sonnet.  Price  $3.  Very 
low  price  for  a  poem  on  such  a  lofty  subject  as  the 
Washington  monument." 

Of  his  government  work  Harry  says :  ''My  advice  to 
young  men : '  Stay  out  of  the  government  service,  unless 
it  be  in  one  of  the  technical  positions  where  gradua- 
tion to  something  better  is  likely. '  ' ' 

"Since  December,  1906,"  he  adds,  *'  *in  newspaper 
game,'  in  many  respects  the  greatest,  the  most  inter- 
esting, the  most  varied,  the  most  broadening  of  any  on 
earth ;  furthermore,  frequently  being  but  the  stepping 
stone  to  positions  of  importance  in  other  professions. 
Ambition  (not  yet  achieved) — Always  to  have  enough 
money  in  my  jeans  to  be  independent  of  the  business 
office,  so  that  I  can  say  to  the  managing  editor,  when- 
ever I  should  happen  to  feel  like  it,  for  any  reason: 
'Well,  sir,  I  think  I'll  pull  out  for  some  other  city  and 
see  something  more  of  the  world.'  " 

John  Taber 

Partner  in  the  firm  of  Taber  &  Brainard,  lawyers,  122  Genesee 
Street,  Auburn,  N.  Y. 

Residence,  78  South  Street,  Auburn,  N.  Y. 

Born  May  5,  1880,  in  Auburn,  N.  Y.,  the  son  of  Franklin  P. 
Taber,  a  law'yer,  and  Mary  (Parker)  Taber.  He  is  of  English, 
"Welsh  and  Dutch  ancestry. 

Prepared  at  Auburn  High  School.  In  college  he  tried  for 
the  Track  Team  and  was  on  two  Class   relay  teams.     He 


AUTOBIOGEAPHIES  559 

received  a  second  colloquy  Junior  and  a  first  colloquy  Senior 
appointment. 

He  is  unmarried. 

After  graduation  he  spent  one  year  in  the  New  York 
Law  School  and  then  studied  law  in  the  office  of  Taber 
&  Brainard.  In  November,  1904,  he  was  admitted  to 
the  New  York  State  Bar  and  in  January,  1906,  was 
made  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Taber  &  Brainard.  In 
August,  1902,  he  became  secretary  and  a  director  of 
Whitney  Point  Water  Company;  in  April,  1907,  sec- 
retary and  director  of  the  Weedsport  Water  Company ; 
in  November,  1911,  treasurer  of  the  Moravia  Electric 
Company,  and  in  1912,  secretary  of  the  Auburn  Thread 
&  Twine  Company. 

He  is  a  Republican  and  has  served  as  supervisor  of 
the  second  ward.  Auburn,  1906-07;  special  judge  of 
Cayuga  County,  1911,  term  expiring  December  31, 
1913 ;  member  of  the  Cayuga  County  Republican  Gen- 
eral Committee,  five  out  of  the  eight  years  past,  and  sec- 
retary, 1904-09.  He  is  a  member  of  St.  Peter's  Protes- 
tant Episcopal  Church  and  of  the  Auburn  City  Club, 
Owasco  Country  Club  and  the  Elks. 

John  says:  ''Have  devoted  my  time  almost  entirely 
to  my  work.  Outside  of  that  and  my  more  or  less 
active  connection  with  politics,  I  have  very  little  of 
interest  to  report  except  that  I  attended  the  Triennial, 
Sexennial,  Extra-ennial  (1911)  and  Decennial  reunions 
at  New  Haven. ' ' 

Charles  Denison  Talcott 

Junior  partner  in  the  firm  of  Talcott  Brothers,  woolen 

manufacturers,  Talcottville,  Conn. 

Born  August  20,  1880,  in  Talcottville,  Conn.,  the  son  of 
Charles  Denison  Talcott,  a  manufacturer  (died  in  July,  1882), 


560  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

and  H.  Maria  (Freeman)  Taleott.  He  is  of  English  ancestry. 
His  Yale  relatives  are  H.  Gardner  Taleott,  ex-1871,  John 
Gardner  Taleott,  1895,  Louis  Hart  Taleott,  1902,  and  Morris 
Gardner  Taleott,  1902. 

Prepared  at  Phillips  Academy,  Andover,  Mass.  In  college 
he  received  a  first  colloquy  Junior  appointment  and  a  dispute 
Senior  appointment.    He  was  a  member  of  Beta  Theta  Pi. 

He  married  on  June  14,  1906,  Jeanette  Ela,  daughter  of 
Elwood  S.  Ela,  editor  and  publisher  of  the  Manchester  Herald, 
of  South  Manchester,  Conn.  They  have  two  daughters,  both 
born  in  Talcottville,  Conn. :  Dorothy,  born  August  8,  1907, 
and  Eleanor,  born  March  19,  1909. 

Since  graduation  he  has  been  with  Taleott  Brothers, 
woolen  manufacturers,  of  Talcottville,  Conn. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Talcottville  Congregational 
Church  and  of  the  church  choir.  He  was  treasurer  of 
the  finance  committee  of  the  Vernon  Centennial  Cele- 
bration in  1908  and  delivered  a  historical  essay  at  the 
public  anniversary  exercises. 


Louis  Hart  Taleott 

Designer,  Hockanum  Mills  Company,  woolen  and  worsted 
manufacturers,  Rockville,  Conn. 

Residence,  17  Davis  Avenue,  Rockville,  Conn. 

Born  March  27,  1879,  in  Talcottville,  Conn.,  the  son  of 
Morris  Hathaway  Taleott,  a  manufacturer,  and  Alice  Louisa 
(Sparks)  Taleott.  He  is  of  English  ancestry.  His  Yale  rela- 
tives are  H.  Gardner  Taleott,  ex-1871 ;  a  brother,  Morris  Gard- 
ner Taleott,  1902;  cousins,  John  Gardner  Taleott,  1895,  and 
Charles  Denison  Taleott,  1902. 

Prepared  at  Rockville  High  School,  Rockville,  Conn.  His 
Yale  activities  chiefly  consisted  in  sessions  in  Phelps,  Osborn, 
Alumni,  Chapel  and  Commons.     He  received  a  high  oration 


AUTOBIOGEAPHIES  561 

appointment  Junior  year  and  an  oration  Senior  appointment. 
He  was  elected  to  Phi  Beta  Kappa  and  was  a  member  of 
Book  and  Bond. 

He  married  on  October  24,  1911,  Jessie  Bence  Goff,  Welles- 
ley  1904,  daughter  of  Robert  S.  Goff,  vice-president  and  gen- 
eral manager  of  the  Old  Colony  Street  Railway  Company,  of 
Fall  River,  Mass. 

He  has  been  interested  in  manufacturing  since  grad- 
uation, spending  the  first  year  in  different  departments 
of  Talcott  Brothers  woolen  mills.  The  summer  of 
1903  he  went  to  Europe  and  on  his  return  entered  the 
Philadelphia  Textile  School,  where  he  remained  three 
years.  In  1906-07  he  was  with  the  Southwark  Mills 
Company,  Philadelphia,  1907-10  with  the  Globe  Woolen 
Company,  Utica,  N.  Y.,  and  his  present  connection  is 
designer  for  the  Hockanum  Mills  Company,  Rockville, 
Conn. 

He  says,  ''I'm  a  T.  R. — Taft  Rooter."  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Congregational  Church  of  Rockville. 

Lou  writes:  ''Going  back  a  decade  and  noting  the 
tracks  I  have  made,  it  seems  to  have  been  of  short 
duration,  and  they,  of  few  dents — for  such  retrospec- 
tion not  only  shrivels  up  time,  but  most  of  one's 
premeditated  accomplishments  as  well. 

"A  few  hours  after  graduation,  I  plunged  into  the 
textile  business,  my  interest  coming  chiefly  from  hav- 
ing lived  for  twenty  years  in  close  proximity  to  such 
manufacturing.  After  a  year  of  roughing  it  in  all 
departments,  and  a  summer  in  Europe,  I  rested  in 
Philadelphia  for  four  years — three  in  a  textile  insti- 
tution and  one  in  a  woolen  mill. 

"From  here  I  passed  in  at  the  gate  of  the  Globe 
Woolen  Company,  Utica,  N.  Y.,  in  1907,  and  since  that 
time  have  been  incessantly  trying  to  produce  in  fabrics 


562  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

what  appeals  most  to  father  and  son — more  frequently 
son,  for  there's  no  getting  ahead  of  his  insatiability 
and  his  fancy  for  Starin's. 

''A  year  and  a  half  ago,  I  came  mth  the  Hockanum 
Mills  Company — to  get  nearer  to  New  Haven,  and 
incidentally  to  grow  in  knowledge  of  the  business." 

Morris  Gardner  Talcott 

Consulting  Engineer,  General  Assets,  Ltd.,  exploration  and 

development  of  mines,  care  0.  N.  Scott,  Dominion  Bond 

Building,  Toronto,  Canada 

Temporary  address,  Dome  Lake  Mines,  Ltd.,  South 
Porcupine,  Ont.,  Canada 

Permanent  home  address,  Talcottville,  Conn. 

Born  July  20,  1880,  in  Talcottville,  Conn.  For  family  his- 
tory consult  biography  of  brother  and  classmate,  Louis  Hart 
Talcott. 

Prepared  at  Rockville  High  School,  Rockville,  Conn.  In 
college  he  received  a  first  dispute  Junior  and  a  dispute  Senior 
appointment.    He  was  a  member  of  Book  and  Bond. 

He  married  on  December  26,  1906,  Catherine  Fredreka 
Knodel,  "Wellesley  1903,  daughter  of  Jacob  Knodel,  of  Irving- 
ton-on-Hudson,  N.  Y,  They  have  had  two  sons,  both  born 
in  Morenci,  Ariz. :  Morris  Gardner,  Jr.,  bom  October  19,  1907, 
and  Theodore  Knodel,  born  January  21,  1909,  died  December 
19,  1911,  in  Morenci,  Ariz, 

On  graduation  he  studied  mining  one  year  in  the 
Yale  Graduate  School  and  two  years  in  Columbia. 
January  1,  1906,  he  became  assistant  engineer  for  the 
Arizona  Copper  Company,  and  remained  in  their 
employ  until  November,  1911,  except  for  about  a  year 
when  he  worked  for  W.  L.  Austin,  consulting  engineer. 
On  June  16,  1912,  he  was  appointed  consulting  engi- 


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AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  563 

neer  to  General  Assets,  Ltd.,  and  on  September  1, 1912, 
was  made  manager  of  the  Dome  Lake  Mine,  operated 
by  General  Assets,  Ltd. 

He  received  the  degree  of  Mining  Engineer  in  1905 
from  the  Columbia  School  of  Mines.  He  is  a  Repub- 
lican in  national  politics.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Con- 
gregational Church  of  Talcottville,  Conn.  He  was  a 
member  of  Troop  A,  National  Guard  of  Arizona,  1909- 
12,  and  is  a  member  of  the  American  Institute  of 
Engineers. 

Gard  wrote  in  June,  1912:  ''I  have  been  unable  to 
give  you  any  of  my  recent  history  until  today  (June  2), 
which  accounts  for  my  delay  in  sending  this  to  you. 
I  came  to  Porcupine  in  a  hurry,  having  left  Arizona 
one  week  ago.  I  had  hoped  for  enough  time  to  take 
in  Decennial,  but  I  cannot  make  it  now.  I  shall  be  here 
until  the  fifteenth,  when  I  expect  to  return  to  Toronto. 
I  may  get  East  for  one  day  of  Decennial,  but  it  is  so 
doubtful  I  cannot  plan  for  it." 

He  added  in  October:  ''My  reason  for  not  attending 
the  celebration  may  be  a  bit  more  clear  when  viewed 
from  the  fact  that  on  June  16  I  was  appointed  con- 
sulting engineer  to  General  Assets,  Ltd.,  of  Toronto. 
I  have  since  then  been  at  the  Dome  Lake  Mine,  oper- 
ated by  General  Assets,  Ltd.,  and  was  appointed 
manager  here  on  September  1.  I  shall  be  here  for 
some  time — at  least  through  the  winter." 

Alan  McLean  Taylor 

Clergyman,  22  Whitney  Park,  Mattapan,  Boston,  Mass. 

Born  March  1,  1878,  in  Sidney,  Ohio,  the  son  of  Captain 
William  H.  Taylor,  of  the  National  Biscuit  Company,  and 
Lavenia  Adelaide   (Thome)   Taylor  (died  October  2,  1903). 


564  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

He  is  of  English  ancestry.  A  relative,  Frank  Taylor  Craw- 
ford, was  graduated  at  Yale  in  1900. 

Prepared  at  Phillips  Academy,  Andover,  where  he  was  a 
member  of  the  glee  club,  manager  of  the  musical  clubs 
association,  and  a  member  of  A.  U.  V.  At  Yale  he  was  a 
member  of  the  Freshman  Glee  Club,  chairman  of  the  mem- 
bership committee,  Y.  M.  C.  A.,  D wight  Hall,  and  a  first 
Wrangler.  He  was  a  member  of  Kappa  Psi,  Alpha  Delta  Phi 
and  Skull  and  Bones. 

He  is  unmarried. 

He  entered  the  Episcopal  Theological  School  in  the 
fall  of  1902,  was  ordained  a  deacon  June  7,  1905,  and 
a  priest  May  6,  1906.  He  was  assistant  rector  of  St. 
George's  Church,  New  York  City,  for  three  years  and 
in  1908  became  rector  of  the  Church  of  the  Holy  Spirit, 
Mattapan  Square,  Boston,  Mass. 

He  received  the  degree  of  B.D.  at  the  Episcopal 
Theological  School,  Cambridge,  in  1905.  He  is  a  Repub- 
lican. He  is  a  member  of  the  Military  Order  of  the 
Loyal  Legion. 

Hoot  has  summed  up  his  history  above  but  has  failed 
to  show  out  the  genial  spirit  that  pervades  his  every 
action.  If  he  is  working  on  the  East  Side,  delivering 
a  sermon  or  only  having  fun  at  a  reunion,  there  is 
always  the  same  pleasant  manhood  we  like  to  see  in 
our  1902  ministers  and  of  which  he  is  a  shining 
example. 

Howard  Frank  Taylor 

Instructor  in  Latin,  Shortridge  High  School,   Indianapolis, 

Ind. 

Residence,  5455  Lowell  Avenue,  Indianapolis,  Ind. 

Born  February  26,  1879,  in  Manchester,  Conn.,  the  son  of 
Frank  Smith  Taylor,  a  builder,  and  Mary   (Avery)    Taylor 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  565 

(died  in  September,  1888).  He  is  of  English  descent.  A 
cousin,  Walter  Allen  Sadd,  was  graduated  at  the  Sheffield 
Scientific  School  in  the  Class  of  1884. 

Prepared  at  the  Hartford  (Conn.)  Public  High  School. 
He  entered  Yale  in  September,  1897,  but  graduated  with  1902 
as  he  was  not  in  college  during  1900-01.  He  received  the 
Hurlbut  scholarship  and  a  Berkeley  premium  in  Latin  compo- 
sition, high  oration  appointments  both  Junior  and  Senior 
years  and  was  elected  to  Phi  Beta  Kappa. 

He  married  on  August  19,  1905,  in  Cleveland,  Ohio,  Wilhel- 
mine  Catherine  Klostermeier,  a  graduate  of  the  Cleveland 
Normal  School,  daughter  of  Henry  J.  Klostermeier,  a  builder, 
of  Marietta,  Ohio.  They  have  two  children,  both  born  in 
Indianapolis,  Ind. :  Paul  Howard,  born  June  21,  1906,  and 
Louise  Wilhelmine,  born  April  29,  1910. 

On  graduation  he  spent  one  year  in  business,  but  in 
the  fall  of  1903  gave  this  up  for  teaching.  He  took 
graduate  work  in  the  University  of  Chicago  and  since 
1905  has  taught  Latin  in  Indianapolis,  Ind.,  at  the 
Shortridge  High  School. 

He  received  the  degree  of  M.A.  from  the  University 
of  Chicago  in  1906.  He  is  a  Congregationalist  but  is 
now  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  Church. 

Frank  writes  as  follows,  giving  at  the  end  some  valu- 
able educational  queries :  ' '  I  spent  six  months  in  find- 
ing out  what  to  do,  one  year  in  finding  out  what  not 
to  do,  a  year  in  getting  ready  to  do  what  I  had 
originally  intended  to  do,  and  seven  years  in  doing 
it.  I  am  now  teaching  Latin  in  the  Shortridge  High 
School  here.  The  first  six  months  I  spent  in  Hartford, 
learning  the  manufacture  of  leather  belting  from  the 
sub-cellar  up.  This  was  good  training  for  the  olfactory 
nerve,  as  anyone  who  has  worked  in  a  belting  factory 
can  testify !  I  spent  a  year  in  Cleveland,  Ohio,  for  the 
company,  and  followed  that  by  a  trip  to  Europe.    It 


566  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

was  the  grand  old  ruins  of  the  'Eternal  City'  that 
revived  my  former  interest  in  classical  studies.  I 
decided  to  become  a  teacher.  On  the  Midway  in  the 
'Windy  City'  I  spent  more  than  a  year  in  the  study  of 
the  classics  and  received  my  M.A.  degree  from  the 
University  of  Chicago.  My  next  degree  was  that  of 
'Benedict.'  Since  1905  I  have  been  in  Indianapolis, 
helping  to  keep  two  supposed  corpses  alive.  One  is 
Greek.  I  fear  that  its  last  day  is  near  at  hand.  The 
other  is  Latin.    It  is  a  very  lively  corpse. 

"My  ambition  has  been,  and  is,  to  be  a  teacher.  I 
wonder  what  we  think  of  the  'elective  system'  as  we 
look  back  over  the  ten  years.  I,  for  one,  have  my 
doubts.  I  hope  we  may  get  back  to  the  solid  educa- 
tional foundations  and  give  up  the  'fads  and  frills.'  " 

Bernard  George  Teel 

With  the  Burroughs  Adding  Machine  Company,  Room  501, 
20  Vesey  Street,  New  York  City 

Residence,  7  Harriet  Avenue,  Morsemere,  N.  J. 

Born  June  4,  1881,  in  Waverley,  Mass.,  the  son  of  Rev. 
William  H.  Teel,  Hamilton  1863,  a  retired  Congregational 
clergyman,  and  Martha  J.  (Ross)  Teel.  On  his  father's  side 
he  is  of  Dutch  ancestry,  while  his  mother 's  family  is  of  Scotch 
descent. 

Prepared  at  the  Hartford  ( Conn. )  Public  High  School,  and 
South  Berwick  Academy,  South  Berwick,  Maine.  At  Yale 
he  was  the  highest  stand  Y  athlete  in  the  Class,  held  Yale- 
Harvard  two-mile  record  for  several  years,  captain  for  two 
years  of  the  Yale  Cross  Country  Team,  the  only  team  outside 
of  Cornell  which  has  won  the  intercollegiate  cross  country 
championship  in  ten  years.  He  received  an  oration  Junior 
and  a  dissertation  Senior  appointment.  He  was  a  member 
of  Zeta  Psi. 


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AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  567 

He  married  on  September  12,  1911,  in  Jamaica  Plain,  Mass., 
Anna  Grace  Patterson,  daughter  of  Alexander  Patterson,  of 
Boston,  Mass. 

He  has  been  connected  with  various  business  inter- 
ests since  graduation,  the  most  important  being  the 
Burroughs  Adding  Machine  Company  and  the  Adder 
Machine  Company.  He  is  also  proprietor  of  the  Teel 
Specialty  Company,  patented  specialties,  which  he 
operates  on  the  side. 

He  is  a  candidate  for  the  presidential  nomination 
on  the  '*Eura  lia"  ticket  and  says,  ''My  most  effective 

speech  has  been  'My  Opponent  is  a  dashed 

crook,  thief,  charlatan,  deceiver,  kidnapper,  pickpocket 
and  murderer,'  which  I  am  confident  will  land  me  the 
coveted  job."  He  is  a  member  of  the  Central  Congre- 
gational Church  of  Jamaica  Plain,  secretary  of  the 
Central  Club  and  treasurer  of  the  Parley  Vale  Tennis 
Club. 

Bernie  writes : ' '  Dove  into  the  maelstrom  of  business 
endeavor  in  September,  1902,  with  the  "Western  Elec- 
tric Company,  New  York.  Stock  clerk  one  week,  corre- 
spondence clerk  one  year,  assistant  chief  inspector  of 
line  material  nine  months.  Tired  of  forcing  diffident 
raises  from  a  soulless  corporation,  I  resigned  to  go 
with  a  manufacturer  of  line  material.  Finding  it  a 
stock  peddling  concern,  I  went  to  Europe  for  three 
months  with  my  sister  to  recuperate  (Mediterranean 
trip — Rome,  Constantinople,  Jerusalem,  Karnak,  etc.). 
On  returning,  decided  to  invade  Wall  Street,  but  soon 
tiring  of  my  weekly  insult  of  $10  I  decided  to  'go 
into  business  for  myself  scalping  bond-swaps,  but  the 
scalps  proved  lean  ($7  gross  profit  in  six  weeks). 
I  grabbed  frantically  at  the  job  of  assistant  salesman 
for  the  Burroughs  Adding  Machine  Company  at  $25 


568  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

a  week,  after  six  months  of  which  I  was  given  a  terri- 
tory, where,  in  the  one  and  one  half  years  I  had  it,  I 
sold  twice  as  many  machines  as  had  ever  been  sold  in 
this  territory  before,  and  cleaned  up  good  money 
(cleared  $960  net  one  month).  In  August,  1907, 1  took 
the  position  of  vice-president  and  secretary  of  the 
Electro-Surgical  Instrument  Company,  Rochester, 
N.  Y.,  purchasing  at  par  a  block  of  stock  which  the  pre- 
vious year  had  earned  40  per  cent.  The  panic,  how- 
ever, knocked  the  spots  out  of  the  40  per  cent  and  I 
went  on  the  road  for  them  for  over  a  year  traveling 
from  Sidney,  Nova  Scotia,  to  New  Orleans,  Central 
Oklahoma  and  the  Black  Hills,  and  unloaded  a  ream 
of  their  cure-all  electric  sets  onto  unsuspecting  physi- 
cians, having  many  interesting  experiences,  particu- 
larly in  the  country  sections  of  Mississippi  and  among 
the  'red-necks'  and  'hill-billies'  of  Arkansas.  Second 
time  around,  however,  I  detected  the  presence  of  a 
large  iceberg,  as  said  doctors  usually  lost  or  failed  to 
follow  their  instruction  leaflets  and  then  blamed  me 
for  the  uncanny  results  obtained,  so  I  hit  the  trail  for 
the  Hub  to  the  bosom  of  the  family  and  sold  my  electro- 
surgical  stock  at  the  purchase  price.  The  rising  stock 
market  claimed  my  attention  and  I  hit  it  for  a  $10,000 
profit  in  eight  months  but  overstayed  (the  old,  old 
story),  although  every  market  'analyst,'  even  the  'very 
conservative'  with  'thirty  years'  successful  market 
experience,'  said  they  would  surely  go  much  higher. 
Saved  $4000  of  my  profit,  however,  which  I  promptly 
loaned  on  the  accounts  receivable  of  a  one-man  con- 
cern with  the  option  of  taking  a  half  interest  in  the 
business.  Said  one-man  turning  out  to  be  a  liar,  thief 
and  general  crook,  though  highly  recommended  by  all, 
I  drew  my  money  out  through  four  months  of  sleepless 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  569 

nights  and  general  hell  and  set  up  as  the  Teel  Specialty 
Company,  where  in  the  next  six  months  I  dropped 
$1000  on  the  lowest  priced  and,  of  course,  best  elec- 
tric vacuum  cleaner  on  the  market.  After  investi- 
gating some  fifty  business  propositions  and  agencies  I 
decided  to  return  to  my  old  love,  the  adding  machine 
business,  where  I  have  now  been  over  a  year,  with  the 
Adder  Machine  Company,  making  the  Wales  Visible, 
and  doing  well.  Am  running  the  Teel  Specialty  Com- 
pany on  the  side,  selling  several  patented  specialties 
by  mail,  and  in  the  stock  market  conservatively. 

''Moral:  Ninety-five  per  cent  of  speculative  business 
propositions  or  new  specialties  are  N.  G.  Find  a  good 
thing  and  stick  to  it  like  a  leech.  As  to  the  stock  mar- 
ket— buy  outright  when  fairly  low,  sell  when  fairly 
high.    Shut  your  eyes  to  market  advice." 

Since  writing  the  above,  Teel  has  resumed  his  con- 
nection with  the  Burroughs  Adding  Machine  Company, 
New  York  City. 


William  Romer  Teller 

Secretary  and  Treasurer,  Sweet,  Teller  Hardware  Company, 
900  Main  Street,  Boise,   Idaho 

Residence,  420  Franklin  Street,  Boise,  Idaho 

Bom  February  1,  1879,  in  Kingston,  N.  Y.,  the  son  of  Myron 
Teller,  a  coal  and  lumber  merchant,  and  Jennie  F.  (Romer) 
Teller.    He  is  of  Dutch  ancestry. 

Prepared  at  Andover,  and  in  college  was  a  member  of  the 
Dunham  Boat  Club,  Gun  Club,  University  Club,  second 
Wranglers,  Kappa  Psi,  Delta  Kappa  Epsilon  and  Wolf's 
Head. 

He  married  on  January  1,  1906,  Adelyn  S.  Hardenburgh, 
daughter  of  Martin  Julius  Hardenburgh,  a  merchant  of  New 


570  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

York  City.  They  have  three  children,  all  born  in  Boise, 
Idaho:  William  Romer,  Jr.,  born  May  3,  1907;  Margaret 
Louise,  born  November  24,  1908;  and  Jane  Frances,  born 
January  8,  1910. 

In  1903  he  went  into  the  hardware  business  \vdth  his 
classmate,  Frank  Manson  Eastman,  under  the  firm 
name  of  Loree,  Eastman  &  Teller  Hardware  Company, 
Ltd.,  holding  the  position  of  treasurer.  This  firm  later 
became  the  Eastman,  Teller,  Howe  Company,  when  he 
was  secretary  and  treasurer.  His  present  connection 
is  as  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  Sweet,  Teller 
Hardware  Company  in  Boise. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Elks. 

Romer  writes:  ^'Autobiographies,  when  intended  to 
emphasize  the  great  modesty  of  the  subject,  should  be 
brief. 

''In  early  youth  I  was  greatly  impressed  with  the 
story  of  the  rolling  stone,  consequently  I  came  West 
in  1903  and  have  remained  here,  steadily  hoping  to 
become  a  'moss  back.'  " 


John  Ferguson  Tenney 

Salesman   for   C.    H.   Tenney  &   Company,   commission   hat 
merchants,  8  Washington  Place,  New  York  City 

Residence,  528  Riverside  Drive,  New  York  City 

Bom  October  19,  1880,  in  Methuen,  Mass.,  the  son  of  George 
W.  Tenney,  a  retired  shoe  manufacturer,  and  Alzadia  Maria 
(Tourtellot)  Tenney.  He  is  of  English  ancestry.  Daniel 
Gleason  Tenney,  a  cousin,  was  graduated  at  Yale  in  1891. 

Prepared  at  Phillips  Academy,  Andover,  where  he  was  on 
the  track  team.  In  college  he  received  colloquy  appoint- 
ments and  continued  his  track  work. 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  571 

He  married  on  October  5,  1910,  in  Pieton,  Ontario,  Gena 
Branseombe,  daughter  of  Henry  William  Branseombe.  They 
have  one  daughter,  Gena,  born  November  22,  1911,  in  New 
York  City. 

On  graduation  he  entered  the  Harvard  Law  School, 
and  in  August,  1905,  opened  an  office  for  the  practice 
of  law  in  Seattle,  Wash.  In  1909  he  gave  up  his  pro- 
fession and  came  to  New  York,  where  he  has  since  been 
in  the  employ  of  C.  H.  Tenney  &  Company,  commission 
hat  merchants. 

He  received  the  degree  of  LL.B.  at  Harvard  in  1905. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Broadway  Tabernacle  (Congre- 
gational), New  York  City,  and  the  New  York  Yale 
Club. 

Jack  hasn't  written.    I,  for  one,  am  sorry. 


Henry  Clarke  Thacher,  M.D. 

Physician,  20  West  Fiftieth  Street,  New  York  City 
Residence,  567  Park  Avenue,  New  York  City 

Born  June  30,  1881,  in  New  Haven,  Conn.,  the  son  of  James 
Kingsley  Thacher,  Yale  1868,  M.D.  1879,  physician  and  pro- 
fessor of  physiology  in  the  Yale  Medical  School  (died  April 
20,  1891),  and  Emily  Baldwin  (Foster)  Thacher.  He  is  of 
English  ancestry.  Among  his  many  Yale  relatives  are  a  great- 
grandfather, Jeremiah  Day,  1795;  grandfathers,  Thomas 
Anthony  Thacher,  1835,  and  Dwight  Foster,  1848;  father; 
uncles,  Thomas  Thacher,  1871 ;  Edward  Stanley  Thacher, 
1872;  Alfred  Beaumont  Thacher,  1874;  John  Seymour 
Thacher,  1877 ;  Sherman  Day  Thacher,  1883 ;  William  Larned 
Thacher,  1887;  Roger  Foster,  1878;  Burnside  Foster,  1882, 
and  Reginald  Foster,  1884. 

Prepared  at  Hopkins  Grammar  School,  New  Haven,  Conn. 
In  college  he  made  the  Class  Hockey  Team  and  was  a  member 


572  ACHIEVEMENTS  OP  1902 

of  the  Corinthian  Yacht  Club.  He  received  a  first  DeForest 
Mathematical  prize,  a  dissertation  Junior,  an  oration  Senior 
appointment  and  two  year  honors  in  natural  sciences.  He 
was  elected  to  Phi  Beta  Kappa  and  Sigma  Xi. 

He  married  on  October  21,  1911,  Ethel  Anderson,  daughter 
of  Joseph  Longworth  Anderson,  of  "Washington,  D.  C. 

He  has  devoted  all  his  time  since  graduation  to  the 
study  and  practice  of  medicine.  One  year  in  the  Yale 
Graduate  School,  three  years  in  Johns  Hopkins  Uni- 
versity, two  j^ears  in  Bellevue,  one  year  in  Germany, 
one  year  in  Johns  Hopkins  Hospital  and  private  prac- 
tice in  New  York  City  since  1911  sum  up  his  work  in 
brief  form. 

He  received  the  degree  of  M.S.  at  Yale  in  1904  and 
that  of  M.D.  at  Johns  Hopkins  in  1906. 

Now  what  does  Doc  say:  ''From  1902  to  1903  I  was 
back  in  New  Haven  mixing  in  the  religious  atmosphere 
of  East  Divinity  Hall  the  scientific  spirit — and  some 
laboratory  animals — derived  from  the  Sheff  biological 
laboratory  and  the  medical  school.  The  mixture  proved 
explosive  and  in  June,  1903,  I  was  propelled  or  com- 
pelled to  change  my  abode  and  spent  that  summer  in 
the  tower  of  the  laboratory  itself. 

''The  following  fall  drove  me  further  still — to  Balti- 
more, where,  entering  the  second  year  class  of  Johns 
Hopkins,  I  found  Sladen,  Russ  and  Burlingham.  After 
three  years  of  that,  only  enlivened  by  a  couple  of  short 
services  as  substitute  surgeon  in  the  hospital  and  a 
summer  at  the  Boston  Infants'  and  Boston  Children's 
hospitals,  it  was  time  to  move  along — this  time  to 
New  York  for  two  years  of  straight  medicine  in  Belle- 
vue. I  might  add  that  there  I  never  found  but  one 
Yale  graduate  to  fish  out  of  the  alcoholic  wards — 
'0  tempores,  0  mores' I 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  573 

"And  thence  to  Germany.  '0  Tuehingen,  du  Schone 
Stadt,  ich  bin  dein  Weisheit  voll  und  sat!'  Who 
wouldn't  be?  Seven  months  and  saw  one  American  in 
the  whole  of  it!!  An  equal  time  in  Munich  went  by 
like  a  week's  vacation.  It  was  nearly  time  to  get  home. 
The  Germans  took  me  for  English  or  Italian — they 
hate  both;  the  Austrians  for  a  Magyar  and  the  Hun- 
garians for  an  Austrian.  It  was  safer  to  return  to 
Maryland  where  one  is  only  a  damn  Yankee.  So  1909- 
10  found  me  in  the  Johns  Hopkins  Hospital  and  with 
my  wanderjahren  behind — 1911  found  me  in  New  York 
City  to  stay. ' ' 

John  Hudson  Thomas 

Architect :  First  National  Bank  Building,  Berkeley,  Calif. 

Residence,  corner  Indian  Rock  Avenue  and  Shattuck  Street, 
Berkeley,  Calif. 

Born  July  16,  1878,  in  Ward,  Nev.,  the  son  of  Frederick 
Folger  Thomas,  Yale  1863,  Ph.B.  1865,  MA.  1866,  a  minmg 
engineer,  and  Nora  (Peck)  Thomas.  He  is  of  English  ances- 
try. 

Prepared  at  Andover,  and  in  college  played  on  the  Apollo 
Banjo  Club  in  Junior  year.  He  entered  with  1901  and  joined 
us  in  Senior  year. 

He  married  on  September  2,  1909,  Ida  Robinson  Wickson, 
daughter  of  Prof.  E.  J.  Wickson,  dean  of  the  College  of 
Agriculture  in  the  University  of  California.  They  have  one 
son,  John  Wickson,  born  March  27,  1912. 

For  two  years  folloAving  graduation  he  studied 
architecture  in  the  University  of  California,  Berkeley, 
Calif.,  and  in  1910  was  licensed  to  practice  in  the  state 
of  California.  Since  the  latter  date  he  has  been 
engaged  in  the  general  practice  of  architecture,  with 
offices  in  the  First  National  Bank  Building,  Berkeley. 


574  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

Charles  Seymour  Thompson 

Assistant  Librarian,  Public  Library  of  the  District  of 
Columbia,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Residence,  1416  Chapin  Street,  N.  W.,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Born  November  8,  1879,  in  Orange,  N.  J.,  the  son  of  Wilmot 
Haines  Thompson,  a  teacher,  and  Laura  Pamela  (Garrigues) 
Thompson.  He  is  of  English  or  Scotch  descent  on  his  father 's 
side  and  of  French  on  his  mother's.  His  Yale  relatives  are 
two  brothers,  Wilmot  Haines  Thompson,  Jr.,  1898,  and  Elbert 
Nevius  Sebring  Thompson,  1900,  and  a  cousin,  Raymond  Hil- 
liard  Gage,  1891. 

Prepared  at  the  East  Orange  (N.  J.)  High  School.  In 
Senior  year  he  received  first  prize  in  competition  for  the 
John  Addison  Porter  prize  in  American  history,  dissertation 
appointments  and  two  year  honors  in  history. 

He  married  on  June  24,  1909,  Elizabeth  S.  Howell,  daughter 
of  Thomas  A.  Howell,  deceased,  of  Lawrenceville,  N.  J.  They 
have  one  daughter,  Olive  Elizabeth,  born  February  24,  1912, 
in  Washington,  D.  C. 

After  one  year  in  the  Yale  Graduate  School  he  began 
library  work  and  is  at  present  assistant  librarian  of 
the  Public  Library  of  the  District  of  Columbia. 

He  is  Independent  in  politics,  ''but  would  be  a  Re- 
publican if  it  were  not  for  the  high  tariff  and  the  Con- 
tributing Editor. ' '  He  is  a  Presbyterian,  a  member  of 
the  American  Library  Association  and  since  1911  sec- 
retary of  the  District  of  Columbia  Library  Association. 

Tommy  definitely  decided  on  his  career  in  college, 
as  the  following  shows :  '  *  In  the  fall  f ollo^ving  gradua- 
tion," he  writes,  ''though  I  had  not  abandoned  my 
intention  of  entering  library  work,  I  entered  the  Yale 
Graduate  School  for  work  in  history.  In  the  follow- 
ing spring  an  opportunity  was  offered  to  enter  the 
Brooklyn  Public  Library  and  I  began  work  there  May 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  575 

1,  1903.  From  1905  to  1911  I  was  in  charge  of  the 
traveling  libraries  department  of  the  library.  In 
March,  1911,  I  left  Brooklyn  to  become  assistant  libra- 
rian of  the  Public  Library  of  the  District  of  Columbia, 
which  position  I  now  hold.  This  is  all  there  is  to  be 
said  of  my  life  since  graduation,  beyond  the  statistics 
given  above. ' ' 

Norman  Campbell  Thome 

Instructor  in  Chemistry,  Portland  Academy,  Portland,  Ore. 
Residence,  841  Brooklyn  Street,  Portland,  Ore. 

Born  July  12,  1876,  in  Central  Valley,  N.  Y.,  the  son  of 
Henry  C.  Thorne^  a  store  keeper  (died  February  21,  1890), 
and  Barbara  (Hall)  Thorne.  He  is  of  English  ancestry.  Rev. 
James  Hall,  Yale  eic-1885,  is  an  uncle. 

Prepared  at  Siglar's  Preparatory  School,  Newburgh,  N.  Y., 
where  he  pitched  on  the  ball  team  and  did  the  one  quarter 
mile  on  the  track  team.  He  entered  college  with  1901  but 
stayed  out  a  year  and  later  joined  1902.  He  pitched  on  the 
Class  teams  in  Freshman  (1901)  and  Senior  (1902)  years. 
He  received  two  year  honors  in  natural  sciences,  was  elected 
to  Sigma  Xi  and  received  an  oration  Senior  appointment. 

He  married  on  February  4,  1905,  in  Portland,  Ore.,  Clara  I. 
Blakeney,  daughter  of  Otis  F.  Blakeney,  of  Central  Valley, 
N.  Y.  They  have  had  two  children:  one  stillborn  and  the 
second,  a  daughter,  Barbara  Jane,  born  December  26,  1909, 
in  Portland,  Ore. 

On  graduation  he  received  the  Cuyler  Fellowship 
and  served  as  a  laboratory  assistant  at  Kent  Chemical 
Laboratory  from  1902  to  1904.  He  has  since  taught 
in  Portland  Academy,  Portland,  Ore. 

He  received  the  degree  of  M.A.  at  Yale  in  1904.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  one 
of  the  official  board  of  the  First  Methodist  Episcopal 


576  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

Church  of  Portland,  and  a  teacher  of  the  Young  Men 's 
Bible  Class,  Teacher  Training  Class,  Interdenomina- 
tional Mission  Study  and  Teacher  Training  classes. 
He  has  given  several  addresses  in  connection  with 
this  work. 

Norman  writes :  * '  The  first  two  years  after  gradua- 
tion I  spent  in  graduate  work  in  chemistry  in  New 
Haven.  In  September,  1904,  I  came  to  the  Portland 
Academy  as  instructor  in  physics  and  taught  physics 
five  years.  The  last  three  years  I  have  been  teaching 
chemistry  at  the  same  place.  Attended  my  Sexennial 
but  was  not  able  to  convince  the  committee  that  Port- 
land was  more  distant  than  Frisco,  so  divided  the  cup 
with  Godfrey.  Am  not  going  this  year  so  that  com- 
mittee may  not  have  such  a  hard  time. 

**My  work  has  been  pleasant  and  my  colleagues  have 
been  very  agreeable.  Yale  and  Princeton  equally  rep- 
resented on  the  faculty  have  made  the  ball  seasons  of 
interest,  playing  over  the  old  football  games  and  argu- 
ing for  success  for  each  year. 

''Teaching  is  slow  in  getting  results,  but  I  have  had 
the  satisfaction  of  sending  some  good  men  to  colleges 
and  hearing  of  their  good  work.  Have  persuaded 
some  that  Yale  was  the  best  place  in  the  world  and  hope 
to  be  able  to  send  a  few  more  good  men. 

''When  able  to  get  away  I  go  to  the  McKenzie  River 
in  the  Cascade  Mountains,  which  is  famous  for  its  big 
rainbow  trout.  I  have  been  successful  in  luring  a 
few  from  their  hiding  places. 

"A  surprise  in  the  nature  of  a  visit  from  Godfrey 
was  one  of  the  pleasant  experiences  of  the  last  four 
years  and  I  would  appreciate  it  if  more  of  the  members 
of  the  Class  would  call  when  in  this  section  of  the 
country.    The  latchstring  is  always  out." 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  577 

Richard  Barber  Tillinghast 

Lawyer,  55  Liberty  Street,  New  York  City 
Residence,  17  New  England  Terrace,  Orange,  N.  J. 

Born  December  25,  1879,  in  Evanston,  111.,  the  son  of  Caleb 
Edward  Tillinghast,  an  insurance  agent  (died  November  15, 
1901),  and  Mary  (Reynolds)  Tillinghast.  He  is  of  English 
ancestry.  His  Yale  relatives  are  two  brothers,  Edward  Mont- 
clair  Tillinghast  and  Elbert  Reynolds  Tillinghast,  both  of  the 
Class  of  1888. 

Prepared  at  the  University  School,  Cleveland,  Ohio.  In 
college  he  was  a  member  of  the  Senior  Golf  Team,  ''by  the 
kindness  of  Hank  Stoddard, ' '  the  Whist  Team  and  the  Corin- 
thian Yacht  Club.  He  received  a  second  dispute  Junior  and 
a  colloquy  Senior  appointment. 

He  married  on  December  2,  1908,  Gladys  Tucker,  a  gradu- 
ate of  Miss  Schoonmaker 's  School,  daughter  of  Charles  H. 
Tucker,  of  New  York  City.  They  have  two  children:  Jean, 
born  October  3,  1909,  in  East  Orange,  N.  J.,  and  Richard 
Barber,  Jr.,  born  December  25,  1911,  in  Orange,  N.  J. 

On  graduation  he  entered  the  Columbia  Law  School, 
where  he  was  a  member  of  Phi  Delta  Phi  legal  frater- 
nity. After  serving  in  a  number  of  law  offices  he 
opened  an  office  for  the  independent  practice  of  law. 
He  is  secretary  of  the  Wyoming  Yarn  Company. 

He  received  the  degree  of  LL.B.  from  Columbia  in 
1905.  He  is  a  Baptist.  In  politics  he  is  a  member  of 
the  anti-Eoosevelt  party.  His  artistic  accomplish- 
ments consist  in  being  very  clever  mth  a  Victrola. 
His  clubs  are  the  New  York  Yale,  Graduates  of  New 
Haven,  Essex  County  Country  and  the  New  Jersey 
Automobile  Club. 

Dick  writes :  *  *  Upon  leaving  law  school  I  was  taken 
into  the  office  of  E.  Lyttleton  Fox,  a  graduate  of  1902, 


578  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

and  a  leader  of  the  New  York  Bar.  Being  ashamed  to 
take  the  large  salary  which  I  feared  was  due  to  Class 
loyalty,  I  left  Mr.  Fox  for  the  office  of  Chas.  S.  Mac- 
Kenzie.  However,  I  could  never  forgive  Mr.  Mac- 
Kenzie  for  having  made  two  home  runs  for  Princeton 
off  Dutch  Carter  and  left  him  to  be  law  clerk  for  Mor- 
gan J.  0  'Brien,  then  presiding  justice  of  the  appellate 
division  of  the  New  York  supreme  court.  Judge 
0  'Brien  was  too  kind-hearted  to  fire  me  so  he  resigned 
from  the  supreme  court  within  a  year.  I  then  passed  to 
Judge  M.  Linn  Bruce.  He  also  was  too  kind-hearted 
to  fire  me,  and  gave  up  his  job.  I  then  decided  it  was 
not  a  square  deal  to  drive  any  more  kind  employers 
out  of  business  and  started  out  for  myself.  No  large 
corporation  having  yet  outbid  me  for  my  services,  am 
still  my  own  boss — that  is,  in  the  office.  Do  not  care  to 
give  an  account  of  my  foreign  travels  and  hope  Kre- 
mentz,  Stoddard  and  Duell  will  be  equally  discreet." 

Harry  Warren  Tompkins 

Cashier  and  Credit  Man  for  the  Capewell  Horse  Nail  Com- 
pany, manufacturers,  Hartford,  Conn. 

Residence,  712  Farmington  Avenue,  Hartford,  Conn. 

Born  June  25, 1878,  in  Matteawan,  N.  Y.,  the  son  of  Charles 
H.  Tompkins,  a  manufacturer,  and  Hester  (Cooper)  Tomp- 
kins (died  in  1910).    He  is  of  English  ancestry. 

Prepared  at  INIount  Hermon  School  for  Boys,  IMoimt  Her- 
mon,  Mass.  In  college  he  received  second  colloquy  appoint- 
ments and  was  a  member  of  Book  and  Bond, 

He  married  on  November  8,  1909,  Ella  Virginia  Hoge, 
daughter  of  Thomas  Courtenay  Hoge,  of  Hartford,  Conn. 

For  several  years  after  graduation  he  was  credit 
man  and  general  manager  for  the  wholesale  grocery 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  579 

house  of  Robert  Hill  in  New  York  City.  Later  he 
became  sales  manager  for  the  Americana  Company  of 
New  York  and  is  now  cashier  and  credit  man  for  the 
Capewell  Horse  Nail  Company  of  Hartford. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Congregational  Church  and 
of  Masonic  orders. 

Harry  writes:  ''Happy  is  the  man  whose  history  is 
brief,  so  here  is  mine.    Busy  in  business  lines.** 


Mason  Trowbridge 

Partner  in  the  firm  of  Trowbridge  &  Fox,  lawyers,  50  Fine 

Street,  New  York  City 

Residence,  Port  "Washington,  Long  Island,  N.  Y, 

Born  November  8,  1877,  in  Riverside,  111.,  the  son  of  Rev. 
James  Hewett  Trowbridge,  Middlebury  1847,  a  Presbyterian 
clergyman    (died    January    8,    1887),    and    Alice    Lindsley 
(Mason)    Trowbridge.     He  is  a  son  by  his  father's  second 
marriage.    His  Yale  relatives  are  a  brother,  James  Rutherford 
Trowbridge,  1894;  uncles,  Edward  Gay  Mason,  I860;  Henry 
Burrall  Mason,  1870;  Alfred  Bishop  Mason,  1871;  cousins, 
Henry  Eager  Mason,  1889;  Roswell  Bertram  Mason,   1895 
Henry  Giles  Miller,  1895 ;  William  Southworth  Miller,  1896 
Julian  Starkweather  Mason,  1898;  Huntington  Mason,  1899 
Maurice  Mason,  1901;  Norman  Mason,  1902;  Roy  Murdoch 
Mason,  1902 ;  Lawrence  Mason,  1904 ;  Frederic  Ogden  Mason, 
1909;  Elmer  Brown  Mason,  ex-1902;  Macdonell  Mason,  ex- 
1904,  and  George  Carrington  Mason,  ex-l^Ql. 

Prepared  at  the  North  Division  High  School,  Chicago,  111., 
where  he  was  a  member  of  the  literary  society.  In  college  he 
was  a  member  of  the  Yale  Debating  Team,  and  later  coach, 
vice-president  of  the  Yale  Union,  undergraduate  treasurer  of 
the  Y.  M.  C.  A.  and  on  the  membership  committee  of  the 
Wigwam  Debating  Club.  He  won  the  first  McLaughlin  prize 
for    English    composition,    Thacher    prize,    held    a    scholar- 


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580  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

ship,  oration  appointments.  He  was  fence  orator  and  a 
Class  historian.  He  received  the  Class  vote  for  the  man  in 
1902  who  had  done  most  for  Yale.  His  societies  were  He 
Boule,  Delta  Kappa  Epsilon  and  Skull  and  Bones. 

He  married  on  June  26,  1909,  in  Glen  Cove,  Long  Island. 
Helen  Fox,  daughter  of  Dr.  George  Henry  Fox,  of  New  York 
City,  and  sister  of  Howard  Fox,  Yale  1894,  and  Alanson  G. 
Fox,  Yale  1900.  They  have  two  children,  both  born  in  Port 
Washington,  Long  Island :  Mason,  Jr.,  bom  April  5,  1910,  and 
Harriet,  born  August  31,  1912. 

On  graduation  lie  entered  the  Yale  Law  School,  and 
during  his  course  taught  rhetoric  in  the  college  and 
coached  the  University  Debating  Team.  He  was  a 
member  of  Corbey  Court  in  law  school.  Since  1905  he 
has  practiced  law  in  New  York  City,  in  the  district 
attorney's  office,  with  two  of  his  classmates,  inde- 
pendently, and  since  April,  1911,  with  Alan  Fox,  1903. 

He  received  the  degree  of  LL.B.  at  Y^'ale  in  1905. 
He  is  a  Democrat.  He  has  served  as  deputy  assistant 
district  attorney  of  New  York  County,  assistant  dis- 
trict attorney  of  Nassau  County,  and  did  a  little  cart- 
tail  speaking  for  William  T.  Jerome  in  1905  and  for 
Otto  T.  Bannard,  Y^ale  1876,  in  1910.  He  is  a  Presby- 
terian by  inheritance  and  membership,  but  has  not  been 
active  in  that  church  since  he  went  to  college.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Yale  Club  of  New  York  City. 

Mase  writes :  ' '  This  response  to  your  many  appeals 
is  sinfully  late,  but  it  may  be  the  better  for  being 
written  on  the  heels  of  the  reunion.  Three  years  in 
New  Haven  (July,  1902,  to  June,  1905)  studying  at 
the  law  school  and  teaching  in  the  college  in  the  rhet- 
oric department,  with  coaching  of  the  University 
debating  teams  and,  in  the  summer  vacations,  private 
tutoring — this  accounts  for  almost  one-third  of  the  ten 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  581 

years.  In  the  fall  of  1905  I  entered  a  private  law  office 
in  New  York  City  as  a  clerk.  On  January  1,  1906,  I 
was  appointed  a  clerk  and  a  couple  of  months  later  a 
deputy  assistant  on  the  staff  of  the  district  attorney  of 
New  York  County.  I  lived  in  New  York  City  until  my 
marriage  in  June,  1909,  upon  which  event  I  moved 
to  Port  Washington,  Long  Island,  where  there  is  more 
room  for  expansion  and  one  may  enjoy  the  pleasures 
of  gardening,  cutting  the  grass  and  commuting  and 
live  the  simple  life. 

''Before  leaving  the  district  attorney's  office,  which 
I  did  on  January  1,  1910,  I  had  formed  a  partnership 
with  one  Guernsey  and  one  Stone.  This  aggregation 
of  1902  talent  broke  up  in  September,  1910,  when  Cap 
received  an  invitation  to  become  his  father's  partner 
in  Poughkeepsie  and  could  not  resist  the  call  of  the 
-wild.  The  period  from  January  1,  1910,  to  April  1, 
1911,  was  marked  by  wide  areas  of  low  pressure  in  the 
financial  barometer.  Consult  any  lawyer  as  to  his  first 
experiences  out  from  under  the  protecting  wing  of  a 
salary.  On  January  1,  1911,  the  job  of  assistant  dis- 
trict attorney  of  Nassau  County,  where  my  residence 
is,  was  given  to  me  under  a  new  Democratic  adminis- 
tration, and  for  about  a  year  I  straddled  that  and  New 
York  City  practice,  finally  resigning  in  January,  1912. 
In  April,  1911,  Alan  Fox,  1903,  and  I  formed  our  pres- 
ent partnership  and  to  date  have  prospered. 

"We  shall  be  glad  to  welcome  in  our  spacious  and 
impressive  offices  any  man  in  1902,  1903  or  any  old 
class,  or  anyone  who  ever  even  aspired  to  a  degree  at 
Yale,  though  fortune  or  the  faculty  may  have  cut  him 
down  in  the  full  bloom  of  his  hopes. 

''You  ask  what  we  have  accomplished.  My  answer 
is  a  wife,  a  home  and  a  baby.     You  ask  what  I  am 


582  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

planning  for.     I  answer  more  babies — and  our  next 
reunion. ' ' 

Thomas  Nugent  Troxell 

Farming,  Star  Route  1,  Alderson,  Luzerne  County,  Pa. 

Permanent  home  address,  232  Wyoming  Avenue,  West  Pitts- 
ton,  Pa. 

Born  October  25,  1880,  in  West  Pittston,  Pa.,  the  son  of 
Edgar  Rudolf  Troxell,  Yale  erc-1872,  M.D.  College  of  Physi- 
cians and  Surgeons  1875,  a  physician,  and  Maria  B.  (Nugent) 
Troxell.  He  is  of  German  and  Irish  ancestry.  Besides  his 
father  two  brothers  have  attended  Yale:  Edgar  Rudolph 
Troxell,  Jr.,  1904  S.,  and  George  Steele  Troxell,  ex-1908  S. 

Prepared  at  St.  Paul's  School,  Concord,  N.  H.,  where  he 
went  out  for  rowing,  football  and  the  gym  team.  At  Yale 
he  was  a  substitute  on  the  Freshman  Crew  and  won  his 
numerals,  also  rowed  on  the  Sophomore  and  Junior  Class 
crews.  He  was  a  first  Wrangler  and  a  member  of  the  Univer- 
sity Club  and  Delta  Kappa  Epsilon. 

He  is  unmarried. 

He  has  been  in  a  number  of  different  business  inter- 
ests but  is  now  engaged  in  farming  in  Luzerne  County, 
Pa.  In  1905  he  was  elected  a  director  and  secretary 
of  the  Pittston  Opera  House  Company. 

He  is  a  member  of  Trinity  Episcopal  Church  and  of 
the  Yale  Club  of  New  York  City. 

Trox  writes:  ''From  1902  to  June,  1906,  I  farmed 
and  managed  a  feed  mill  at  Outlet,  Pa.  In  June,  1906, 
I  went  to  work  for  the  Atlas  Portland  Cement  Com- 
pany, having  decided  to  learn  the  cement  business.  I 
worked  for  them  in  every  position  in  the  mill  until 
December,  1908.  The  first  year  I  lived  in  Allento\vn, 
after  that  in  Catasauqua.  At  the  time  I  left  the  com- 
pany I  had  been  general  foreman  for  about  a  year. 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  583 

**In  the  last  three  years  I've  been  interested  in  a 
number  of  different  things,  but  nothing  permanent. 
This  spring  I  decided  to  go  back  to  farming.  I  am  now 
farming  on  a  hundred-acre  farm  here  at  Alderson — 
raising  Jersey  cattle  and  sheep.  I  expect  to  do  fairly 
well  this  year  and  better  next  year. 

'*You  can  mark  me  as  not  having  answered  your 
questions  for  the  Class  record  or  anything  else  you 
like,  but  if  you  publish  the  above  I'll  have  your  blood. 
I  have  your  address  and  get  to  New  York  once  in  a 
while,  so  that  your  life  will  be  extremely  unsafe. 

"I'm  sorry  I  missed  the  good  time  at  Decennial." 

[May  Allah  protect  me  if  our  strong  man  makes 
good  his  threat.    Ed.  comment.] 

Willis  Gaylord  Tucker,  Jr. 

Manager  of  the  New  York  Offices  of  Wm.  D.  McJunkin  Adver- 
tising Agency,  124  East  Twenty-fifth  Street,  New  York 

City 

Residence,  7  West  Ninety-second  Street,  New  York  City 

Born  January  20,  1881,  in  Albany,  N.  Y.,  the  son  of  Dr. 
Willis  Gaylord  Tucker,  a  graduate  of  Albany  Medical  College 
(Union  University),  a  chemist,  and  May  (Newman)  Tucker. 
He  is  of  English  ancestry.  His  Yale  relatives  are  two  uncles 
and  two  cousins :  Luther  Henry  Tucker,  1855 ;  Henry  New- 
man, erc-1880;  Luther  Henry  Tucker,  Jr.,  1891,  and  Carll 
Tucker,  1904. 

Prepared  at  the  Albany  Academy,  Albany,  N.  Y,,  where 
he  was  interested  in  football,  the  school  paper  and  was  a 
member  of  the  Gates  Literary  Society.  In  college  he  received 
first  dispute  appointments. 

He  married  on  June  10,  1905,  Alice  S.  Woods,  daughter  of 
Judge  Francis  H.  Woods,  deceased,  of  Albany,  N.  Y.  They 
have  no  children. 


584  ACHIEV^EMENTS  OF  1902 

He  resided  in  Albany  until  1910,  when  he  went  to 
New  York  City.  His  business  interests  in  these  ten 
years  have  been  two  years  as  reporter  for  the  Albany 
Argus,  two  years  with  the  General  Electric  Company 
of  Schenectady,  four  years  in  independent  business  as 
an  advertising  specialist,  and  two  years  manager  of 
the  New  York  office  of  the  McJunkin  Advertising 
Agency. 

He  is  a  Presbyterian  and  a  member  of  the  Fourth 
Presbyterian  Church  of  New  York  City.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  Sons  of  Jove. 

Tommy  is  too  busy  to  write. 

James  Alden  Valentine 

Banker,  First  National  Bank,  Breckenridge,  Minn. 

Residence,  Breckenridge,  Minn. 

Born  July  10,  1880,  in  Chicago,  111.,  the  son  of  Ezra  Gates 
Valentine,  Beloit  1869,  a  lawyer  (died  August  19,  1905),  and 
Bertha  M.  (Alden)  Valentine  (died  in  February,  1896).  He 
is  of  English  ancestry.  A  cousin,  Joseph  Alden  Griffin,  was 
graduated  at  Yale  in  the  Class  of  1875. 

Prepared  at  Hamline  University,  Hamline,  Minn.,  and  at 
the  Harvard  School,  Chicago,  111.,  where  he  was  interested 
in  football  and  track.  In  college  he  won  honors  in  Sophomore 
English,  two  year  honors  in  social  sciences,  Cobden  Club 
medal  in  political  economy,  philosophical  oration  appoint- 
ments and  was  elected  to  Phi  Beta  Kappa,  of  which  he  was 
treasurer.  He  was  secretary  of  the  Yale  Union  Senior  year 
and  did  some  debating. 

He  married  on  January  19,  1910,  Mary  Ellet  Kendall,  a 
graduate  of  Kenwood  Institute,  Chicago,  daughter  of  Charles 
John  Kendall,  of  Chicago,  111.  They  have  had  one  child, 
born  June  15,  1911,  in  Douglas,  Mich.,  who  died  at  birth; 
they  adopted  a  son  whom  they  have  named  Kendall  Corn- 
stock,  who  was  born  June  14,  1911,  in  Chicago,  111. 


AUTOBIOGEAPHIES  585 

He  first  studied  shorthand  and  typewriting  and  in 
1904  entered  the  employ  of  the  Minneapolis  Threshing 
Machine  Company,  a  manufacturing  company,  but  the 
following  year  went  with  the  Union  Investment  Com- 
pany, a  corporation  controlling  a  large  number  of 
country  banks.  After  three  years  in  this  work  he 
decided  to  equip  himself  for  scientific  farming  and 
spent  three  and  a  half  years  in  the  College  of  Agricul- 
ture at  the  University  of  Wisconsin,  part  of  the  time 
acting  as  instructor.  He  has  been  farming  in  Massa- 
chusetts. In  1905  he  was  a  director  of  the  First 
National  Bank,  Breckenridge,  Minn.,  Campbell,  Minn., 
and  Barnesville,  Minn.,  and  vice-president  of  the  Kent 
State  Bank  of  Kent,  Minn.  He  has  written  a  couple 
of  pamphlets.  In  1913  he  returned  to  banking  in 
Breckenridge,  Minn. 

Just  a  word  from  Val:  '^By  1912  I  was  ready  to  do 
some  real  farming — not  book  farming.  The  East 
looked  good — I  came  to  investigate  and  stayed  to  rent 
Cherry  Hill  Farm,  a  large  dairy  farm  near  Beverly, 
Mass. 

**As  to  the  future — I  intend  to  stick  to  farming,  but 
don't  know  just  where — probably  in  the  East,  and 
probably  for  a  while  on  a  smaller  farm  than  the  one 
I  am  now  operating. 

** Greatest  achievement  of  past  ten  years:  Finding 
and  marrying  the  right  girl. ' ' 

Reginald  Claypoole  Vanderbilt 

Investor,  546  Fifth  Avenue,  New  York  City 
Residence,  Sandy  Point  Farm,  Newport,  R.  I. 

Born  December  19,  1880,  in  New  York  City,  the  son  of 
Cornelius  Vanderbilt,  a  capitalist,  connected  with  the  New 


586  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

York  Central  &  Harlem  River  Railroad  (died  in  1899),  and 
Alice  Claypoole  (Gwynne)  Vanderbilt.  His  Yale  relatives 
are  an  uncle,  Frederick  William  Vanderbilt,  1876  S. ;  three 
brothers,  William  Henry  Vanderbilt,  1893,  Cornelius  Vander- 
bilt, 1895,  and  Alfred  Gwynne  Vanderbilt,  1899;  and  three 
cousins,  James  Watson  Webb,  1907,  William  Seward  Webb, 
1909,  and  Vanderbilt  Webb,  ea;-1913. 

Prepared  at  St.  Paul's  School,  Concord,  N.  H.  At  Yale 
he  was  a  member  of  the  Fencing  Club,  Corinthian  Yacht 
Club,  secretary  and  on  the  governing  board  of  the  University 
Club,  1901,  He  Boule,  Psi  Upsilon  and  Scroll  and  Key.  He 
received  the  Class  vote  for  man  most  likely  to  succeed. 

He  married  on  April  14,  1903,  Cathleen  Gebhard  Neilson, 
daughter  of  Frederick  Neilson,  deceased.  They  have  one 
daughter,  Cathleen,  born  January  23,  1904,  in  New  York  City. 

He  is  prominent  as  a  breeder  and  exhibitor  of  show 
horses.  He  is  a  director  of  the  American  Hackney- 
Horse  Society,  the  National  Horse  Show  Association 
of  America,  Ltd.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Metropolitan 
Museum  of  Art.    He  spends  much  time  abroad. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  following  clubs:  Knicker- 
bocker, Brook,  Metropolitan,  Coaching,  Turf  and  Field, 
Riding  and  Driving,  Racquet  and  Tennis,  Automobile 
of  America  (New  York),  Newport  Reading  Room, 
Newport  Casino,  Citizens'  Business  Association  (New- 
port), Travelers  (Paris),  Meadowbrook,  Four-in- 
Hand  (Philadelphia),  Massachusetts  Auto,  West- 
chester Polo,  American  Kennel,  Dalmatian,  Russian 
Wolfhound,  American  Fox  Terrier,  French  Bulldog, 
Old  English  Sheepdog. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Episcopal  Church. 

Reggie  can  always  be  counted  on,  financially  at  least, 
when  reunions  come  around. 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  587 

Dorr  Viele 

Partner  in  the  firm  of  Sheldon  T.  &  Dorr  Viele,  lawyers, 
1022  Fidelity  Building,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

Born  Au^st  25,  1880,  in  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  the  son  of  Sheldon 
Thompson  Viele,  Yale  1868,  a  lawyer,  and  Anna  Porter 
(Dorr)  Viele.    He  is  of  English  ancestry. 

Prepared  at  Hotchkiss  School,  Lakeville,  Conn.,  where  he 
went  in  for  musical  and  literary  clubs  and  athletics.  In  col- 
lege he  was  a  member  of  the  Cross  Country  Club,  Apollo, 
Mandolin  and  Banjo  clubs,  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the 
Berkeley  Association  and  president  in  1902.  He  received 
oration  appointments  and  was  a  member  of  the  University 
Club. 

He  is  unmarried. 

On  graduation  he  entered  upon  the  study  of  law  at 
the  University  of  Buffalo  Law  School,  where  he  was  a 
member  of  Phi  Delta  Phi.  While  in  the  law  school  he 
also  studied  in  the  office  of  Lewis  &  Lewis.  He  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  of  New  York  State  in  1904  and 
began  practice  with  a  Buffalo  firm.  In  1908  he  became 
associated  with  his  father  under  the  firm  name  of 
Sheldon  T.  &  Dorr  Viele,  his  present  connection.  He 
is  also  an  examiner  of  title,  being  the  first  to  be  officially 
admitted  by  examination  in  the  State  of  New  York. 

He  received  the  degree  of  LL.B.  from  the  University 
of  Buffalo  Law  School  in  1904.  He  is  a  Democrat.  He 
is  a  member  of  St.  Paul's  (Protestant  Episcopal) 
Church  and  the  University  Club  of  Buffalo. 

D.  V.  says  a  word  about  land  title  registration  which 
is  of  interest:  ''July  4,  1902,  closed  college  with  the 
only  Northfield  bonfire  I  was  ever  at,  and  the  third 
day  after  saw  me  installed  as  a  law  student  in  a  Buf- 
falo office — not  my  father's — under  a  splendid  chief, 


588  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

a  Williams  grad.  It  had  been  destined  for  me  for 
some  years,  and  I  took  it  all  as  matter  of  course.  In 
1904  I  graduated  from  the  local  law  school  and  left  to 
take  the  State  Bar  exams,  held  in  a  neighboring  city, 
and  for  a  vacation  trip  for  rest.  In  the  month  away  I 
slept  in  twelve  different  places — Farmington,  Cam- 
bridge (enjoying  the  first  Class  Day  in  the  Harvard 
stadium),  East  Jaffrey,  N.  H.,  New  London  for  the 
race.  Shelter  Island  (how  many's  that?)  and  was  duly 
admitted  to  the  bar  at  the  appellate  division  at 
Rochester  before  returning  home.  In  the  fall  I  accepted 
a  change  of  office,  as  appeared  to  be  my  duty,  because 
there  was  a  salary  attached  to  the  offer,  and  found 
myself  associated  with  one  of  the  huge  law  firms  of 
these  latter  days  with  detail  duty  to  assist  in  the  exam- 
ining of  titles,  at  first  merely  by  getting  out  big  vol- 
umes in  the  county  clerk's  office  and  reading  them 
aloud.  Three  years  and  a  half  passed  in  experiment- 
ing as  to  what  my  income  at  the  office  would  obtain, 
and  having  splendid  vacations — Triennial;  sea  trips 
between  New  York  and  Nova  Scotia,  and  Providence 
to  Baltimore;  Muskoka,  Boston,  AVashington,  etc. 
When  even  the  last  increase  asked  for  seemed  not 
enough  to  afford  further  variation  of  experience 
craved,  I  left  my  sheltered  corner,  the  month  before 
Sexennial,  for  an  office  with  my  father — and  for  the 
first  time,  having  no  further  program  provided  me, 
began  to  feel  for  my  own  footing.  That  August  a 
canoe  and  camping  trip  with  three  other  fellows  (two 
doctors  and  a  lawyer)  with  no  guides — and  for  self- 
dependence,  fun,  and  re-creation  that's  the  prescrip- 
tion— greatly  helped  to  widen  my  views  on  what  one 
can  (and  cannot)  get  on  without  and  live.  Glorious 
hours  they  are  of  hard  work  in  the  sim,  nights  under 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  589 

the  stars,  and  views  from  mountain-tops.  That  Decem- 
ber I  chanced  upon  a  reference  in  my  'Lawyer's  Diary' 
to  rules  for  admission  to  practice  of  official  examiners 
of  title  in  the  State  of  New  York,  under  the  Land  Title 
Registration  Act.  It  seemed  to  mean  me,  so  in  April  I 
went  to  New  York  for  the  first  examination  scheduled 
and  was  one  of  eight  applicants  to  take  the  eight-hour 
test,  and  in  due  course  was  sworn  in  (May,  1909)  and 
found  myself  the  first  examiner  practicing  in  Western 
New  York.  Title  registration  has  since  been  my  study, 
pride  and  passion — and,  I  may  add,  largely  my  meager 
support.  The  scope  of  the  new  movement  is  too  great 
to  go  into  here.  Massachusetts  has  had  it  since  1898. 
Some  day  you  will  know  the  story. 

* '  Decennial  has  come  only  too  early  for  me — and  yet 
can  renewal  of  ideals  and  inspiration  (as  I  know  we 
shall  experience,  since  Triennial  and  Sexennial)  and 
the  soul  expansion  in  the  warmth  of  old  friendships 
ever  come  untimely? 

''Suffice  it  to  mention  of  a  dinner-club  of  twenty 
fellows  (The  Uncommon  Council)  meeting  monthly, 
of  repeating  the  Adirondacks  trip  in  1910,  seeing  the 
tie  with  Harvard  that  fall,  and  of  having  been  led  by 
the  obsessing  subject  of  registration  aforementioned 
to  visit  legislative  halls  at  Albany,  the  land  court  in 
Boston,  and  to  endure  with  satisfaction  a  six  weeks' 
summer  session  at  Columbia,  under  Dean  Karchwey, 
where  the  ten-story  dormitories,  with  elevators  and 
huge  club-like  lounging  rooms  on  the  ground  floor, 
offered  an  interesting  comparison  with  the  familiar 
walls  of  Yale.  As  time  passes  I  feel,  year  by  year,  that 
I  have  really  just  begun  to  live. ' ' 


590  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

Joseph  Hill  Walker 
President  of  Marengo  Farms,  Demopolis,  Ala. 

Born  July  9,  1874,  in  Wartrace,  Tenn.,  the  son  of  Jo 
Walker,  a  farmer  (died  September  10,  1898),  and  Elizabeth 
(Lane)  Walker.     He  is  of  English  ancestry. 

Prepared  at  the  University  of  Tennessee  and  entered  Yale 
1902,  November  20,  1898.  He  won  a  second  DeForest  Mathe- 
matical prize  in  Sophomore  year  and  second  dispute  appoint- 
ments. 

He  is  unmarried. 

On  graduation  he  took  the  course  in  the  Yale  Law 
School  and  practiced  law  in  Birmingham,  Ala.,  four 
years,  a  part  of  the  time  as  a  member  of  the  firm  of 
Wynn  &  Walker.  In  1909  he  purchased  a  farm,  which 
he  has  since  continued  to  operate,  at  Demopolis,  Ala. 

He  received  the  degree  of  LL.B.  at  Yale  in  1904. 

[I  publish  two  letters,  with  apologies  to  Joe  for 
mislaying  one,  even  for  a  short  time.  Ed.  comment.] 
He  writes:  *'I  trust  you  will  pardon  my  indifference 
or  seeming  neglect  of  your  numerous  effusions  rela- 
tive to  Decennial.  I  failed  to  answer  because  I  knew 
an  answer  at  that  time,  if  given,  would  necessarily  be 
in  the  negative.  And  hoping  that  something  might 
turn  up  which  would  enable  me  to  break  away,  I  have 
delayed  until  the  present  time  writing  that  I  shall  be 
unable  to  tear  myself  away  from  my  pigs  and  goats 
and  other  farm,  etc.  I  certainly  regret  muchly  that  I 
am  unable  to  gather  with  the  bunch  and  assist  in  add- 
ing a  few  curves,  wrinkles  (hence  form  and  color)  to 
the  dazzling  stunts  of  Triennial  and  Sexennial. 

*'I  would  dearly  love  to  go  into  detail  of  my  expe- 
riences of  the  past  ten  years,  but  fear  for  the  Class 
book,  shall  therefore  save  same  for  some  quiet  evening 


AUTOBIOGEAPHIES  591 

with  a  congenial  bunch  at  the  usual  table,  either  in  the 
big  city  or  here  in  mj^  bachelor  quarters  on  my  farm. 
''After  my  two  years  in  Yale  Law  School,  I  spent 
four  in  the  practice  of  law,  one  in  travels  and  now  I 
am  located  on  a  plantation  two  and  one  half  miles 
south  of  this  village — find  it  on  the  map  if  you  are  a 
relative  of  Sherlock.  Eaising  pigs,  goats  and  alfalfa 
hay,  incidentally  enjoying  life  as  a  strenuous  old  bach- 
elor should,  and  I  herewith  extend  a  hearty  welcome 
to  any  or  all  the  boys  who  are  in  search  of  quiet;  health 
or  good  whiskey — any  or  all  are  to  be  had  here. " 

"Your  touching  plea  and  appeal  of  November  1 
reached  me  in  due  course,  and  naturally  I  hasten  to 
your  rescue,  although  I  am  sure  I  mailed  you  this 
matter,  along  with  a  note  stating  that  it  would  be 
impossible  for  me  to  attend  the  reunion.  Mailed  about 
ten  days  or  two  weeks  before  reunion. 

' '  However,  I  am  glad  that  you  so  readily  pardon  and 
'forgive'  me  for  the  rush  of  reunion  business  having 
caused  this  valuable  information  to  be  misplaced.  In 
the  face  of  such  a  benign  and  benevolent  spirit  I  can 
only  promise  that  it  shall  not  occur  again. 

"  Jimmie,  I  am  farming  down  here,  raising  stock  and 
alfalfa  and  incidentally  having  a  good  time.  Bird 
(quail)  shooting  at  this  time  of  the  year  is  particularly 
fine.  Weather  delightful.  People  the  best  on  earth — 
the  kind  you  read  about.  So  any  time  you  want  a 
complete  change  with  plenty  of  outdoor  exercise  and 
sport,  put  on  your  hat  (that  is  all  you  need)  and  come 
along. 

"With  kindest  regards  to  any  enquiring  friend  or 
friends. ' ' 


592  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

Louis  Frederick  Walton 
333  West  End  Avenue,  New  York  City 

Born  December  27,  1876,  in  New  York  City,  the  son  of 
William  Thomas  Walton,  a  merchant,  and  Eliza  (Dennis) 
Walton. 

In  college  he  was  a  member  of  Zeta  Psi.  He  entered  with 
1901  and  joined  our  Class  in  Sophomore  year. 

He  is  unmarried. 

After  graduation  he  entered  the  New  York  Law 
School,  received  the  degree  of  LL.B.  in  1904  and  was 
admitted  to  the  New  York  State  Bar  in  January,  1905. 
In  August,  1905,  he  incorporated  the  Walton  Construc- 
tion Company. 

George  Biirwell  Ward 

Lawyer,  Sage-Allen  Building,  Hartford,  Conn. 

Residence,  Bristol,  Conn. 

Born  November  6,  1878,  in  Bristol,  Conn.,  the  son  of  Joseph 
H.  Ward,  who  is  engaged  in  mining  and  real  estate  interests, 
and  Clara  May  (Burwell)  Ward.  He  is  of  English,  Scotch 
and  Irish  ancestry. 

Prepared  at  the  Bristol  High  School  and  at  Phillips  Acad- 
emy, Andover,  where  he  went  in  for  baseball,  football  and 
hockey.  In  college  he  played  on  the  Freshman  Nine,  was 
captain  of  the  Yale  Second  Nine  Junior  year  and  University 
Team  Senior  year,  and  played  on  the  University  Hockey  Team 
1901-02.  He  received  the  Class  vote  for  the  best  all-round 
athlete.    He  was  a  member  of  Zeta  Psi. 

He  married  on  December  6,  1906,  in  New  York  City,  Ber- 
nice  L.  Rockwell,  a  graduate  of  National  Park  Seminary, 
Washington,  D.  C,  daughter  of  Albert  F.  Rockwell,  of  Bris- 
tol, Conn.  They  have  two  children,  both  born  in  Hartford, 
Conn. :  Bemice  Rockwell,  born  December  30,  1907,  and  Tren- 
with  Rockwell,  born  January  20,  1911. 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  593 

He  studied  in  the  Yale  Law  School,  where  he  was  a 
member  of  Corbey  Court,  and  then  began  the  general 
practice  of  law  and  patent  soliciting  in  Hartford,  Conn. 
From  April  1,  1907,  to  April  1,  1910,  he  was  a  member 
of  the  firm  of  Ward  &  Joy,  but  has  since  engaged  in 
independent  practice. 

He  is  a  Republican  and  a  member  of  the  Bristol  Con- 
gregational Church.  His  clubs  are  the  University  of 
Hartford  and  Troop  B,  Connecticut  National  Guard. 

What,  George  a  poet,  too !    Well,  I  never ! 

''Oh,  there's  no  let  up  to  our  Secretary  Jim, 
My  mail  box  is  full  nowadays  from  him, 
And  when  we  don 't  hear  from  him  through  the  mail 
It's  into  the  office  he  comes  with  full  sail. 
He  knows  all  about  my  work  and  my  cases. 
The  youngsters  know  the  stunts  at  reunion  Dad  faces 
From  the  pictures  received  on  funny  page  postals 
Of  our  Class,  the  queer-shaped,  bare-knee  'd  mortals. 
Statistics,  they  say,  cut  no  ice  when  we  're  here. 
It's  back  to  the  Campus  with  a  keg  of  good  cheer." 


Henry  Goodman  Waters 
Real  Estate,  104  Mulberry  Street,  Springfield,  Mass. 

Born  September  2,  1880,  in  Springfield,  Mass.,  the  son  of 
Henry  H.  Waters,  a  manufacturer  (died  in  1901),  and  Clara 
B.  (Goodman)  Waters  (died  in  1902).  He  is  of  English 
ancestry. 

Prepared  at  Buffalo  High  School,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.  In  college 
he  was  a  member  of  the  Corinthian  Yacht  Club  and  Univer- 
sity Club  and  did  some  wrestling.  He  received  second  collo- 
quy appointments. 

He  married  on  June  28,  1905,  Frances  Tillotson  Drake,  a 
graduate  of  Ogontz,  daughter  of  David  S.  Drake  of  Corning, 


594  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

N.  Y.  They  have  two  children:  Frances  D.,  born  July  7, 
1907,  in  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  and  Calvin  G.,  born  April  11,  1911, 
in  Springfield,  Mass. 

Having  decided  on  law  as  his  profession,  he  entered 
the  University  of  Buffalo  Law  School.  During  his  two 
years'  course  he  supplemented  his  study  by  means  of 
emplo>Tnent  as  a  clerk  in  the  law  offices  of  Bissell,  Gary 
&  Cooke  of  Buffalo.  He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  of 
New  York  and  commenced  the  practice  of  law  in  Buf- 
falo. He  was  shortly  afterwards  appointed  secretary 
of  the  civil  service  commission  of  Buffalo,  continuing 
his  practice  of  law  in  the  meantime  until  his  return  to 
Springfield  in  1909,  where  business  and  real  estate 
interests  compelled  his  attention,  to  the  exclusion  of  his 
law  practice.  He  is  a  director  of  the  Chicopee  National 
Bank  of  Springfield. 

He  received  the  degree  of  LL.B.  at  the  University 
of  Buffalo  Law  School  in  1904.  He  is  Independent  in 
pohtics  and  has  served  as  alderman.  He  is  a  member 
of  Christ  Episcopal  Church  of  Springfield  and  his 
clubs  are  the  Nayasset  and  Country  of  Springfield, 
Mass. 

Bernie  says:  ''Have  now  abandoned  law  and  am 
trying  to  live  it  down." 

We  might  add  that  Howard  McDowell  helps  him 
every  chance  he  gets.  Bernie  is  keeping  up  his  baro- 
nial ancestry  from  William  the  Conqueror  and  is  now 
one  of  the  largest  individual  taxpayers  in  Springfield. 

Arthur  Yancey  Wear 

Partner  in  Wear  Brothers,  dry  goods  commission,  Columbia 

Building,  Eighth  and  Locust  Streets,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Born  March  1,  1880,  in  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  the  son  of  James 
Hutchinson  Wear,  who  was  engaged  in  the  wholesale  dry 


AUTOBIOGEAPHIES  595 

goods  business  (died  in  1893),  and  Nannie  E.  (Holliday) 
"Wear.  He  is  of  Scotch-Irish  ancestry.  His  Yale  relatives  are 
two  brothers,  Joseph  Walker  Wear,  1899,  and  James  Hutch- 
inson Wear,  1901,  and  three  cousins,  Joseph  Glasby  Holliday, 
1884,  Samuel  Newton  Holliday,  1908,  and  Joseph  Harrison 
Holliday,  1913. 

Prepared  at  Smith  Academy,  St.  Louis,  Mo.  In  college  he 
was  a  member  of  the  Freshman  and  University  Baseball  teams, 
secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  Freshman  Football  Associa- 
tion; Wigwam  Debating  Club,  University  Club.  He  received 
second  colloquy  appointments.  His  societies  were  He  Boule, 
Alpha  Delta  Phi  and  Scroll  and  Key. 

He  is  unmarried. 

On  graduation  he  entered  the  bond  department  of 
the  Germania  (now  the  Commonwealth)  Trust  Com- 
pany, acting  as  assistant  bond  officer.  Later  he  be- 
came a  salesman  for  the  Richard  Hanlon  Millinery 
Company,  a  wholesale  house.  In  1903  he  went  into  the 
dry  goods  commission  business  with  his  brother,  J.  W. 
Wear,  under  the  firm  name  of  Wear  Brothers. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  and 
belongs  to  several  clubs. 

Art  apparently  reserves  his  writing  for  some  later 
date. 

Bradley  Agard  Welch 

With  F.  Wallis  Armstrong  Company,  advertising  agency,  603 
North  American  Building,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Residence,  Bryn  Mawr,  Pa. 

Born  May  20,  1880,  in  Torrington,  Conn.,  the  son  of  Judge 
Gideon  Higgins  Welch,  Yale  1868,  a  lawyer,  and  Susan 
Church  (Agard)  Welch.  He  says  his  ancestry  is  "olla  pod- 
rida." 

Prepared  at  Torrington  High  School,  Torrington,  Conn.    In 


596  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

college  he  was  a  member  of  the  Dramatic  Association  and 
secretary  in  1900-01,  editor  of  the  Yale  Courant,  financial 
editor  of  the  Yale  Literary  Magazine,  a  member  of  the  Bicen- 
tennial Committee  and  a  Class  historian.  He  won  a  second 
Ten  Eyck  prize  and  dissertation  appointments.  He  was  a 
member  of  Chi  Delta  Theta  and  Zeta  Psi. 

He  married  on  June  8,  1909,  May  Fern  Faucher,  daughter 
of  Adolphus  David  Faucher,  of  Rochester,  N.  Y.  They  have 
one  daughter,  Suzanne  Faucher,  born  January  16,  1912,  in 
Brjm  Mawr,  Pa. 

He  has  been  interested  in  the  advertising  business 
since  graduation,  being  in  that  department  of  J.  B. 
Williams  Company  and  the  Curtis  Publishing  Com- 
pany, before  taking  his  present  position  with  F.  Wallis 
Armstrong  Company,  advertising  agents  of  Philadel- 
phia. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Congregational  Church,  the 
Merion  Cricket  Club,  the  Graduates  Club  and  the 
Masons. 

Bradley  gives  an  epitaph : 

''Here  is  the  most  succinctest  sense 

Of  (thus  far)  my  accomplishments. 
Think  not  that  I  would  try  to  veil 

The  things  I've  done  since  leaving  Yale. 
Good  sir,  the  promise  of  my  youth 

Has  caught  it  in  the  neck  forsooth. 
I  speak  no  raptures,  write  no  rhymes 

In  these  commercial  blatant  times, 
Devoting  all  of  me,  myself. 

To  bilk  the  merchant  of  his  pelf. 
Yet  put  me  in  the  blue-bound  book. 

And  say  within  that  sheltered  nook 
A  few  kind  words — something-or-other, 

'Twill  please  my  wife,  and  eke  my  mother." 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  597 

He  writes  good  letters,  too,  about  business.  I  wish 
they  could  all  be  published,  but  here,  at  least,  is  a  sam- 
ple showing  how  firmly  he  holds  the  dollar  in  the  hand 
that  once  so  daintily  held  the  pen.  This  written  before 
Decennial  reunion:  ''Your  letter  of  the  first  certainly 
is  flattering,  but  I'll  bet  that  few  members  of  the  Class 
have  a  smaller  bank  balance  on  the  thirtieth  of  any 
given  month  than  I  have,  and  on  mentioning  the  matter 
to  Mrs.  Welch,  she  assured  me  without  hesitation  that 
a  $25  hat  would  do  her  more  good  than  it  would  the 
glorious,  if  somewhat  dissipated,  Class  of  1902.  I 
don't  blame  you  for  not  wanting  to  go  in  a  hole;  in 
fact,  your  altruism  in  doing  all  this  work  makes  any- 
thing but  a  favorable  answer  rather  embarrassing. 
Nevertheless,  wouldn't  it  be  fairer  to  allow  $2  or  $3 
per  capita  for  unforeseen  expenses  than  to  hold  indi- 
viduals for  $25?  I  suppose  the  average  cost  of  going 
to  one  of  these  parties  is  $30  or  $40.  Do  you  think  the 
extra  $2  or  $3  would  make  any  difference?  And  if  it 
did,  you  could  make  your  refund  to  the  attending  mem- 
bers pro  rata  in  case  of  any  surplus. 

"But  the  fact  is,  I  believe  your  letter  is  such  a  darn 
good  one  that  I  will  be  the  only  man  not  to  come  across. 
This  will  be  a  disgrace  to  be  sure,  but  I  am  so  generally 
disgraceful  nowadays  that  I  don't  believe  I  will  notice 
it. 

''One  thing  I  will  do,  and  that  is  to  spend  some  of 
this  $25  on  you  if  you  ever  get  over  to  this  burg  and 
call  on  me." 

Paul  Hamilton  Welch 

Attorney  for  the  Duluth,  Missabe  &  Northern  Railway  Com- 
pany, Wolvin  Building,  Duluth,  Minn. 

Born  July  25,  1880,  in  Oil  City,  Pa.,  the  son  of  Philip 
Henry  Welch,   deceased,  formerly  on  the  editorial  staff  of 


598  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

the  New  York  Sun,  and  Margaret  "Welles  (Hamilton)  Welch. 
His  Yale  relatives  are  Timothy  Collins,  1718,  and  Noah  Wells, 
1741. 

Prepared  at  the  Brooklyn  High  School,  and  in  college 
received  a  Senior  colloquy  appointment. 

He  is  unmarried. 

In  July,  1902,  he  entered  the  office  of  his  uncle,  T.  F. 
Hamilton,  who  was  counsel  for  the  Boston  &  Maine 
Railroad,  and  with  the  exception  of  one  year,  which  he 
spent  at  the  New  York  Law  School,  remained  with 
him  until  his  death  in  December,  1904.  About  April, 
1905,  he  went  with  the  Lawyers  Title  Insurance  & 
Trust  Company  of  New  York  City  in  the  capacity  of 
closing  attorney,  and  stayed  with  them  until  July,  1907, 
when  he  *'felt  the  call  of  the  West  in  his  blood,  and 
followed  Horace  Greeley's  advice  to  a  certain  extent." 
He  became  attorney  for  various  subsidiary  companies 
of  the  United  States  Steel  Corporation,  including  a 
mining  company,  a  steel  company  and  four  railroads. 
He  is  at  present  attorney  for  the  Duluth,  Missabe  & 
Northern  Railway  Company. 

He  is  a  Republican  and  spent  considerable  time  in 
1908  stumping  for  Taft  and  local  issues  in  Minnesota. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Congregational  Church. 

Paul  writes:  ''I  forget  whether  it  was  W.  Shakes- 
peare or  0.  Henry  who  said  that  listening  to  some  peo- 
ple's conversation  was  about  as  edifying  and  instruc- 
tive as  listening  to  a  leak  in  the  roof  dripping  into  a 
tin  dishpan  at  the  head  of  the  bed  when  you  were  try- 
ing to  sleep.  Therefore,  while  the  ultimate  uplift 
that  you  get  from  this  letter  may  be  negligible,  still 
I  will  try  to  make  it  a  little  more  zestful  than  a  tax 
receipt  or  a  bill  of  lading. 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  599 

''When,  in  obedience  to  your  instructions,  I  wrote 
Bob  Gast  to  come  to  Decennial,  in  a  spirit  of  brag- 
gadocio I  used  some  stationery  of  the  corporation 
which  has  the  honor  to  command  my  services  on  which 
my  name  appeared  writ  in  scarlet  letters.  (No,  you 
needn't  make  the  comment  which  is  in  your  mind,  Jim.) 
He  answered  by  saying  that  he  was  coming  East  this 
June  for  the  express  purpose  of  finding  out  how  I 
slipped  it  over  on  the  D.  M.  &  N.  Ey.  Co.,  whose  shame 
I  am  unwilling  to  parade  by  printing  the  name  in  full. 
I  hesitate  to  meet  him  because  I  don't  know  what  to 
say.  I  like  to  believe  that  it  is  because  they  regarded 
association  with  me  as  a  continual  indulgence  in  the 
luxuries  of  capability,  the  canvas-back  duck  and  nessel- 
rode  pudding  thereof,  as  it  were,  but  the  horrible  fear 
always  exists  that  they  may  wake  up  any  day  to  the 
fact  that  I  am  conspicuous  by  the  lack  of  those  accom- 
plishments which  are  regarded  as  the  hog  and  hominy, 
aye,  the  very  corn  beef  and  cabbage  of  utility. 

"This  is  how  it  happened.  After  Commencement, 
having  successfully  dodged  the  outstretched  palms  of 
the  sweeps,  I  headed  for  New  York,  and,  as  I  traveled 
via  the  New  Haven  road,  you  won't  be  surprised  to 
hear  that  I  didn't  reach  that  thriving  village  for 
nearly  three  years.  When  at  last  I  did  get  there  noth- 
ing happened  for  some  time ;  the  sun  rose  and  set  with 
sickening  regularity,  Tammany  Hall  went  on  electing 
its  ticket  without  opposition,  and  the  rubber  plants 
continued  to  bud,  flower  and  fade  in  Brooklyn,  just  as 
they  did  before.  However,  I  kept  on  singing  my  siren 
song  in  the  hearing  of  malefactors  of  great  wealth  until 
finally  that  particular  Octopus  which  barks  and  wags 
its  tail  when  the  name  United  States  Steel  Corpora- 
tion is  mentioned,  having  carelessly  failed  to  follow 


600  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

the  example  of  Ulysses  in  reference  to  its  ears,  heard 
me.  It  immediately  chortled  with  glee  and  with  a  dis- 
gustful pertinacity  clung  to  me  with  its  tentacles, 
swept  me  away  from  Bagdad  and  deposited  me  here 
among  the  sturdy  Scandahoovians :  Ay  ban  now  in 
Mannesoota  five  year,  Yimmie.  'And  we  hope  you  will 
stay  there  forever,'  you  say,  wishing  to  end  this  ego- 
tistical prosing?  Your  desire  is  accomplished,  for  as 
Lady  Godiva  said  as  she  approached  the  end  of  her 
memorable  ride,  'I  am  nearing  my  close.'  That  is  my 
story.  The  flippant  narrative  covers  the  usual  expe- 
riences one  meets  as  he  walks  up  and  down  the  world. 
It  has  not  been  all  beer  and  skittles,  thank  God!  but 
the  measure  of  gall  and  wormwood  which  has  been  fed 
to  me  falls  far  short  of  obliterating  the  taste  of  the 
nectar  and  ambrosia  which  I  have  been  permitted  to 
absorb.    Some  class  to  that  last,  I  guess." 


Henry  Frank  Wells 

Residence,  1  West  Eighty-fifth  Street,  New  York  City 

Bom  January  13,  1879,  in  Pottsville,  Pa.,  the  son  of  Charles 
Wesley  Wells  (died  May  29,  1912),  a  lawyer,  and  Catharine 
(Zimmerman)  Wells.  He  is  of  Dutch,  German  and  English 
ancestry. 

Prepared  at  Westminster  School,  Dobbs  Ferry,  N.  Y.  (now 
located  at  Simsburyj  Conn.),  where  his  activities  were  "ath- 
letic, editorial,  musical  and  presumably  scholastic."  In  col- 
lege "my  only  result  in  athletics  was  a  cracked,  bent  and 
generally  mutilated  nose  in  baseball  Freshman  year — my 
endeavors  hereupon  ceased.  Was  hardly  a  scholarly  individ- 
ual, even  though  I  did  manage  to  get  away  with  a  sheepskin." 
He  was  a  member  of  the  University  Club,  Eta  Phi  and  Delta 
Kappa  Epsilon. 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  601 

He  married  on  December  26,  1907,  Henrietta  van  Arnam 
Maxwell,  daughter  of  Rev.  James  Lee  Maxwell,  Union  (de- 
ceased), formerly  of  New  York  City.  They  have  two  children, 
both  born  in  New  York  City:  Kathryn  van  Arnam,  born 
September  20,  1908,  and  Marguerite  Wesley,  born  October  3, 
1911. 

Although  his  legal  residence  has  always  been  in  New 
York  City,  he  spent  the  first  two  years  after  gradua- 
tion in  Lima,  Ohio,  studying  the  petroleum  industry. 
He  continued  in  this  branch  of  business,  associated 
with  his  father  and  independently,  until  the  summer  of 
1911.    He  is  not  in  business  at  present. 

He  is  a  Republican  but  "could  not  make  a  speech  if 
he  tried. "  He  is  affiliated  ^\dth  the  Episcopal  Church. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Yale  Club  of  New  York  City, 
Graduates  Club  of  New  Haven  and  the  New  York 
Yacht  Club. 

Fuzzy  writes,  in  brief,  as  follows:  "Business  connec- 
tions :  Associated  with  my  father,  in  charge  of  his  own 
and  his  firm 's  special  interests  in  the  petroleum  indus- 
try in  Ohio  and  Indian  Territory;  also  actively  asso- 
ciated in  West  Indian  and  European  financial  activi- 
ties for  and  with  the  same.  In  1905,  in  addition  to 
above,  I  entered  the  petroleum  industry  independent 
of  associations  above  mentioned  and  retained  same 
until  summer  of  1911. 

"Travels:  Confined  almost  entirely  to  United  States 
of  America  since  graduation,  with  exception  of  sum- 
mer of  1906,  when  I  motored  abroad  for  some  weeks. 

"The  story  of  my  ten  years  is  neither  lurid  nor 
exciting — hardly  of  interest.  I  have  had  my  successes, 
my  failures  and  my  disappointments — but  I  have 
learned  and  trust  that,  ere  long,  my  accomplishments 
will  amount  to  something  worth  the  telling. ' ' 


602  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

John  Jared  Welsh 

Teaching  Mathematics  at  St.  Paul's  School,  Concord,  N.  H. 

Permanent  home  address,  69  Arnold  Terrace,  South 
Orange,  N.  J, 

Born  September  4,  1880,  in  South  Orange,  N.  J.,  the  son 
of  "William  Welsh,  a  gardener,  and  Matilda  (Irvine)  Welsh 
(died  in  1907).    He  is  of  Irish  ancestry. 

Prepared  at  the  South  Orange  High  School,  and  in  coUege 
received  first  colloquy  appointments. 

He  is  unmarried. 

In  September,  1902,  he  began  teaching  in  the  South 
Orange  High  School,  where  he  continued  two  years  as 
instructor  of  mathematics  and  European  history.  In 
the  summer  of  1903  he  attended  the  summer  session  at 
Columbia  University,  taking  work  in  mathematics.  In 
the  fall  of  1904  he  commenced  teaching  at  the  Morris 
Academy,  of  Morristown,  his  subjects  being  German, 
French  and  mathematics.  He  spent  the  summer  of 
1905  traveling  in  the  British  Isles  with  his  father.  In 
1907  he  accepted  a  position  at  St.  Paul's  School, 
Concord,  N.  H. 

Homer  Augustus  Wessel,  Jr. 

Vice-President  of  the  Cincinnati  Railway  Supply  Company, 

13  East  Second  Street,  Cincinnati,  Ohio 

Residence,  Walnut  Hill,  Cincinnati,  Ohio 

Born  March  21,  1881,  in  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  the  son  of  Homer 
Augustus  Wessel,  of  the  Cincinnati  Railway  Supply  Company, 
and  Louise  (Meyer)  Wessel.  His  ancestors  were  English,  Dan- 
ish and  German.  Three  first  cousins  have  studied  at  Yale: 
Blakeman  Quintard  Meyer,  ex-1904 ;  Schuyler  Merritt  Meyer, 
1907,  and  Alex  Wessel  Shapleigh,  1911. 


AUTOBIOGEAPHIES  603 

Prepared  at  the  Franklin  School,  Cincinnati,  where  he  was 
a  member  of  the  football  team  and  president  of  the  athletic 
association.  At  Yale  he  was  assistant  manager  and  manager 
of  the  University  Bicycle  Association  in  1900-01  and  1901-02, 
respectively ;  was  a  member  of  the  Yale  Athletic  Subscription 
Fund  Committee;  assistant  editor  of  the  Yale  Daily  News 
in  1901  and  editor  in  1902;  and  was  a  member  of  the  Uni- 
versity Club,  Corinthian  Yacht  Club,  Eta  Phi,  Delta  Kappa 
Epsilon  and  Scroll  and  Key. 

He  married  on  October  24,  1911,  in  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  Kath- 
ryn  Gaskill,  daughter  of  George  A.  Gaskill,  of  Columbus,  Ohio. 

After  graduation  he  started  to  work  for  the  Hazard 
Manufacturing  Company,  of  Wilkes-Barre,  Pa.,  manu- 
facturers of  mre  rope,  copper  and  insulated  wires  and 
cables,  etc.,  on  October  1.  He  remained  here  until 
June  1, 1904,  when  he  was  sent  out  to  the  new  office  of 
this  company  in  Chicago,  111.,  as  assistant  sales  agent. 
In  March,  1909,  he  resigned  this  position,  and  returned 
to  Cincinnati,  where  he  has  since  been  with  the  Cincin- 
nati Railway  Supply  Company,  manufacturers  of  steel, 
metals,  wire  rope,  etc. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Church  of  the  Advent  (Epis- 
copal) of  Cincinnati.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Cincinnati  Country,  University, 
Yale,  Miami  Boat  and  Automobile  clubs  of  Cincinnati. 

Homer  is  probably  one  of  the  youngest  looking  men 
in  our  Class,  and  judging  from  the  way  he  threw  him- 
self into  Decennial  festivities,  has  lost  none  of  the 
buoyancy  of  youth,  either. 

Arthur  Stanley  Wheeler 
Postmaster  and  Poultry  Raiser,  Grove  Beach,  Conn. 

Born  May  13,  1881,  in  New  Haven,  Conn.,  the  son  of 
Arthur  Martin  Wheeler,  LL.D.,  Yale  1857,  Durfee  professor 


604  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

of  history,  emeritus,  Yale  University,  and  Harriette  Skinner 
(Staples)  Wheeler.  He  is  of  English  ancestry.  A  brother, 
Kenneth  Knight  Wheeler,  is  at  present  studying  music  at  the 
Yale  Music  School. 

Prepared  at  Hopkins  Grammar  School,  New  Haven,  and 
in  college  received  honors  in  English  composition  in  Sopho- 
more year,  a  third  Ten  Eyck  and  a  first  dispute  appointment 
Junior  year  and  divided  the  John  Hubbard  Curtis  prize.  In 
Senior  year  he  won  the  Cook  Poetry  prize  and  the  Jolin  Hub- 
bard Curtis  prize.    He  was  a  member  of  Zeta  Psi. 

He  married  on  April  30,  1906,  in  Washington,  D.  C,  Edith 
A.  Wiley,  a  graduate  of  the  Sargent  School,  Cambridge,  Mass., 
daughter  of  Alexander  Wiley,  of  New  York  City.  They  have 
no  children. 

Since  graduation  he  has  engaged  in  a  number  of 
different  occupations,  as  teacher,  insurance  agent,  book 
agent  and  journalist,  but  is  now  devoting  himself  to 
raising  Eose  Comb  Rhode  Island  Reds.  He  is  post- 
master of  Grove  Beach,  Conn,,  treasurer  of  the  Menun- 
ketesuck  Club,  Inc.,  treasurer  of  the  Grove  Beach  Im- 
provement Association,  Inc.,  and  vice-president  of  the 
Shore  Line  Poultry  &  Pet  Stock  Association,  Inc. 

He  is  a  Republican.  He  has  written  a  book  on  poul- 
try and  about  thirty  pieces  of  short  fiction. 

Stan  is  very  quiet  about  himself,  and  about  all  the 
Secretary  has  been  able  to  discover  is  from  his  chicken 
circular.  At  any  rate,  he  is  the  proud  possessor  of 
''Reliable  Jane"  and  ''can  point  with  pride  to  her 
record,  for  she  laid  256  eggs  from  December  8,  1911, 
to  December  7,  1912.  Jane  is  unquestionably  a  freak, 
since  the  average  hen  neither  can  nor  ought  to  be 
expected  to  lay  at  such  a  rate."  One  can  even  have 
a  sense  of  humor  and  be  literary  about  chickens. 


AUTOBIOGEAPHIES  605 

Byrd  Earle  White 

Vice-President   of   White   &    Company,   bankers,    Lancaster, 
Texas,  and  Lawyer  in  Dallas,  Texas 

Residence,  Lancaster,  Texas 

Born  June  16,  1878,  in  Lancaster,  Texas,  the  son  of  William 
L.  White,  deceased,  and  Louisa  (Francis)  White.  He  is  the 
child  of  his  father's  second  marriage.  His  ancestors  were 
Scotch  and  Irish.  The  following  relatives  have  attended  Yale : 
George  Unangst  Wenner,  1865,  Uriah  Jacob  Omega  Wenner, 
ea;-1871,  and  a  cousin,  George  Unangst  Wenner,  1903. 

Prepared  at  schools  in  Lancaster  and  Dallas,  winning  a 
medal  for  oratory  in  the  school  of  W.  U.  Franklin  of  Dallas. 
He  received  the  degree  of  B.A.  from  Baylor  University,  Waco, 
Texas,  in  1900,  where  he  was  president  of  the  literary  society, 
representing  it  in  oratorical  contests ;  editor-in-chief  of  a  maga- 
zine ;  captain  of  a  military  company  and  one  of  the  speakers 
on  graduation  day.  He  entered  Yale  in  the  fall  of  1901  and 
received  a  colloquy  appointment  in  Senior  year. 

He  is  unmarried. 

He  received  the  degree  of  LL.B.  from  the  State  Uni- 
versity of  Texas  at  Austin,  in  June,  1904.  Since  his 
admission  to  the  bar  he  has  been  engaged  in  the  prac- 
tice of  law  in  Dallas,  for  a  time  under  the  name  of 
White  &  Sergeant,  but  at  present  alone.  He  has  also 
been  in  the  banking  business  continuously  since  grad- 
uation, and  is  now  vice-president  of  White  &  Com- 
pany. He  is  a  director  of  the  Citizens  Cotton  Oil  Com- 
pany of  Lancaster  and  of  the  Dallas  Investment 
Company  and  is  vice-president  of  the  White  Banking 
Company  of  Wilmer,  Texas. 

He  is  not  a  member  of  any  church,  but  writes  that 
he  is  '  *  inclined  to  the  Baptist. ' '  He  is  a  charter  mem- 
ber of  the  Texas  Yale  Club,  and  is  a  member  of  the 


606  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

Knights  of  Pythias  and  the  Masonic  Lodge  of  Lancas- 
ter; the  Scottish  Rite  Masons,  Shrine  Hella  Temple, 
and  the  Pick\vick  and  Terpsichorean  clubs  of  Dallas. 
He  is  a  Democrat  and  has  made  numerous  political 
speeches.  He  has  served  as  secretary  of  the  State 
Good  Roads  Convention. 

Byrd  is  able  to  speak  for  himself  and  he  does :  ' '  Not 
even  engaged  to  be  married.  My  life  is  most  too  busy, 
but  hope  to  change  records  some  of  these  days  on  the 
phonograph  of  time. 

''Leaving  Yale,  I  spent  the  summer  in  North  Caro- 
lina and  Tennessee  and  upon  my  return  to  Texas  that 
fall  I  entered  into  our  banking  business,  an  institution 
owned  by  our  family,  and  after  about  eight  months 
sojourn  I  entered  the  University  of  Texas  and  doub- 
ling up  on  the  work  completed  the  law  course  by  June, 
1904.  I  immediately  took  the  State  Bar  examination 
and  making  a  splendid  grade  received  my  license  to 
practice  law,  and  now  hold  admission  to  practice  before 
our  State  Supreme  Court.  Following  my  admission 
to  practice  law,  I  spent  the  summer  on  the  Texas  coast, 
and  then  departed  for  Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y.,  where  I 
took  a  special  course  in  banking,  and,  following  my 
return  to  Texas  with  a  few  months '  connection  mth  the 
banking  business,  I  entered  the  practice  of  law,  with 
my  office  in  Dallas,  Texas. 

''Experienced  a  very  successful  practice,  but  have 
had  to  surrender  a  portion  of  same  on  account  of  busi- 
ness interests  demanding  my  time.  Am  at  present 
connected  with  the  legal  department  of  the  M.  R.  &  T. 
Railway  Company  and  the  Dallas  Southern  Traction 
Company  (an  inter-urban  railway).  In  the  educational 
world  I  held  the  chair  of  medical  jurisprudence  in  the 
Southwestern  Medical  College,  Dallas,  Texas,  for  sev- 


Chaui.es  Deax  White 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  607 

eral  years,  resigning  on  account  of  business  demanding 
my  time. 

**I  was  president  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  for  sev- 
eral years  of  Speer's  School  for  Boys  at  Lancaster, 
Texas,  a  boarding  school  for  boys  which  my  Yale  blood 
prompted  me  to  establish  for  young  boys,  that  their 
early  training  might  be  well  directed. 

* '  My  plans  for  the  future  are  to  make  a  success  not 
only  for  my  own  sake  and  that  of  my  country,  but  to 
be  an  honor  to  Yale.  A  welcome  is  extended  and  an 
invitation  forwarded  to  all  of  the  Class  of  1902  to  come 
to  Texas." 


*Charles  Dean  White 
Died  1902 

Born  September  28,  1880,  in  Auburn,  N.  Y.,  the  son  of 
Ossian  Charles  White,  a  photographer,  and  Catherine  Ann 
(Dean)  White.  His  family  is  of  English  ancestry,  the  first 
of  the  name  in  this  country  being  John  White,  who  came  from 
Wessex  in  1632.  Moses  Clark  White,  M.D.  1854,  and  Caryl 
Fenelon  Seeley  White,  M.D.  1881,  are  Yale  relatives. 

Prepared  at  the  Auburn  Academic  High  School,  where  he 
was  class  poet,  editor  of  the  class  paper  and  a  commencement 
speaker.  In  college  he  was  a  member  of  the  Apollo  Glee  Club, 
College  Choir  and  sang  in  the  Greek  Chorus  at  Bicentennial. 
He  was  an  active  worker  in  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.  and  a  teacher  in 
the  mission.  He  received  an  oration  Junior  appointment  and 
at  the  time  of  his  death  was  doing  work  of  philosophical 
oration  rank. 

In  March  of  Senior  year  he  contracted  typhoid  fever, 
which  his  constitution,  undermined  by  overwork,  was 
unable  to  withstand.  He  died  at  the  New  Haven  Hos- 
pital on  March  30,  1902. 


608  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

He  was  a  member  of  the  Calvary  Presbyterian 
Church,  and  it  had  been  his  intention  to  study  for  the 
ministry  on  graduation  from  Yale.  Owing  to  his  schol- 
arship rank  he  was  enrolled,  by  vote  of  the  faculty,  as 
a  graduate. 

*Percy  Gardiner  White 
Died  1906 

Born  September  16,  1878,  in  Gardiner,  Maine,  the  son  of 
Henry  Gardiner  White,  Bowdoin  1874,  a  lawyer,  and  Alice 
(Bradstreet)  White. 

Prepared  at  the  Groton  School,  Groton,  Mass.,  and  in  col- 
lege played  on  the  College  Nine  (1901),  sang  on  the  Apollo 
and  University  Glee  clubs,  was  a  member  of  the  Wigwam 
Debating  Club,  was  a  Class  deacon  and  received  a  second 
colloquy  Junior  appointment.  He  was  a  member  of  Kappa 
Psi,  Delta  Kappa  Epsilon  and  Skull  and  Bones. 

He  was  unmarried. 

On  graduation  he  taught  for  a  time  at  the  Hill 
School  and  the  Adirondack-Florida  School.  He  then 
became  a  traveling  secretary,  going  throughout  the 
country  in  successful  efforts  to  interest  college  men 
in  the  work  of  the  Brotherhood  of  St.  Andrew.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  vestry  of  Christ  Church,  Gardi- 
ner, Maine. 

He  died  February  22,  1906,  at  Jamaica  Plain,  Mass., 
from  seepage  of  the  heart,  which  brought  on  convul- 
sions, having  never  fully  recovered  from  an  attack  of 
typhoid  fever  the  previous  spring. 

From  a  letter  the  following  is  quoted:  '*To  speak  of 
things  accomplished  is  entirely  out  of  place  in  such  a 
life — cut  off  almost  at  its  very  beginning.  Yet  this  can 
be  truly  said,  Percy  Gardiner  White  gave  to  the  world 
the  legacy  of  a  life  in  which  the  highest  and  noblest 


Pkrcv  Gahdineu  White 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  609 

of  ideals  were  constantly  being  translated  into  acts  of 
daily  service.    More  than  this  no  man  can  do." 


Frederic  Averill  Whittlesey 

Pastor  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  Whiting,  Kans. 

Born  August  8,  1873,  in  Hotchkissville,  Conn,,  the  son  of 
Deming  "Whittlesey,  a  farmer,  and  Huldah  M.  (Terrill) 
Whittlesey.  His  ancestors  were  English.  A  brother,  Charles 
Terrill  Whittlesey,  graduated  from  the  Yale  Divinity  School 
in  1887. 

Prepared  at  the  Centenary  Collegiate  Institute,  Hacketts- 
town,  N.  J.  At  Yale  he  received  oration  appointments  in  both 
Junior  and  Senior  years. 

He  married  on  September  11,  1902,  in  West  Haverstraw, 
N.  Y.,  Elizabeth  Weiant,  daughter  of  Edward  B.  Weiant,  a 
decorator  of  West  Haverstraw.  They  have  one  son,  Edward 
Deming,  born  May  21,  1905,  in  Old  Mystic,  Conn. 

For  two  years  after  graduation  he  was  a  student  at 
the  Boston  University  School  of  Theology,  and  re- 
ceived the  degree  of  S.T.B.  from  this  school  in  1904. 
From  December,  1903,  to  March,  1906,  he  was  pastor 
of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  at  Old  Mystic, 
Conn. ;  from  April,  1906,  to  March,  1907,  at  Dunavant, 
Kans.;  from  April,  1907,  to  March,  1910,  at  Oakland, 
Kans.,  and  since  April,  1910,  has  been  pastor  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church  in  Whiting,  Kans. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Kansas  Conference  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church.  In  politics  he  is  an 
Independent  Prohibitionist. 

Before  reunion  Fred  wrote :  * '  I  would  like  to  be  with 
you  and  renew  our  acquaintanceship,  but  it  would  take 
both  too  much  time  and  money  for  a  poor,  busy,  far- 
away Methodist  preacher." 


610  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

And  he  gives  this  glorious  life  purpose :  *'I  am  trying 
to  get  people  to  quit  sinning  and  to  accept  Jesus  Christ 
as  their  Saviour  and  to  live  true,  pure  and  noble  lives, 
so  that  our  loving  Father  may  be  glorified ;  our  fellow 
men  may  be  blessed  by  their  kind  deeds,  helpful  coun- 
sel, and  loving  sympathy;  and  they  themselves  may 
most  fully  enjoy  this  life  and  have  sweet  assurance  of 
Eternal  Life  when  the  days  of  the  earthly  life  are 
numbered. ' ' 

Mark  Skinner  Willing 

Business  address,  1114  Monadnock  Block,  Chicago,  III. 

Born  October  9,  1878,  in  Chicago,  111.,  the  son  of  Henry  J. 
Willing,  a  merchant,  partner  in  Marshall  Field  &  Company 
(died  September  28,  1903),  and  Frances  (Skinner)  Willing. 
His  Yale  relatives  are  Richard  Skinner,  1862,  and  Edward 
Swift  Isham,  1891. 

Prepared  at  the  Hotehkiss  School,  Lakeville,  Conn.,  and  the 
Hill  School,  Pottstown,  Pa.  At  Yale  he  was  a  member  of  the 
Corinthian  Yacht  Club,  chairman  of  the  governing  board  and 
on  the  house  committee  in  Senior  year,  a  member  of  the  Wig- 
wam Debating  Club,  Supper  Committee.  He  received  second 
colloquy  appointments.  His  societies  were  Alpha  Delta  Phi 
and  Ehhu  Club  (honorary). 

He  married  on  October  2,  1905,  Margaret  Woodbridge  Mc- 
Fadon,  daughter  of  Robert  Dean  McFadon,  Harvard  1878, 
a  lawyer  of  Chicago,  111.  (died  November  3,  1890).  They  have 
one  daughter,  Margaret,  born  July  3,  1907,  in  Chicago,  111. 

He  studied  law  at  Columbia  University  and  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  New  York  Bar  in  April,  1905.  He  has 
been  chiefly  occupied  with  estate  work.  He  spends 
considerable  time  abroad. 

Marcus  will  have  to  speak  for  himself  at  Quindecen- 
nial. 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  611 

Samuel  Dudley  Woodhouse 
Wethersfield,  Conn. 

Born  August  10,  1878,  in  Wethersfield,  Conn.,  the  son  of 
Samuel  N.  Woodhouse,  a  farmer,  and  Elvira  (Dudley)  Wood- 
house.    He  is  of  English  ancestry. 

Prepared  at  Phillips  Academy,  Andover,  and  in  college 
played  baseball  with  the  Disappointments  and  Grub  Street 
teams,  was  a  member  of  the  University  Club  and  Zeta  Psi. 

He  married  on  October  12,  1912,  in  Hyde  Park,  Mass., 
Edith  May  Jonas,  daughter  of  R.  Edwin  Jonas. 

On  graduation  he  began  work  in  the  advertising 
department  of  the  Union  Metallic  Cartridge  Company, 
and  also  served  as  a  salesman,  remaining  from  July, 
1902,  to  June,  1904.  The  next  six  months  he  was  pur- 
chasing agent  for  the  Boer  War  Exposition  Company 
at  St.  Louis,  Mo.  In  January,  1905,  he  became  presi- 
dent of  the  Woodhouse  Hardware  Manufacturing  Com- 
pany of  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

In  the  spring  of  1912  he  came  East  to  take  charge  of 
his  father's  farm  in  Wethersfield,  Conn. 

James  Wright 

Finance:  Vice-President  and  Secretary  of  VanDyck  Estate, 

331  Madison  Avenue    {corner  Forty-third  Street), 

New  York  City 

(Telephone,  Murray  Hill  182) 

Residence,  312  West  109th  Street,  New  York  City 

Born  February  1,  1881,  in  New  York  City,  the  son  of 
Andrew  Wright  (died  December  24,  1886),  a  member  of  the 
firm  of  W.  &  J.  Sloane,  carpet  merchants,  and  Sarah  Kath- 
arine (Runk)  Wright.  He  is  of  Scotch  ancestry  on  his 
father's  side.  His  mother's  family,  originally  from  Holland, 
have  lived  in  America  for  generations.  A  brother,  William 
Runk  Wright,  was  graduated  at  Yale  in  1894. 


612  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

Prepared  at  two  private  schools  in  New  York  City,  Miss 
Reynold's  and  Cutler's.  In  the  latter  school  he  was  a  member 
of  the  Cutler  Fortnightly  board  and  the  Banjo  Club,  played 
hockey  and  went  in  without  success  for  track  athletics.  At 
Yale,  in  the  fall  of  the  first  year,  he  rowed  on  the  Freshman 
Crew  that  won  the  regatta  and  served  on  the  Freshman  Reli- 
gious Committee.  He  continued  to  row  during  the  whole  of 
the  spring  of  Freshman  year,  but  did  not  get  to  New  London. 
In  Sophomore  year  he  ' '  heeled ' '  the  News  and  after  two  com- 
petitions made  the  board,  subsequently  being  elected  assign- 
ment editor.  In  Senior  year  he  studied  medicine.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  Pippin  Club,  Wigwam  and  Delta  Kappa 
Epsilon. 

He  married  on  February  8,  1905,  Helen  Griswold  Hough, 
daughter  of  Niles  P.  Hough,  of  Hartford.  They  have  no 
children. 

On  leaving  college,  finance  proved  attractive  and 
after  the  last  summer  of  thinking  himself  the  greatest 
thing  in  the  world,  a  Yale  Senior,  he  descended  rapidly 
to  the  grade  of  runner  in  the  VanNorden  Trust  Com- 
pany. As  an  adjunct  to  his  banking  position,  he 
joined  with  Mr.  Edward  S.  Avery,  trust  officer,  in 
incorporating  first  Onderdonk  Estate,  an  investment 
company  of  $50,000  capital,  next  VerPlanck  Estate, 
with  $250,000,  and  finally,  VanDyck  Estate,  with  an 
authorized  capital  of  $1,000,000.  Then  came  the  fall 
of  1907,  the  panic  year,  and  a  complete  education  in 
finance — high  and  low.  In  January  following,  he  was 
elected  assistant  trust  officer  of  the  VanNorden  Trust 
Company,  but  later  decided  to  give  all  his  time  to  the 
affairs  of  the  estates  and  both  he  and  Mr.  Avery 
resigned.  He  is  vice-president  and  secretary  of  Van- 
Dyck Estate  and  VerPlanck  Estate  and  secretary  of 
Onderdonk  Estate. 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  613 

His  politics  are  Republican  and  he  is  a  Presbyterian 
with  Baptist  annexation  in  the  shape  of  a  wife.  He  is 
a  member  of  the  Yale  Club  and  Amateur  Comedy  Club 
of  New  York  City;  the  University  Club  of  Hartford 
and  the  Graduates  Club  of  New  Haven.  He  was  for  one 
year  secretary  of  the  Delta  Kappa  Epsilon  Association 
of  New  York  and  in  1910  was  elected  Secretary  of  the 
Class  of  1902,  Yale  College.  He  served  on  the  Trien- 
nial and  Sexennial  Reunion  committees,  was  chairman 
of  the  Decennial  Committee  and  was  elected  chairman 
of  the  Quindecennial  Committee. 

In  the  Comedy  Club  he  helped  in  the  first  produc- 
tion of  Austin  Strong's  ''The  Drums  of  Oude,"  which 
Belasco  has  since  put  on  the  road  professionally.  He 
played  the  parts  of  Captain  Sands  in  ''Miss  Hobbs" 
and  old  Simon  Ingot  in  "David  Garrick." 

Jim  writes:  "Somewhere  in  the  Bible  there  was  a 
man  who  only  had  a  little  daughter,  but  he  loved  her 
very  much.  Well,  I  only  have  a  little  wife,  but  we  are 
most  congenial  and  have  wandered  about  the  United 
States  with  rare  pleasure,  everywhere  finding  the 
greatest  advantage  of  a  pre-Stover  education  at  Yale 
was  the  friendships  formed.  Our  wedding  trip  carried 
us  to  Florida,  Nassau  and  Gardner  Abbott,  our  later 
trips,  to  the  coast  and  Canada,  bumped  us  into  the 
open  arms  of  Albin,  Bushnell,  Strong,  Cochran,  Rob- 
bins,  Carpenter,  Farrel,  G.  Lincoln,  Bob  Fletcher, 
Campbell,  Mac  Moore  and  others.  I  believe  a  man 
should  take  a  vacation  more  for  his  soul  than  for  his 
body  and  every  chance  finds  us  in  some  new  place. 
Last  summer,  in  a  sleepy  old  town  by  the  sea,  Annis- 
quam,  I  began  to  learn  the  secret  of  meditation.  Action 
is  not  everything,  much  as  Mr.  Roosevelt  once  would 
have  had  us  believe.    There  must  be  deep,  persistent 


614  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

thought  back  of  it  to  make  a  life  and  character  worth 
while. 

''For  six  months  I  have  been  'a  little  lighthouse  in 
a  sea  of  stationery!'  I  have  'wallowed  in  words,'  in 
characters,  in  businesses — been  happy  over  your  ups 
and  sorrowful  over  your  downs  and  now  the  book  is 
in  press.  God  send  it  good  passage,  for  it  has  my 
heart's  blood  in  it. 

"One  duty  and  ambition  of  all  of  us  should  be  to 
knit  our  glorious  Class  together  into  a  powerful  unit 
for  good  in  the  community,  not  by  every  man  calling 
his  neighbor,  who  may  disagree  with  him,  a  liar,  a 
traitor  or  a  thief,  but  by  believing  he  is  actuated  some- 
where by  a  good  purpose,  and  finding  out  what  it  is. 
Decennial  certainly  helped  this  work  along,  and  I  hope 
to  see  over  200  at  our  Quindecennial  in  1917,  and  a 
spirit  that  sweeps  New  Haven  off  its  feet. 

"To  keep  young,  I  act,  play  golf  and  tennis  every 
chance  I  get,  an  average  life  in  New  York  City  and  a 
very  happy  one.  Of  course  there  is  an  inside  ambition, 
who  hasn't  one?  But  the  Divinity  who  shapes  our 
ends,  alone  can  decide  that." 

John  Niel  McLeod  Wylie 

With  Maclay  &  Mullally  Brothers,  general  advertising  agents, 

60  Broadway,  New  York  City 

Residence,  111  Union  Avenue,  Clifton,  N.  J. 

Bom  May  10,  1879,  in  New  York  City,  the  son  of  Rev. 
William  Wylie,  a  minister  of  the  Reformed  Presbyterian 
Church  (died  in  July,  1910),  and  Susan  L.  (McLeod)  Wylie 
(died  in  August,  1896).  His  ancestors  were  Scotch  and  Irish. 
In  regard  to  Yale  relatives  he  writes  that '  *  in  spite  of  Prince- 
ton, Union,  University  of  Pennsylvania,  Lafayette  and  other 
influences  I  am  the  first  to  see  the  light  and  truth. ' ' 


Camki.s  kv   ihk   Lkdvakd  Fi.agstafk 

Spider  Wylie  explaiiiins  to  tlie  youth  of  New  Haven  how  a  camel  can  ko  oi!,'ht  days  witliuut 
a  drink,  and  liow  the  Class  of  1902  is  superior  to  a  camel ! 


""lliumi:    liiHiii  i:   cui    .Mii.    Cnii  .\i"* 

Sayinj;  (luietly  to  Lope  Fox  and  Tom  Ciishin^:     ■"Tlu're  is  notliin;;  old  except  the  Desert, 
the  I'yramids,  and  myself.     .Ml  the  rest  of  the  world  is  modern" 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  615 

Prepared  at  the  Dwight  School,  New  York  City,  and  at  Yale 
was  a  member  of  the  Cross  Country  Club,  University  Club 
and  Zeta  Psi.  For  other  activities  he  bids  us  consult  Jim 
Donnelly. 

He  is  unmarried. 

After  graduation  he  was  a  clerk  in  the  Knickerbocker 
Trust  Company  of  New  York  for  five  years.  Since 
that  time  he  has  been  in  the  advertising  business,  first 
with  the  Bankers  &  Merchants  Agency  Company  and 
now  with  Maclay  &  Mullally  Brothers. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  First  Reformed  Presbyterian 
Church  of  New  York  City.  In  politics  he  is  an  Inde- 
pendent. 


Spider  says: 


''Was! 

''Am! 

"Will  be! 

"D.  V.' 


Jacob  Henry  Yaggy 

Pastor  of  the  Hill  Memorial  United  Brethren  Church, 
Bradford,  Pa. 

Residence,  40  Kennedy  Street,  Bradford,  Pa. 

Born  October  25,  1873,  in  Blackhawk  County,  Iowa,  the 
son  of  Boaz  Yaggy,  a  farmer  (died  January  6,  1912),  and 
Anna  (Ballinger)  Yaggy.  His  ancestry  is  Swiss.  Two 
cousins,  Edward  Esher  Yaggy,  1899,  and  Arthur  Frederic 
Yaggy,  1901,  have  graduated  from  Yale. 

Prepared  at  the  East  Waterloo  High  School,  Waterloo, 
Iowa,  where  he  took  first  place  in  an  oratorical  contest.  He 
also  studied  at  Leander  Clark  College,  Toledo,  Iowa,  receiv- 
ing the  degree  of  B.A.  in  1901.  During  his  course  in  this 
college  he  was  pastor  of  a  church  in  a  town  near  Toledo.    He 


616  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

entered  Yale  at  the  beginning  of  Senior  year,  and  while  with 
our  Class  sang  in  the  Chapel  Choir  and  received  a  disserta- 
tion appointment. 

He  married  on  August  2,  1905,  in  Muscatine,  Iowa,  Mabel 
Anna  Bitzer,  an  ex-member  of  Leander  Clark  College,  daugh- 
ter of  Martin  H.  Bitzer,  deceased,  formerly  a  grocer  of  Mus- 
catine. They  have  three  children :  Lael  Weldon,  born  January 
30,  1907,  in  Chariton,  Iowa;  Jason  Harold,  born  August  6, 
1908,  in  Bradford,  Pa. ;  and  Mahlon  Burgess,  born  January 
16,  1912,  in  Bradford,  Pa. 

After  graduation  from  the  college  he  pursued  a 
course  in  the  Yale  Divinity  School,  receiving  the  degree 
of  B.D.  in  1904.  During  his  last  year  in  this  school  he 
entered  a  hymn  and  scripture  reading  contest,  winning 
the  first  prize.  In  June,  1904,  he  took  up  the  pastorate 
in  the  United  Brethren  Church  in  Chariton,  Iowa, 
where  he  remained  until  he  removed  to  Bradford,  Pa. 
He  received  the  degree  of  M.A.  from  Leander  Clark 
College  in  1904,  and  the  D.D.  degree  from  Otterbein 
University,  Westerville,  Ohio,  in  1911. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Brotherhood  of  American 
Yeomen  (headquarters  at  Des  Moines,  Iowa),  and  of 
the  Modern  Woodmen  of  America  (headquarters  at 
Rock  Island,  111. ) ,  and  has  written  a  number  of  articles 
on  religious  subjects. 

Jake  touches  a  serious  note  and  as  these  are  auto- 
biographies it  is  published  in  full,  though  if  he  had 
been  in  New  Haven  he  would  have  been  proud  of  the 
right  spirit  throughout  reunion.  He  writes:  "Haven't 
lost  my  interest  in  Yale,  though  I  feel  a  little  more  a 
part  of  the  Divinity  School,  because  I  put  in  more  of 
my  time  and  life  there.  I  have  never  regretted  the 
time  spent  and  work  put  in  at  Yale  thougli  I  had  to 
work  my  way  entirely.  I'm  sure  it  has  given  mo  a 
spirit  of  and  desire  for  democracy  which  I  could  not 


AUTOBIOGEAPHIES  617 

have  had  in  so  large  a  measure  without  attending  at 
least  some  great  institution,  and  Yale  is  good  enough 
for  me.  I  hardly  know  how  the  majority  of  the  Class 
view  the  man  of  the  cloth.  Pardon  me,  if  I  say  I  have 
felt  just  a  little  reticent  in  taking  up  my  part  as  a 
member  of  '02,  but  the  notices  have  been  so  persever- 
ing, so  impelling,  I  could  refrain  no  longer  from  mak- 
ing something  of  an  attempt  to  comply  with  the  request 
of  our  most  faithful  and  enthusiastic  Secretary.  A 
good  reason  I've  always  given  myself  has  been  my 
meager  salary,  which  has  hindered  me  from  assuming 
a  share  in  the  financial  work  and  hence  I  have  felt  like 
keeping  quiet.  But  I've  been  made  to  feel  that  the 
democratic  spirit  of  Yale  men  will  not  tolerate  the 
silence  of  those  who  cannot  measure  their  success  in 
dollars  and  cents  and  thereby  give  a  monopoly  to  those 
whom  fortune  has  favored  in  the  things  of  the  world. 
But,  brothers,  I  am  proud,  nevertheless,  to  be  a  Yale 
man,  and  the  distinction  does  not  lessen  as  the  years 
go  by.  And  I  can  truly  say  that  I'm  working  hard  to 
do  such  work  as  will  be  worthy  of  a  son  of  Yale. 

''"Will  you  permit  a  suggestion  here?  I  know  you 
will  take  it  kindly.  I  know  we  divinity  men  are  in  the 
minority,  but  I'm  sure  we'll  be  heard  with  just  as  much 
respect,  nevertheless.  Now,  I  know  much  of  it  is  jok- 
ing, too,  but  seriously,  is  it  not  true  that  the  bacchana- 
lian song  and  spirit  are  too  dominant  in  the  annual  and 
other  gatherings?  Does  it  not  appeal  to  us  that  we 
can  be  genial  and  jolly  and  have  a  glad  time  without 
that  which  science  has  termed  'poison'  and  is  inimical 
to  the  best  and  highest  of  our  interests  and  the  devel- 
opment of  the  intelligence  and  morality  of  men  ?  Notice, 
I  like  your  suggestion  of  sitting  under  the  'Elm'  and 
having  a  confidential  talk.    I'd  rather  have  this  con- 


618  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

fidential  talk  with  you  in  this  quiet  way  than  to  throw 
a  bomb  of  bitterness  and  virus  at  any  of  the  fellows  in 
a  bunch,  which  would  seem  to  result  in  misconstruing 
antagonism.  I  am  glad  for  the  opportunity  of  thus 
expressing  my  very  heart.  Col.  R.  P.  Hobson  says : 
'Art  and  literature  must  be  gradually  remodeled  to 
depict  not  the  fancied  joys,  but  the  real  torments  and 
repugnance  of  bacchanalia. '  This  is  possibly  all  I 
should  venture  now  upon  this  theme  and  all  you  'd  care 
to  hear.  But  I  simply  ask,  would  it  not  add  to  the 
glory  of  Yale  and  the  Class  of  1902  to  put  beneath  us 
the  old-time  custom  because  of  what  it  is,  and  lift  a 
higher  standard  regarding  this  great  'Destroyer'  and 
foe  of  mankind? 

"I  gladly  recount  that  during  the  ten  years  my  work 
has  been  gratifying  though  not  as  remunerative  as 
even  I  could  wish,  who  am  supposed  to  be  dead  to  glit- 
ter of  the  gold.  But  with  this  limitation  my  toil  has 
been  rewarded  in  other  lines.  In  Iowa  I  added  about 
$10,000  worth  of  property  to  our  church  in  new  build- 
ings. Here  at  Bradford  at  least  $10,000  or  $12,000 
more  has  been  added  to  the  worth  of  our  buildings; 
while  in  Iowa  one  church  was  doubled  in  membership 
in  one  year,  while  another  entirely  new  church  was 
organized  of  100  members.  Here  at  Bradford  the 
church  has  at  least  doubled  in  membership  and  far 
more  than  that  in  general  efficiency  and  increase  in 
Sabbath  school. 

"Possibly  my  line  of  life  would  be  tame  to  most  of 
the  men  in  the  Class,  but  it's  a  life  that  appeals  to  me 
for  real  usefulness.  Now,  if  the  fellows  who  are  mak- 
ing good  financially  will  give  splendid  support  to  such 
work  as  I  am  doing,  we  will  be  co-workers  together  in 
great  good  for  our  day  and  generation. ' ' 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES 


619 


Bartlett  Golden  Yung 

Salesman  in  China  for  Colt's  Patent  Fire  Arms  Manufac- 
turing Company  of  Hartford,  Conn. 

Born  January  22,  1879,  in  Hartford,  Conn.,  the  son  of  Yung 
Wing,  LL.D.,  Yale  1854,  and  Mary  Louisa  (Kellogg)  Yung 
(died  May  29,  1886).  Dr.  Yung  was  born  in  Nam  Ping,  near 
Macao,  China,  and  after  receiving  his  education  at  Yale  rose 
to  the  position  of  Mandarin  of  the  second  rank,  serving  his 
country  in  official  appointments  of  importance  and  honor. 
In  1898,  when  the  empress  dowager  gained  control  of  the 
government,  a  price  was  placed  upon  his  head,  but  the  ban 
was  removed  in  1905.  Since  1902  he  had  made  his  home 
permanently  in  Hartford,  Conn.,  where  he  died  April  21, 
1912.  An  older  son,  Morrison  Brown  Yung,  was  graduated 
at  Yale  in  the  Class  of  1898  S. 

Prepared  at  Hartford  (Conn.)  High  School,  and  in  college 
was  a  member  of  the  University  Banjo  Club  (secretary,  1901 ; 
president,  1902),  Mandolin  Club,  Wigwam  Debating  Club 
(membership  committee),  received  first  colloquy  appoint- 
ments. He  was  a  member  of  Eta  Phi,  Delta  Kappa  Epsilon 
and  Wolf's  Head. 

He  is  unmarried. 


620  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

He  worked  in  an  export  house  for  one  year  and  then 
went  wdth  the  Rotary  File  &  Machine  Company  of 
Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  of  which  he  became  president,  his 
classmate,  Nevins,  serving  in  the  position  of  secretary. 
In  1912  he  went  to  China  as  a  salesman  for  Colt's 
Patent  Fire  Arms  Manufacturing  Company,  leaving 
his  brother,  Morrison,  to  wind  up  his  end  of  the  busi- 
ness of  the  Rotary  File  &  Machine  Company. 

Through  the  courtesy  of  George  A.  Lewis,  Yale  '95, 
and  his  unfailing  interest  in  the  completeness  of  this 
book,  these  letters  of  Bart's  have  been  produced  from 
the  archives  of  the  "Lewis  Club,"  an  organization  of 
genial  gentlemen,  with  headquarters  at  the  Yale  Club, 
New  York. 

In  May,  1912,  he  wrote :  '*To  make  a  long  story  short, 
I  got  away  from  Hartford  and  made  'Frisco  in  four  and 
a  half  days  by  the  U.  P.,  checking  all  my  contraband 
through  as  personal  baggage.  At  'Frisco  I  discovered 
a  way  of  getting  cartridges  aboard  the  Steamship 
Chiyo  Maru  open  and  above  board  as  far  as  Yokohama, 

so  I  bought  all  the Spanish  Mausers  (which  fit  my 

gun)  that  then  were  in  'Frisco  and  away  we  sailed.  At 
Honolulu  there  were  eleven  Elis  to  me  known,  and 
known  to  me  to  be  Elis  and  who  treated  me  royally. 

'  *  The  run  to  Japan  was  very  delightful  and  if  George 
Thompson  had  been  along  he  would  have  doubtless 
become  engaged  to  be  married  many  times,  as  there 
were  lots  of  pretty  young  things  about  (Avith  money). 
In  fact,  I  myself  wasn't  doing  badly,  posing  as  the 
handsome  and  wealthy  young  president  of  the  Rotary 
File  &  Machine  Company,  traveling  around  the  world 
for  my  health — till  we  got  ^\athin  about  three  days  of 
Japan,  when  the  fellow  that  sold  me  the  cartridges  in 
'Frisco  cabled  to  Japan  as  follows:  'Inform  the  Colt 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  621 

firearms  man  who  is  a  cabin  passenger  on  the  Chiyo 
Maru  that  I  can  supply  him  with  a  million  rounds 
immediately. '  The  Japs  wirelessed  this  out  to  the  boat 
and  they  paged  me  all  over  the  ship.  The  result  of  this 
was  that  at  Kobe  the  Japs  came  aboard  and  seized 

most  of  the  cartridges Dr.  Sun  Yat  Sen  having 

just  left  for  Canton,  I  cached  my  stuff  and  slipped  back 
aboard  the  old  Chiyo  Maru  the  same  day  for  Hong- 
kong. The  Jap  spy  followed  me  all  the  way  to  Hong- 
kong, I  believe,  on  a  wild-goose  chase.  At  Canton  I 
had  a  good  interview  with  Sun  Yat  Sen  and  a  good 
time  at  Hongkong  with  my  sisters-in-law,  who  showed 
me  around  in  style.  After  a  week  I  came  back  to 
Shanghai,  where  I  ran  into  the  bad  news  from  home 
[the  death  of  his  father]. 

' '  I  then  went  to  Nanking  with  my  letters  and  secured 
a  special  military  permit  to  import  and  freely  pass 
through  all  customs  and  military  lines  my  guns  and 
ammunitions,  signed  by  Generalissimo  Wong  Shing, 
also  appointment  to  demonstrate  at  headquarters. 

'*My  trouble  now  is  that  I  haven't  enough  cartridges 
to  risk  a  headquarters  demonstration,  though  I  demon- 
strated yesterday  on  a  34-gun  Provincial  deal,  with 
great  success,  I  believe. 

''Therefore,  I  must  sit  helpless  till  they  get  some 
more  ammunition  to  me  from  home. 

"There  is  sure  a  terrible  mess  out  here,  and  the 
foreigners  are  very  nervous.  The  Republicans  are 
doing  wonders,  maintaining  order  in  the  bigger  centers 
and  holding  the  country  together  practically  without 
money,  while  the  six  Powers  are  intriguing  for  the  con- 
trol or  partition  of  China,  and,  while  forcing  a  baited 
hook  in  the  form  of  a  political  loan  down  China's 
throat,  scoffing  and  disparaging  through  the  foreign 


622  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

press  at  every  patriotic  republican  effort  to  raise  poor 
China's  nose  above  the  surface  of  the  'slough  of 
despond.' 

**I  don't  think  that  American  public  opinion  would 
support  such  a  policy  if  the  true  facts  were  known — 
but  the  Washington  government  is  itself  the  dupe  of 
the  rest. 

*'I  believe  they  underestimate  the  national  spirit 
gro\\dng  in  China,  also  the  amount  of  money  that  can 
be  raised  amongst  the  Chinese  when  convinced  that 
the  old  governmental  graft  is  gone  for  good. 

*  *  I  consider  the  effort  being  made  by  certain  Powers 
to  start  a  counter  revolution  here,  while  piously  depre- 
cating Chinese  inability  to  maintain  order,  quite  on  a 
par  Avith  the  opium  outrages.  Well,  boys,  me  for 
Peking  and  way  stations  as  soon  as  I  can  lay  hands  on 
some  more  blessed  cartridges." 

In  October,  1912,  he  wrote:  ''Inclosed  find  some 
'contemptible'  photos  for  your  'honorable  distin- 
guished' attention,  as  we  say  in  China  (of  course 
meaning  vice  versa). 

"Since  writing  you  last  I  have  been  to  Nanking, 
Nan  Chang,  Hankow,  Peking,  Suranfu,  Suchow,  Tient- 
sin, Moukden,  Chu  Cheon,  Karfeng,  Horanfu,  Tung 
Kuan,  etc.,  etc.,  on  steamboat,  railroad,  Peking  cart, 
horse,  donkey,  mule  and  afoot.  I  have  met  Yuan  Shi 
Kai,  Li  Yuen  Hung,  Wong  Shung,  Sun  Yat  Sen  and 
any  God's  quantity  of  Tutus  generals,  etc. 

"In  spite  of  all  that,  I  long  for  the  fleshpots  of  New 
York  City  occasionally. 

"I  have  just  got  back  from  a  three  weeks'  horseback 
trip  to  the  Tung  Kwan  pass,  where  we  sold  the  guerilla 
chiefs  guns  and  ammunition  and  brought  out  silver 
bullion  in  chests.    Quite  interesting.    Also  had  an  inter- 


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AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  623 

esting  time  in  Moukden,  where  the  Chinese  authorities 
are  arming  vs.  Russians  and  Japs.  Tuesday  am 
leaving  for  Canton  via  Hankow  (where  my  brother 
is)." 

The  China of  May  16, 1912,  says,  in  describ- 
ing *'a  memorial  service  in  honor  of  seventy-two 
martyrs  now  buried  in  Huang  Wha  Kiang  in  Kwang- 
tung  province : 

'*Mr.  B.  G.  Yung,  son  of  Dr.  Yung  Wing,  a  pioneer 
Chinese  educationalist,  revolutionist  and  exile  in 
America,  who  died  a  few  weeks  ago  in  the  States,  deliv- 
ered a  few  words  acknowledging  the  honor  conferred 
upon  his  father  by  including  his  name  in  the  commemo- 
ration. He  read  a  letter  written  by  Dr.  Sun  Yat  Sen 
in  Nanking  in  reply  to  Dr.  Yung  Wing's  letter  of  admo- 
nition and  encouragement.  Dr.  Sun  expressed  his 
appreciation  of  his  words  of  advice  and  informed  him 
of  the  successful  issue  of  the  revolution  and  of  the 
desire  of  the  Chinese  republicans  to  invite  the  vener- 
able exile  back  to  the  republic.    Mr.  Yung  said : 

''  'This  is,  of  course,  to  me  a  very  sad  occasion  and 
yet  I  am  glad  of  the  opportunity  to  be  present  here  to 
represent,  in  some  sense,  my  father's  memory.  I  can 
only  say  in  conclusion  that  as  my  father's  thought  and 
aim  in  life  were  the  welfare  of  his  countrymen  and  the 
upbuilding  of  China,  his  sons — my  brother  and  my- 
self— should  and  do  intend  to  take  at  least  a  humble 
part  in  the  glorious  work  of  preserving  China  for  the 
Chinese.'  " 


NON-GRADUATES 


Stephen  Henry  Abbey- 
Lawyer,  Florence,  Ariz.i 

Born  January  1,  1882,  in  Kingston,  N.  Y.,  the  son  of 
Stephen  LeGrand  Abbey  (died  September  17,  1900),  for- 
merly a  grain  merchant  of  Kingston,  and  Ida  Helen  (Good- 
rich) Abbey  (died  March  8,  1908).  His  ancestors  were 
English. 

Prepared  at  Phillips  Academy,  Andover,  Mass.,  where  he 
took  second  prize  in  the  Means  speaking  contest  and  was  a 
Commencement  Day  orator.  He  was  with  the  Class  through- 
out the  course. 

He  married  on  August  17,  1910,  in  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  May 
Furniss,  formerly  a  student  at  Seaside  Seminary,  the  daugh- 
ter of  Joseph  Furniss,  of  Southport,  Conn. 

After  leaving  Yale  he  spent  a  year  traveling  through- 
out the  United  States,  mostly  west  of  the  Rockies.  He 
then  entered  the  law  office  of  George  D.  Beattys  and 
Herbert  L.  Fordham,  and  in  October,  1904  (while  con- 
tinuing to  work  in  the  above  office),  began  study  at 
the  New  York  Law  School,  finishing  a  two  years' 
course  there  in  June,  1906.  In  January,  1906,  he  was 
arrested  on  a  charge  of  criminal  libel  as  a  result  of  the 
circulation  in  Kingston,  N.  Y.,  of  an  anonymous  pub- 
lication called  Around  Town,  with  which  he  was  con- 
nected. The  charge  was  withdrawn  before  the  action 
came  to  trial.  In  1910  he  went  to  Arizona,  where  he  is 
now  actively  engaged  in  the  practice  of  law,  being  a 
member  of  the  Arizona  Bar. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  Church.  He 
was  formerly  a  Republican  in  politics,  but  is  now  a  Pro- 

-}-  Italicized  addresses  are  preferred  for  mailing  purposes. 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  625 

gressive  Democrat.  He  has  taken  part  in  many  politi- 
cal campaigns.  He  has  written  many  newspaper  and 
magazine  articles  on  political  and  social  subjects. 


Ross  Stillman  Bacon 

Buyer  and  Salesman  for  D.  H.  Bacon  &  Company,  Derby, 

Conn. 

Residence,  46  Atwater  Avenue,  Derby,  Conn. 

Bom  July  21,  1880,  in  Derby,  Conn.,  the  son  of  Daniel 
Hungerford  Bacon,  president  of  D.  H.  Bacon  &  Company, 
printers,  and  Mary  Knight  (Stillman)  Bacon.  His  ances- 
tors were  Scotch  and  English.  The  following  relatives  have 
graduated  at  Yale:  William  Thompson  Bacon,  1906,  a 
brother ;  Jonathan  Knight  Bacon,  1864  M.,  uncle ;  William 
Thompson  Bacon,  1837,  grandfather;  Leonard  Bacon,  1820; 
Dr.  Francis  Bacon,  1853  M.,  cousin ;  Professor  Arthur  Martin 
Wheeler,  1857,  and  Professor  Eugene  Lamb  Richards,  1860, 
cousins  by  marriage ;  and  Professor  Benjamin  Wisner  Bacon, 
1881,  Nathaniel  Terry  Bacon,  1879  S.,  Theodore  Davenport 
Bacon,  1883  S.,  1889  D.,  and  Leonard  Woolsey  Bacon,  1888, 
second  cousins. 

Prepared  at  the  Derby  High  School,  Derby,  Conn.,  where 
he  was  a  member  of  the  baseball  and  basketball  teams.  He 
left  college  during  Freshman  year. 

He  is  unmarried. 

After  spending  several  months  in  travel,  he  was 
salesman  for  the  Armour  Packing  Company,  and  later 
for  Smft  &  Company,  in  Kansas  City,  Mo.  He  re- 
turned to  the  East  in  1909  and  since  that  time  has 
worked  for  D.  H.  Bacon  &  Company,  printers  and 
binders. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Grace  (Episcopal)  Church  of 
Kansas  City.    In  politics  he  is  a  Republican. 


626  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

Ross  writes:  ''Leaving  the  'summits  old  in  story,' 
in  December,  1899,  I  made  my  way  South  accompanied 
by  Frank  Elmes.  We  finally  arrived  in  New  Orleans, 
whence  we  embarked  on  a  mule  steamer  for  South 
Africa.  On  arrival  in  this  foreign  strand  we  joined 
the  ranks  of  the  British  in  their  struggle  vnth  the 
hairy  Boer.  After  dodging  bullets  for  several  months, 
I  acquired  a  fever  and  was  dismissed  from  the  army  on 
account  of  illness,  and  returned  to  Cape  Town.  Once 
there  I  worked  my  way  back  to  my  native  land  on  a 
tramp  steamer  in  the  position  of  engineers'  steward, 
in  which  position  I  acted  as  a  general  housemaid  and 
nurse  for  the  aforesaid  gentlemen  and  incidentally 
made  tea  and  toast  for  the  bloomin'  Britishers  seven 
times  a  day.  Returning  to  America,  I  proceeded  in 
the  fall  of  1900  to  Kansas  City,  Mo.,  where  I  resided 
for  several  years,  most  of  which  time  I  spent  as  a  trav- 
eling salesman.  Returning  to  the  effete  East  in  the 
spring  of  1909  for  a  visit,  I  took  root  here,  and  since 
that  time  have  maintained  a  full  Nelson  on  a  position 
with  D.  H.  Bacon  &  Co.,  Derby,  Conn.,  printers  and 
binders  (see  adv.).  If  these  few  remarks  be  worthy 
of  inclusion  in  your  Decameron,  I  shall  be  greatly 
pleased." 

Armitt  Brown 

Partner   in   the   firm   of   Carstairs   &   Brown,   bankers   and 
brokers,  1424  Walnut  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Residence,  317  South  Twenty-second  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Born  June  4,  1879,  in  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  the  son  of  Fred- 
eric BrowTi,  a  druggist,  and  Jane  Elizabeth  (Wells)  Brown. 
He  is  of  English  ancestry.  His  Yale  relatives  are  a  brother, 
Frederick   Zerban    Brown,    1894  S. ;    uncles,    Henry    Armitt 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  627 

Brown,  1865,  Alexander  Lardner  Brown,  1869,  George  Bron- 
son  Farnam,  M.  D.  1869;  cousins,  Henry  Famam,  1895,  and 
Sydney  Freeman  Brown,  1910  S. 

Prepared  at  Lawreneeville  and  Hotchkiss  schools.  He 
entered  with  1901  and  left  our  Class  during  Sophomore  year. 

He  is  unmarried. 

On  leaving  college  he  took  a  position  with  the  Girard 
Trust  Company  of  Philadelphia,  where  he  remained 
four  and  a  half  years,  leaving  to  become  private  sec- 
retary for  Mr.  A.  C.  Houston  of  Philadelphia.  He 
was  then  bond  salesman  with  C.  D.  Barney  &  Com- 
pany, New  York,  for  a  year  and  a  half,  and  then  became 
manager  of  the  Philadelphia  office  of  Shearson,  Ham- 
mill  &  Company,  New  York.  In  1909  he  formed  a  part- 
nership with  James  Carstairs,  Harvard  1902,  to  con- 
duct a  banking  and  brokerage  business. 

He  is  a  Republican.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Protes- 
tant Episcopal  Church.  His  clubs  are  the  Rittenhouse, 
Racquet,  Philadelphia  Country,  University  Barge, 
Orpheus  and  Merion  Cricket. 

Damitt  writes :  ' '  Your  letter  is  lying  before  me  and 
it  is  only  the  absolute  vacancy  of  my  mind  that  pre- 
vents me  from  writing  you  a  most  interesting  and 
lively  account  of  myself.  But  there  is  nothing  to  say. 
Since  I  left  college  I've  done  very  little  but  progress 
from  one  job  to  another  in  a  quiet  sort  of  way.  They 
(i.e.,  the  jobs)  have  all  been  connected  with  finance, 
although  that  is  a  very  large  word  to  use  when  I  think 
of  the  size  of  the  jobs  I've  held.  Somehow  I've  man- 
aged never  to  be  fired  out  of  any  of  them,  though  I've 
often  wondered  why.  I  suppose  it  was  easier  to  pay 
me  my  salary  than  to  hurt  my  feelings.  I  never  in 
the  past  would  have  believed  that  statement,  but  now 
that  I'm  that  object  of  compassion  (seldom  received), 


628 


ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 


a  boss,  I  have  more  faith.  I  watch  other  people  draw 
their  salaries  and  wonder  why  they  get  them  and 
whether,  when  they  have  theirs,  there  will  be  any- 
thing left  for  me.  So  far  I've  been  able  to  get 
enough  to  live  on — but  little  more. 

''I  first  went  to  the  Girard  Trust  Company,  one  of 
the  largest  trust  companies  in  Philadelphia,  which  was 
kind  enough  to  support  me  for  four  years  and  a  half  in 
return  for  my  services,  which  consisted  principally  of 
adding  up  long  columns  of  figures,  almost  without  ex- 
ception arriving  at  a  wrong  result.  Someone  was 
always  there,  though,  to  add  them  over  again  and 
somehow  I  wasn't  fired.  Then  for  a  short  time  I  was 
the  private  secretary  of  a  gentleman  who  later  became 
one  of  the  partners  of  Chas.  D.  Barney  &  Company.  I 
made  him  very  angry  several  times  but  he  controlled 
his  temper  and  took  me  along  as  a  bond  salesman  when 
he  went  to  that  firm.  I  was  an  emphatic  success  from 
the  start  at  that  business.  I  remember  plainly  how  a 
very  kind  friend  of  mine  bought  four  bonds  from  me, 
which  netted  a  ten-dollar  profit  to  the  firm.  That  was 
my  first  sale,  just  six  months  after  I  started.  After 
that,  a  year  or  so  after,  I,  with  Marshall  Phillips, 
opened  an  office  for  Shearson,  Hammill  &  Companj'-,  of 
New  York,  over  here  and  a  couple  of  years  later  started 
in  with  my  present  partner  for  myself,  or  ourselves, 
I  should  say. 

''So  much  for  business.  Aside  from  business, 
though,  there  is  very  little  to  say.  Like  everyone  else, 
I've  a  few  friends  and  a  lot  of  acquaintances.  Go  out 
in  the  country  in  the  summer  time  and  stay  in  the  city 
in  winter.  Play  a  little  tennis  in  summer  and  a  little 
squash  in  winter  and  the  piano  all  the  time.  Take  in 
all  the  theatres,  concerts  and  operas  my  purse  will 


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Upper  row  (left  to  right):    Cuppy  Wiley,  John  Callender,  Max  Nevins 
Lower  row  (left  to  right):     Dainitt  Brown,  Howard  McDowell 


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allow  me  and  run  over  to  New  York  once  in  a  while  on 
a  combination  of  business  and  pleasure.  Rather  fond 
of  playing  auction  and  always  lose,  but  console  myself 
with  the  thought  that  some  day  I  may  learn  how  to  play 
the  game.  Never  got  married,  as  no  one  I  wanted 
would  have  anything  to  do  with  me,  besides  I  don't 
like  to  gamble  for  high  stakes.  Haven't  seen  any  of 
my  classmates  to  speak  of,  except  at  reunion,  but  have 
hopes  that  I  will,  now  that  they  know  I'm  alive  and  in 
Philadelphia.  That  may  sound  paradoxical,  but  if 
anyone  is  in  this  town  on  a  Sunday  and  is  thirsty,  let 
him  call  me  up  and  I'll  prove  that  the  two  assertions 
are  not  at  all  impossible  to  reconcile." 

What  would  Decennial  have  been  without  Damitt? 
Who  will  ever  forget  (who  saw  it)  that  four-handed 
piano  concert  by  Bill  Runyon,  '92,  and  Damitt,  while 
Bill  sang  in  '97  headquarters  at  3  a.m.?  As  Heaton 
says, '  *  There  were  giants  in  them  days ! ' ' 


Julian  Burdick 

Secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  West  Penn  Steel  Company, 
Brackenridge,  Pa. 

Residence,  4731  Bayard  Street,  Pittsburgh,  Pa. 

Born  November  7,  1878,  in  Newburgh,  N.  Y.,  the  son  of 
Joel  Wakeman  Burdick,  president  of  the  West  Penn  Steel 
Company,  and  Ella  P.  (Bartlett)  Burdick.  He  is  of  English 
ancestry. 

Prepared  at  Phillips  Academy,  Andover,  where  he  was  a 
member  of  P.  A.  E.  and  played  football  two  years.  In  col- 
lege he  was  substitute  on  the  Varsity  Football  Team  in 
Freshman  year,  chairman  of  the  Sophomore  German  Com- 
mittee, member  of  the  Junior  Prom  Committee,  a  second 
Wrangler,    Kraut    Club    and    a   member   of   the    University 


630 


ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 


Club.  He  was  a  member  of  Kappa  Psi,  Psi  Upsilon  and 
Wolf's  Head.  He  was  with  the  Class  during  the  four  years. 
He  married  on  April  26,  1905,  Helene  Frances  Baldwin,  a 
graduate  of  Abbott  Academy,  daughter  of  Eben  A.  Baldwin, 
of  Andover,  Mass.  They  have  three  children,  all  born  in 
Aspinwall,  Pa. :  Frances,  born  April  15,  1906,  Julian,  Jr., 
born  September  10,  1907,  and  Joel  Wakeman,  2d,  born  Janu- 
ary 29,  1910. 

Since  July,  1902,  he  has  been  employed  in  different 
firms,  but  has  devoted  his  time  and  interests  entirely  to 
steel  since  the  first  year. 

He  is  a  Eepublican.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Epis- 
copal Church  and  of  the  Pittsburgh  Athletic  Associa- 
tion. 

Dick  writes:  "At  the  time  of  leaving  college,  my 
father  was  an  oflficer  of  a  railroad  and,  though  he  had 
no  job  to  offer  me,  he  lost  no  time  in  finding  one  for 
me  with  the  Rand-Avery  Supply  Company  of  Boston, 
Mass.  I  appeared  on  the  job  July  1,  1902.  The  firm 
did  railroad  printing  and  it  was  my  duty  to  enter  in  a 
book  the  orders  for  tickets.  My  writing  was  scandal- 
ous, but  I  was  permitted  to  do  this  kind  of  work  at  $10 
per  week  until  April,  1903,  when  I  resigned,  as  it 
began  to  look  as  though  that  would  be  the  limit  of  my 
responsibilities  and  salary  for  at  least  a  generation. 

"Right  here  I  started  out  on  my  own  hook  to  look 
for  a  job.  Floated  to  New  York,  naturally,  and  found 
that  my  old  friend,  George  Hull,  had  some  voice  in 
the  management  of  the  Chase  Company,  dealers  in 
electrical  supplies.  George  got  me  a  job  at  $10  per 
week  and  I  lasted  two  months — May  and  June,  1903. 
In  the  meantime  I  had  heard  that  a  steel  mill  out  in 
Paterson,  N.  J.,  was  looking  for  men  and  I  made 
application.    Found  J.  B.  Cooke,  Yale  '93,  treasurer 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  631 

of  the  company,  and  I  was  given  a  job  as  timekeeper 
in  the  Passaic  Steel  Company  of  Paterson,  N.  J.,  at 
$12.50  per  week.  From  July,  1903,  to  October,  1904, 
I  occupied  nearly  every  minor  position  in  the  mill  and 
liked  the  work.  In  1904  I  was  appointed  selling  agent 
on  a  commission  basis  for  the  above  company,  with 
headquarters  at  Albany,  N.  Y.  I  could  not  make 
enough  to  pay  office  rent  and  was  glad  to  accept  an 
offer  from  the  General  Electric  Company  to  represent 
them  as  resident  inspector  of  steel  in  the  Pittsburgh 
district.  Acted  in  this  capacity  for  one  year,  from 
January,  1906,  to  January,  1907,  when  I  was  appointed 
chief  clerk  for  the  Interstate  Steel  Company  of  Brack- 
enridge.  Pa.  This  position  I  quit  in  June,  1908,  to 
assist  in  the  organization  of  the  West  Penn  Steel 
Company,  of  which  I  was  elected  secretary  and  treas- 
urer upon  its  final  organization  in  November,  1908. 
I  expect  to  remain  in  the  steel  business  the  rest  of  my 
life." 

William  Francis  Collins,  M.D. 

Physician,  172  St.  John  Street,  New  Haven,  Conn, 

Born  January  15,  1882,  in  New  Haven,  Conn.,  the  son  of 
Thomas  Collins,  a  grocer,  and  Bridget  (Welsh)  Collins  (died 
January  23,  1911) .    He  is  of  Irish  ancestry. 

Prepared  at  the  Hillhouse  High  School,  New  Haven.  He 
left  the  Class  in  1900,  entered  the  Yale  Medical  School  in  the 
fall  and  was  graduated  in  1904. 

He  is  unmarried. 

In  1904  he  began  substituting  in  several  hospitals 
and  served  his  interneship  at  St.  Mark's  Hospital, 
New  York  City.  Since  October,  1906,  he  has  practiced 
in  New  Haven. 


632  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

He  received  the  degree  of  M.D.  at  Yale  in  1904.  He 
is  a  Democrat,  He  is  a  member  of  the  Roman  Catholic 
Church,  Knights  of  St.  Patrick  and  Knights  of 
Columbus. 

Bill  writes :  ''Left  the  Class  of  1902  in  the  year  1900. 
Entered  Yale  Medical  School  in  the  fall  of  that  year 
and  graduated  with  the  Class  of  1904,  after  success- 
fully enduring  four  years  of  the  hardest  kind  of  mental 
work.  After  graduation  I  substituted  in  several  hos- 
pitals, until  January  1, 1905,  when  I  began  my  appoint- 
ment as  interne  in  St.  Mark's  Hospital,  New  York 
City.  I  reluctantly  left  this  institution  (at  end  of  my 
service)  September  1,  1906,  and  started  in  private 
practice  in  New  Haven  about  October  1,  1906.  Since 
then  I  have  led  the  ordinary,  uneventful  life  of  the 
average  young  doctor,  without  much  influence,  and  a 
little  doubtful  of  his  professional  abilities.  During 
my  five  years  of  practice,  I  have  met  with  fair  success, 
although  I  have  often  met  reverses  and  disappoint- 
ments. Periods  of  high  elation  and  happiness  have 
alternated  with  corresponding  periods  of  depression, 
but  in  the  end,  I  think  that  things  have  been  pretty  well 
evened  up.  In  fact,  I  think  that  I  am  now  fairly  suc- 
cessfully established  and  ought  to  become  more  suc- 
cessful each  year.  I  wouldn't  care  to  endure  those 
first  five  years  again,  and  yet  I  wouldn't  exchange 
their  memories  for  any  price." 

George  Lewis  Curtis 

President  of  the  Curtis  Lumber  &  Millwork  Company,  and 

Vice-President  and  Manager  of  Curtis  Brothers  & 

Company,  Clinton,  Iowa 

Born  August  23,  1878,  in  Clinton,  Iowa,  the  son  of  George 
Martin  Curtis,  who  established  the  above  lumber  companies, 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  633 

and  Etta  (Lewis)  Curtis.  He  is  of  English  ancestry.  A 
brother,  Eugene  Judson  Curtis,  was  graduated  at  Yale  in  the 
Class  of  1909. 

Prepared  at  Williston  Seminary,  where  he  was  interested 
in  football,  the  school  paper  and  debating.  He  left  the  Class 
in  Freshman  year. 

He  married  on  May  16,  1900,  Frances  S.  "Wilcox,  Smith 
ea;-1900,  daughter  of  Frederick  Plumb  Wilcox,  deceased,  of 
Clinton,  Iowa.  They  have  three  children,  all  born  in  Clinton, 
Iowa :  Elizabeth  Wilcox,  born  January  19,  1902 ;  George  Mar- 
tin, 2d,  born  August  8,  1905,  and  Etta  Louise,  born  May  14, 
1910. 

On  leaving  college  he  went  into  the  lumber  business 
which  his  father  had  established  in  1866  and  incorpo- 
rated in  1881  under  the  name  of  Curtis  Brothers  & 
Company,  manufacturers  of  sash,  doors,  blinds,  mould- 
ings, etc.  He  is  now  vice-president  and  manager  of 
this  company  and  president  of  the  Curtis  Lumber  & 
Millwork  Company,  which  deals  in  investments  in 
manufacture  and  distribution  of  doors  and  millwork. 
In  1909  he  became  a  director  of  the  McCloud  River 
Lumber  Company,  of  Minneapolis,  and  McCloud,  Calif., 
in  1911  president  of  the  Gem  State  Lumber  Company, 
mth  headquarters  at  Pocatello,  Idaho;  he  is  also  a 
director  and  officer  in  the  subsidiary  companies  of  the 
Curtis  Lumber  &  Millwork  Company,  Curtis  &  Yale 
Company,  Curtis  Towle  &  Paine  Company,  Curtis  Sash 
&  Door  Company,  Curtis  &  Gartside  Company. 

He  is  a  Presbyterian  and  a  Scottish  Rite  Mason. 

George  writes:  ''Left  college  in  1899  and  have  been 
plugging  at  the  millwork  business  thirteen  years. 
Some  little  show  of  accomplislunent  in  that  field  but  in 
nothing  else  except  as  an  incident  to  the  business." 


634  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

*Frank  Manson  Eastman 
Died  1912 

Born  in  Boise,  Idaho,  May  30,  1878,  the  son  of  Hosea  Brad- 
ford Eastman,  a  banker,  and  Mary  (Blackinger)  Eastman. 
A  brother,  Ben  Sherman  Eastman,  graduated  from  the  Shef- 
field Scientific  School  in  1902. 

Prepared  at  Phillips  Academy,  Andover,  Mass.,  and  at 
Yale  was  captain  of  the  Gun  Club,  a  first  Wrangler,  member 
of  the  board  of  governors  of  the  University  Club  in  1901,  the 
Corinthian  Yacht  Club,  the  Kraut  Club,  the  Supper  Com- 
mittee and  Alpha  Delta  Phi.  He  received  Class  vote  for  best- 
natured  man. 

He  was  married  April  28,  1906,  in  Los  Angeles,  Calif.,  to 
Mabel  S.  Simpson,  daughter  of  William  Simpson,  of  San 
Francisco,  Calif.  They  had  two  children,  both  born  in  Boise, 
Idaho:  Elizabeth,  born  June  29,  1907,  and  Frank  Manson, 
born  in  July,  1912. 

After  leaving  Yale  Eastman  formed  a  partnership 
with  his  brother,  Ben  S.  Eastman,  and  Romer  Teller, 
1902,  under  the  name  of  the  Eastman-Teller  Hardware 
Company,  in  Boise,  Idaho.  In  April,  1906,  he  wrote  the 
Secretary  that  he  had  been  in  California  for  a  year 
and  a  half,  living  on  climate  and  having  a  pretty  good 
time,  but  that  he  would  start  for  Boise  in  about  a  week, 
and  then  back  to  hard  work.  On  returning  to  Boise  he 
continued  in  the  hardware  business,  but  in  1908  gave 
his  occupation  as  with  the  Boise  Artesian  Hot  &  Cold 
Water  Company. 

He  died  in  the  hospital  at  Ontario,  Idaho,  on  May  4, 
1912,  as  the  result  of  injuries  received  in  an  automobile 
accident.  In  company  with  several  other  men  he  was 
on  his  way  to  attend  a  convention  of  the  Idaho  Hard- 
ware &  Implement  Dealers'  Association  in  Ontario, 
when  the  automobile  struck  some  loose  dirt  and  after 


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AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  635 

skidding  for  a  short  distance  turned  two  complete 
revolutions. 

Eastman  was  a  Republican  in  politics.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  Elks. 

Harold  Louis  Ehrich 

President  of  the  Ehrich  Galleries,  dealers  in  "Old  Masters," 
463-465  Fifth  Avenue,  New  York  City 

Residence,  50  West  Seventy-seventh  Street,  New  York  City 

Born  January  9,  1880,  in  New  York  City,  the  son  of  Louis 
Rinaldo  Ehrich,  Yale  1869,  a  dealer  in  "Old  Masters"  (died 
October  23,  1911),  and  Henrietta  (Minzesheimer)  Ehrich. 
He  is  of  German  ancestry.  His  Yale  relatives  besides  his 
father  are  a  brother,  Walter  Louis  Ehrich,  1899  S.,  and  three 
cousins,  Manfred  William  Ehrich,  1898,  William  Joseph 
Ehrich,  1900  S.,  and  Jerome  Herman  Buck,  1900. 

Prepared  at  Cutler  Academy,  Colorado  Springs,  Colo.  He 
left  the  Class  in  Freshman  year. 

He  is  unmarried. 

Li  1903  his  family  resumed  their  residence  in  New 
York  after  having  lived  in  Colorado  since  1885  on 
account  of  his  father's  health.  His  father,  on  his 
return  to  New  York,  opened  the  Ehrich  Galleries, 
dealing  in  ''Old  Masters,"  and  his  son  became  asso- 
ciated with  him  and  has  continued  the  business  since 
the  latter 's  death. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  City  Athletic  Club,  New 
York,  and  the  Woodmere  Country  Club,  Woodmere, 
Long  Island. 


636  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

Frank  Atwater  Elmes,  M.D. 
Surgeon,  6  Elizabeth  Avenue,  Derby,  Conn. 
Residence,  15  Atwater  Avenue,  Derby,  Conn. 

Born  November  27,  1879,  in  Derby,  Conn.,  the  son  of 
William  Forbes  Elmes.  He  is  of  English,  Scotch  and  Irish 
ancestry.     Many  cousins  have  graduated  at  Yale. 

Prepared  at  the  Derby  High  School,  where  he  was  captain 
of  the  baseball  team.  He  left  our  Class  at  the  beginning  of 
Sophomore  year,  but  in  1901  entered  the  Yale  Medical  School, 
where  he  completed  the  course,  was  vice-president  of  the 
Class  in  Senior  year  and  was  a  member  of  Skull  and  Sceptre. 

He  is  unmarried. 

After  leaving  the  Class  in  the  winter  of  1899  he  went 
on  a  bicycle  trip  through  the  South,  shipped  on  a 
cattle  steamer  for  South  Africa  with  Bacon,  enlisted  in 
English  Mounted  Infantry  and  served  with  the  Colo- 
nial troops  for  one  year,  was  wounded  twice  and  had 
the  fever.  He  was  invalided  home,  granted  a  pension 
and  a  medal  in  recognition  of  his  service.  In  1901  he 
entered  the  Yale  Medical  School  and  his  time  has 
since  been  devoted  to  medicine,  particularly  surgery. 
He  served  his  interneship  in  the  New  Haven  Hospital, 
later  going  to  the  Boston  City  Hospital  and  has  since 
devoted  considerable  time  to  study  abroad.  He  is 
attending  surgeon  at  Griflfiin  Hospital,  is  ex-health  offi- 
cer and  ex-medical  inspector  of  schools  in  Derby. 

He  received  the  degree  of  M.D.  at  Yale  in  1905.  He 
is  a  Roman  Catholic.  He  is  Secretary  of  the  Class  of 
1905  Medical  School,  a  member  of  the  American  Medi- 
cal Association,  Connecticut  Medical  Society,  New 
Haven  County  Medical  Society,  New  Haven  Medical 
Society  and  Yale  Medical  Alumni  Association. 


AUTOBIOGEAPHIES  637 

Franklin  Escher 

Financial  Editor  of  Harper's  Weekly  and  other  publications, 
253  Broadway,  New  York  City 

Residence,  Englewood,  N.  J. 

Born  June  19,  1881,  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  the  son  of  Henry 
Escher,  an  importer,  and  Louise  (Fasnacht)  Escher  (died  in 
1907).    He  is  of  Swiss  ancestry. 

Prepared  at  the  Brooklyn  High  School,  where  he  was  editor 
of  the  Recorder  and  captain  of  the  debating  team.  He  left 
the  Class  at  the  beginning  of  Junior  year. 

He  married  on  October  19,  1909,  Mildred  Gleason,  a  grad- 
uate of  Rayson  Seminary,  daughter  of  John  Blanchard  Glea- 
son, of  New  York  City.  They  have  a  son,  John  Gleason,  better 
known  as  "Eliphalet,"  born  September  18,  1911,  in  New 
York  City. 

He  was  connected  with  various  banks  and  invest- 
ment houses  from  1900  until  1908.  In  January,  1909, 
he  became  financial  editor  of  Harper's  Weekly,  and 
is  now  connected  in  a  similar  manner  with  several 
newspapers  and  magazines  in  the  United  States  and 
abroad.  In  January,  1910,  he  started  Investments,  a 
magazine,  and  was  in  the  same  year  appointed  a  mem- 
ber of  the  faculty  of  the  School  of  Commerce,  Accounts 
and  Finance  of  New  York  University.  In  1912  he  was 
elected  a  director  of  the  Alexander  Hamilton  Institute. 

He  is  a  Progressive.  He  has  contributed  largely  to 
magazines  and  has  given  many  lectures. 


638  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

Floyd  Howard  Evans 

Purchasing  Agent  and  Department  Manager  of  Schuneman  & 

Evans,  department  store,  Sixth  and  "Wabasha  Streets, 

St.  Paul,  Minn. 

Residence,  533  Summit  Avenue,  St.  Paul,  Minn. 

Born  December  17,  1877,  in  Leavenworth,  Kans.,  the  son 
of  Bambridge  Howard  Evans,  a  merchant,  and  Josephine 
(Daly)  Evans.    He  is  of  Welsh  and  Scotch-Irish  ancestry. 

Prepared  at  Phillips  Academy,  Andover,  IMass.  He  left 
college  at  the  end  of  the  first  term. 

He  married  on  October  25,  1906,  in  New  York  City,  Mar- 
guerite Spinning,  a  graduate  of  the  Misses  Ely's  School, 
daughter  of  William  A.  Spinning,  a  merchant  and  banker, 
of  Dansville,  N.  Y.  They  have  one  daughter,  Dorothy,  born 
December  20,  1910,  in  St.  Paul,  Minn. 

He  spent  about  two  years  in  Europe  and  then  be- 
came connected  with  the  department  store  of  Schune- 
man &  Evans,  of  St.  Paul,  Minn.,  where  he  has  since 
continued. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  University  Club,  Town  and 
Country,  Automobile  Club  and  the  Sons  of  the  Ameri- 
can Revolution. 

Floyd  says :  '*  After  leaving  college  I  spent  two  years 
in  Europe  and  Egypt,  traveling  most  of  the  time. 
Went  with  Schuneman  &  Evans,  department  store,  in 
1902,  where  I  have  been  ever  since.  Have  never  been 
arrested  and  have  accomplished  nothing  startling. 
Appear  normal  and  am  just  an  average  citizen.  Ex- 
pect some  day  to  lay  aside  enough  to  retire  and  enjoy 
a  peaceful  old  age." 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  639 

Harry  Blackstone  Farrar 

Partner  in  the  Electric  Equipment  Company,  electric  con- 
struction, 703  State  Street,  Erie,  Pa. 

Residence,  264  "West  Ninth  Street,  Erie,  Pa. 

Born  January  24,  1879,  in  Erie,  Pa.,  the  son  of  William 
Tully  Farrar,  an  electrician,  and  Elnora  (Blackstone)  Farrar. 
He  is  of  English  descent. 

Prepared  at  St.  Paul's  School,  Concord,  N.  H.  In  college 
he  was  a  member  of  the  Dunham  Boat  Club  and  the  Gun 
Club.    He  left  the  Class  in  Freshman  year. 

He  is  unmarried. 

For  a  time  after  leaving  college  he  was  with  F.  B. 
Stevens  Company,  an  advertising  agency  in  New 
York  City.  He  has  been  mth  the  Electrical  Equip- 
ment Company  since. 


Frederic  Prescott  Griswold 

Secretary  of  the  Nut  Products  Company,  manufacturers  of 
fancy  groceries,  180  Franklin  Street,  New  Haven,  Conn. 

Residence,  481  Broad  Street,  Meriden,  Conn, 

Born  April  16,  1880,  in  Guilford,  Conn.,  the  son  of  Dr. 
Frederic  Pratt  Griswold,  M.D.  Physicians  and  Surgeons 
1876,  and  Caroline  P.  (Hull)  Griswold.  He  is  of  English, 
Irish  and  French  ancestry.  His  Yale  relatives  are  Abra- 
ham Pierson,  first  president  of  the  College,  and  Joseph  Elias 
Morgan,  Yale  1894. 

Prepared  at  the  Meriden  High  School,  where  he  was  on  the 
board  of  the  school  paper.  In  college  he  received  a  second 
dispute  Junior  appointment.  He  left  the  Class  at  the  end  of 
Sophomore  year. 

He  is  unmarried. 


640  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

From  1900  to  1905  he  was  assistant  advertising  man- 
ager of  the  International  Silver  Company  of  Meriden 
and  since  that  time  has  been  with  the  Nut  Products 
Company,  manufacturers  of  fancy  groceries,  of  New 
Haven. 

He  is  Independent  in  politics  and  a  Freethinker  in 
religion. 

Fred  writes :  * '  It  should  be  the  wish  of  everybody  to 
ameliorate  a  bit,  perhaps,  the  graceless  task  of  class 
secretaries,  by  at  least  falling  in  with  their  ideas. 
Though  if  one  has  done  aught  great,  he  can  hardly  be 
expected  to  mention  it,  and  if  he  hasn't,  hardly  wants 
to.  Yet  to  some,  perhaps  to  most  of  us,  very  likely 
there  is  a  spur  in  stopping  to  think  it  over  and  com- 
pare notes.  And  despite  the  diagnosis  of  young  Dr. 
Johnson  that  things  are  going  to  hell  or  Yale  (Poteat), 
college  exists  for  the  sake  of  most  of  us  who  will  not 
do  anything  very  great  individually,  yet  who  may 
easily  enough  be  the  ancestors  of  a  genius,  the  college- 
cultivated  soil  from  which  it  springs,  on  which  it 
feeds.  But  no  doubt  Johnson  has  paid  what  he  was 
owin'. 

''Speaking  of  genius,  it  is  the  noteworthy  fact  that 
in  English  literature,  a  subject  germane  to  academic 
departments,  Yale's  two  leading  lights,  Fenimore 
Cooper  and  E.  C.  Stedman,  are  of  that  other\vise 
widely  unknown  body  termed  '  ex. '  For  this  my  author- 
ity was  either  Professor  Baldwin  or  Professor  Phelps. 
I  am  only  sure  of  the  place  and  time,  amid  the  cellar 
airs  of  Lyceum  just  before  dinner,  beguiled  by  the 
sculptcraft  of  Gould  on  that  antique  furniture. 

"Struck  by  this  classroom  splinter  (please  note, 
0.  J.  1),  nor  stereotyped  by  any  too  inclusive  society 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  641 

system  or  overmuch  booklearning,  one  hearer  solved 
the  problem  by  becoming  'ex,'  hoping  still  for  genius. 
* '  1900-05,  assistant  advertising  manager  of  the  Inter- 
national Silver  Company,  then  tiring  and  retiring, 
entered  business  that  can  run  itself." 

*Orrin  Thrall  Higgins 
Died  1912 

Born  May  14,  1879,  in  Rushford,  N.  Y.,  the  son  of  Frank 
Wayland  Higgins  (died  February  14,  1907),  governor  of  New 
York  State  from  1905  to  1907,  and  Katherine  (Noble)  Hig- 
gins. He  was  of  English  ancestry.  Frank  Sullivan  Smith, 
Yale  1872,  is  an  uncle. 

Prepared  at  the  Berkeley  School,  New  York  City;  Phillips 
Academy,  Andover,  Mass;  and  Westminster  School,  Sims- 
bury,  Conn.  He  was  obliged  to  leave  the  Class  during  the 
winter  of  Sophomore  year  and  go  to  the  Adirondacks  on 
account  of  incipient  tuberculosis.  He  had  hoped  to  return  to 
Yale  and  finish  work  for  his  degree  but  feared  to  live  in  the 
Connecticut  climate  during  the  winter.  While  in  college  he 
was  a  member  of  the  Gun  Club. 

He  was  married  April  17,  1902,  in  Denver,  Colo.,  to  Eliza- 
beth Marshall  (Bransford)  Fogg,  daughter  of  Major  John 
S.  Bransford  (deceased),  of  Nashville,  Tenn.  They  had  two 
daughters :  Katherine  Hapgood,  born  October  2,  1904,  in  Nash- 
ville, Tenn.,  and  Lucia  Cornelia,  born  July  25,  1906.  They 
also  had  an  adopted  daughter,  Elizabeth  Bransford. 

Higgins  wrote  as  follows  of  his  life  after  leaving 
Yale:  ''After  remaining  six  months  at  Saranac  Lake, 
I  went  to  Redlands,  Calif,,  making  my  headquarters 
there  and  occupying  my  time  with  the  growing  of 
oranges  and  ranching.  In  October,  1901,  I  sold  out 
and  became  interested  in  some  mining  prospects  in 
Colorado  and  in  the  Boulder,  Colo.,  oil  field.  My 
place  of  residence  was  Boulder,  and  I  became  a  mem- 


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ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 


ber  of  the  firm  of  Higgins  &  Ferguson  and  manager 
of  the  Olean  Oil  Company. 

''In  the  fall  of  1902  I  removed  to  Denver,  where  I 
organized  and  owned  the  Automobile  &  Repair  Com- 
pany. 

"In  August,  1904,  I  sold  my  interests  in  Colorado 
and  returned  to  Olean,  N.  Y.,  remaining  there  and  in 
Albany,  N.  Y.,  while  my  father  was  governor  of  New 
York.  At  the  expiration  of  his  term  of  office  in  Jan- 
uary, 1907, 1  returned  to  California  and  have  taken  up 
my  permanent  residence  in  Redlands.  My  present 
occupation  is  growing  oranges  and  the  management 
of  my  father's  estate. 

"I  am  a  member  of  the  Redlands  University  Club 
[president],  Redlands  Country  Club,  Southern  Cali- 
fornia Yale  Association,  Hamilton  Country  Club,  Sons 
of  Colonial  Wars,  and  Sons  of  the  American  Revolu- 
tion. 

He  died  of  tuberculosis  in  Redlands,  Calif.,  Septem- 
ber 12,  1912,  and  was  buried  in  Olean,  N.  Y. 

In  addition  to  the  positions  mentioned  in  the  above 
account,  Higgins  was  president  of  the  Higgins  Com- 
pany and  the  Higgins  Land  Company,  of  Olean,  N.  Y., 
and  a  director  of  the  Guarantee  Land  Company,  Olean 
Land  Company  and  Wilson  River  Lumber  Company. 
He  was  interested  in  timberlands  and  iron  mines  in 
Minnesota  and  in  timberlands  in  Oregon.    He  was  a 


Republican. 
Church. 


He   was   a   member   of   the   Episcopal 


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Laurence  Chaffee  Holden 

Chief  Clerk  in  Holden 's  Bird  Store,  25  West  Twenty-third 
Street,  New  York  City 

Residence,  Slocum  Street,  Bochelle  Heights,  New 
Rochelle,  N.  Y. 

Born  November  5,  1880,  in  Newburyport,  Mass.,  the  son  of 
George  Henry  Holden,  Yale  ea;-1875,  an  importer  of  birds  and 
publisher  of  books  about  birds,  and  Alice  W.  (Caldwell) 
Holden  (died  January  7,  1882).  He  is  of  Scotch-Irish  ances- 
try, his  ancestors  having  settled  at  Roxbury  and  Dorchester 
in  1634. 

Prepared  at  Irving  School,  New  York  City.  He  left  our 
Class  in  February,  1899. 

He  married  on  August  3,  1907,  Laura  Eugenia  Finey, 
daughter  of  John  A.  Finey,  of  New  York  City.  They  have 
a  daughter,  Mary  Alice,  born  July  8,  1912,  in  New  York 
City. 

After  leaving  Yale  he  attended  Williams  College  for 
a  time  and  later  the  Columbia  School  of  Mines.  The 
summer  of  1903  was  spent  in  a  trip  across  the  con- 
tinent and  to  Alaska.  Since  1904  he  has  been  in  the 
bird  business  with  his  father. 

He  is  part  author  of  Holden 's  New  Book  on  Birds. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Williams  Alumni  Society  of 
New  York. 

Herman  Warren  Knox 

Member  of  Knox  &  Brother,  railway  and  mill  supplies,  96  John 
Street,  New  York  City 

Residence,  Rumson,  N,  J. 

Born  October  11,  1881,  in  Washington,  D.  C,  the  son  of 
John  Jay  Knox,  Hamilton  1848    (died  February  9,  1892), 


644  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

a  banker,  and  Caroline  Elizabeth  (Todd)  Knox.  His  ancestors 
were  Scotch  and  English.  A  brother,  Irving  Gilliss  Knox, 
graduated  from  Yale  College  in  1900. 

Prepared  at  St.  Paul's  School,  Concord,  N.  H.  At  Yale 
he  was  a  member  of  the  Freshman  and  Apollo  Glee  clubs,  the 
University  Club,  Eta  Phi  and  Psi  Upsilon.  He  was  with  our 
Class  for  two  years,  and  then  joined  the  Class  of  1903  at  the 
beginning  of  its  Sophomore  year.  He  left  that  Class  in  March, 
1901. 

He  is  unmarried. 

After  leaving  Yale  he  was  employed  by  Manning, 
Maxwell  &  Moore  of  85  Liberty  Street,  New  York 
City,  for  some  time.  About  five  years  ago  he  became 
connected  with  the  firm  of  Knox  &  Brother,  manu- 
facturers of  railway,  steamship  and  machinists'  tools 
and  supplies,  of  New  York  City. 


William  Paul  Lanagan 

Keeper  of  stores  and  supplies  for  the  L.  L.  Gilbert  Baking 
Corporation,  New  Haven,  Conn. 

Residence,  1281-2  Howe  Street,  New  Haven,  Conn. 

Born  January  7,  1872,  in  Boston,  Mass.  His  father  was  a 
teamster.  His  mother  died  at  his  birth.  His  ancestors  were 
Irish. 

Prepared  at  Phillips  Academy,  Exeter,  N.  H.,  where  he  was 
editor  of  the  Literary  Monthly  and  the  Pean  (an  annual)  ; 
president  of  the  Christian  fraternity,  and  a  class  day  officer. 
He  left  our  Class  during  Freshman  year. 

He  is  unmarried. 

Until  1909  he  was  manager  of  the  Highwall  Dormi- 
tory of  Yale.  Since  then  he  has  been  with  the  L.  L. 
Gilbert  Baking  Corporation  of  New  Haven. 


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AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  645 

He  is  a  member  of  the  official  board  of  the  Summer- 
field  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  of  New  Haven,  mem- 
ber of  the  church  property  committee,  assistant  super- 
intendent of  the  Sunday  school,  teacher  of  a  young 
men's  Bible  class,  and  sacramental  steward  of  the 
church.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Improved  Order  of 
Red  Men. 

Bill  writes:  ''Among  the  many  interesting  accounts 
of  the  lives  of  our  classmates,  I  am  sure  that  mine  is 
of  no  moment.  However,  since  you  have  been  so 
kindly  persistent  in  the  matter,  I  will  say  that  up  to 
three  years  ago  I  was  connected  with  the  Highwall 
Dormitory  in  a  managerial  capacity.  Since  that 
time  I  have  held  my  present  position,  and  for  the 
future  plan  to  become  as  efficient  in  the  baking  busi- 
ness as  I  may.  At  the  present  time  the  manner  and 
process  of  bread  manufacturing  is  intensely  interest- 
ing and  scientific,  and  contains  room  for  a  wide  field 
of  activity,  which  I  would  be  pleased  to  show  you  if 
you  have  any  time  to  spare  while  you  are  in  New 
Haven. '  * 

Eugene  Selden  Leavell 
Lawyer,  404  Scanlan  Building,  Houston,  Texas 

Born  September  8,  1880,  in  Manchester,  N.  H.,  the  son  of 
William  Hayne  Leavell,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  a  clergyman,  and  Mary 
(George)  Leavell.  His  ancestors  were  French  Huguenot, 
Scotch-Irish,  Welsh  and  English.  His  father  is  the  sixth 
generation  of  his  family  to  live  in  this  country. 

He  prepared  at  the  Welch  School  in  Houston,  and  at  Albany 
Academy,  Albany,  N.  Y.  At  Yale  he  received  a  third  De- 
Forest  Mathematical  prize  in  Freshman  and  Sophomore 
years,  and  an  oration  appointment  in  Junior  year.  He  left 
our  Class  at  the  end  of  Junior  year. 

He  is  unmarried. 


646  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

He  received  the  degree  of  LL.B.  from  the  Univer- 
sity of  Texas  in  1903,  and  practiced  his  profession  in 
Houston  and  Dallas,  Texas,  until  the  summer  of  1907, 
when  poor  health  compelled  him  to  abandon  work.  In 
the  fall  of  1908  his  brother,  R.  H.  Leavell,  and  he 
opened  a  preparatory  school  for  boys  at  Cotesworth 
(near  Carrollton),  Miss.  From  December,  1908,  to 
December,  1911,  he  was  in  Greenwood,  Miss.,  and  since 
that  time  has  been  practicing  law  in  Houston. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  of 
Dallas.  In  politics  he  is  a  Democrat.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Thalian  Club  of  Houston. 

Selden  writes :  * '  I  have  been  a  merchandise  broker, 
law  clerk,  lawyer,  turkey  shipper,  stenographer,  cotton 
seed  oil  broker,  school  teacher  and  planter.  Houston, 
Texas,  to  May,  1907.  Dallas,  Texas,  to  December,  1907. 
Houston,  Texas,  to  March,  1908.  Carrollton,  Miss.,  to 
December,  1908.  Greenwood,  Miss.,  to  December,  1911. 
Since  then,  Houston,  Texas.  Am  contemplating  going 
into  the  insurance  business." 

Herman  Wolfe  Londoner 

Boston  Manager  of  "Waite,   Ranlet  &   Company,   80   Broad 
Street,  Boston,  Mass. 

Residence,  208  Winthrop  Road,  Brookline,  Mass. 

Born  April  11,  1881,  in  Denver,  Colo.,  the  son  of  Hon. 
Wolfe  Londoner,  ex-mayor  of  Denver  and  ex-governor  of 
Colorado,  a  wholesale  grocer,  and  Frances  (Anthony)  Lon- 
doner, a  niece  of  Susan  B.  Anthony.  His  ancestors  on  his 
father's  side  were  English  and  German,  and  on  his  mother's 
side  English  and  Spanish. 

Prepared  at  Betts  Academy,  Stamford,  Conn.,  where  he 
was  captain  of  the  baseball  team  and  a  member  of  the  foot- 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  647 

ball  eleven.  At  Yale  he  was  a  member  of  the  Freshman 
Baseball  Nine  and  He  Boule.  He  writes  that  "unfortunately 
most  of  my  activities  were  'after  hours,'  causing  me  much 
unpleasant  faculty  notoriety  and  leading  to  my  separation 
from  the  Class."  He  left  college  at  the  end  of  Freshman 
year. 

He  married  on  April  11,  1902,  in  Boston,  Mass.,  Gertrude 
Pierson,  daughter  of  Mrs.  Blanche  A.  Pierson  of  Brookline, 
and  a  descendant  of  Abraham  Pierson,  the  first  president  of 
Yale.  They  have  one  son,  Richard  Pierson,  born  January  21, 
1903,  in  Brookline,  Mass. 

After  working  for  his  father  in  Denver  for  a  few 
months,  he  went  to  Mexico  with  a  silver  mining  expe- 
dition. The  next  year  he  was  in  South  America,  and 
on  his  return  became  connected  with  a  steel  mill  in 
Pittsburgh.  He  has  been  in  this  business  ever  since, 
and  is  now  Boston  manager  of  Waite,  Ranlet  &  Com- 
pany (American  Sheet  &  Tin-plate  Company),  metals. 

He  is  a  member  of  Trinity  Church  (Episcopal)  of 
Boston.  He  is  a  Republican  in  politics,  and  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  University  Club  of  Denver  and  the  Yale 
Club  of  Boston. 

Herman  writes :  "After  Bancroft  told  me  I  could  not 
return  to  New  Haven  the  next  fall,  he  offered  to  fix 
it  so  I  could  enter  Harvard  or  Williams,  but  if  I  could 
not  go  to  Yale  I  did  not  want  to  go  to  any  college,  so 
I  went  home  to  Denver  to  be  met  by  father  with  the 
observation  that  I  said  I  wanted  to  go  through  col- 
lege, and  that  I  seemed  to  have  gone  through  the  back 
door. 

**I  worked  for  father  for  four  months,  which  was 
enough  for  both  of  us,  and  then  I  drifted  into  Mexico, 
with  a  silver  mining  expedition ;  then  to  South  Amer- 
ica, and  the  next  year  I  went  to  Pittsburgh  and  went 


648  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

into  a  steel  mill,  and  have  been  in  the  business  ever 
since. 

"Came  to  Boston  in  1902,  where  I  met  my  fate. 
Traveled  out  West  for  Wheeling  Corrugating  Com- 
pany, for  five  years,  and  when  they  went  into  the  Big 
Company,  I  went  to  work  for  them,  and  have  been  with 
some  of  their  agents  ever  since. 

'*My  ambition  is  to  be  one  of  Mr.  Carnegie's  'young 
men,'  and  to  go  back  to  Denver  some  day,  'with  bells 
on.'  " 

John  Hart  McAlarney 

Special  representative  of  the  United  States  Steel  Products 
Company,  30  Church  Street,  New  York  City 

Residence,  30  West  Forty-fourth  Street,  New  York  City 

Born  May  8,  1881,  in  Harrisburg,  Pa.,  the  son  of  Mathias 
Wilson  McAlarney,  who  attended  Bucknell  College,  leaving  to 
go  to  war  (died  December  5,  1900),  a  publisher,  and  Ada 
(Hoffman)  McAlarney.    His  ancestry  is  Scotch-Irish. 

Prepared  at  the  Hotchkiss  School,  Lakeville,  Conn.  He 
was  a  member  of  our  Class  for  one  year  and  also  took  Fresh- 
man year  with  1903. 

He  is  unmarried. 

From  July  to  December,  1900,  McAlarney  was  in 
charge  of  the  Harrisburg  Publishing  Company,  under 
the  direction  of  his  father,  and  after  the  latter 's  death, 
until  April,  1901,  he  took  care  of  the  estate's  interests 
in  the  company.  He  received  an  appointment  in  the 
Internal  Revenue  Service  for  the  Ninth  District  of 
Pennsylvania,  but  in  February  of  the  following  year 
accepted  a  position  in  the  traffic  department  of  the 
Pennsylvania  Telephone  Company.  In  September, 
1903,  he  became  connected  with  the  Harbison-Walker 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  649 

Refractories  Company  of  Pittsburgh,  at  their  Cambria 
County  plant.  In  March,  1905,  he  accepted  a  position 
with  the  Thomas  Reese,  Jr.,  Company,  Inc.,  engineers 
and  contractors,  to  take  charge  of  the  financial  and 
business  end  of  their  Lebanon  plant.  In  January,  1906, 
he  entered  the  employ  of  the  Carnegie  Steel  Com- 
pany in  Pittsburgh  and  was  transferred  from  their 
general  sales  department  to  the  sales  department  of 
the  United  States  Steel  Products  Company  in  New 
York  City,  in  January,  1909.  He  is  now  special  repre- 
sentative of  this  company. 

He  is  a  Republican  in  politics  and  is  a  member  of  the 
Yale  and  Machinery  clubs  of  New  York.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Presbyterian  Church. 


Frank  Eugene  McGouldrick 

Superintendent  of  Schools,  Fort  Fairfield,  Maine 

Born  April  15,  1876,  in  Cherryfield,  Maine,  the  son  of 
Charles  McGouldrick,  a  livery  proprietor,  and  Mary  A.  (Kel- 
ley)  McGouldrick.  His  ancestors  were  Irish.  A  cousin.  Dr. 
Ernest  Clare  McGouldrick,  graduated  from  Yale  College  in 
1900. 

Prepared  at  Cherryfield  Academy,  Cherryfield,  Maine, 
where  he  was  captain  of  the  baseball  team,  president  of  the 
Academy  Debating  Society,  valedictorian  of  his  class  and 
winner  of  a  gold  medal  awarded  for  highest  scholarship.  He 
left  Yale  in  his  Sophomore  year. 

He  married  on  July  22,  1908,  in  Bangor,  Maine,  Alice  H. 
Mayo,  a  graduate  of  Stevens  Academy,  daughter  of  Eben  "W. 
Mayo  of  Bluehill,  Maine.    They  have  no  children. 

From  1906  to  1912  he  was  superintendent  of  the 
schools  in  the  districts  of  Bluehill,  Brooklin  and  Sedg- 


650  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

wick,  Maine.  In  July,  1912,  he  was  chosen  superintend- 
ent of  schools  for  the  Fort  Fairfield-Easton  district  in 
Maine,  which  is  his  present  position. 

In  religion  he  is  a  Congregationalist.  He  is  a  Mason, 
and  a  member  of  the  Red  Men,  Knights  of  Pythias, 
Daughters  of  Pocahontas,  the  Grange  and  Eastern 
Star.    In  politics  he  is  a  Republican. 

Elmer  Brown  Mason 

Forest  Entomological  Assistant  in  charge  of  South  Atlantic 
and  Gulf  States,   Bureau  of  Entomology,  Washington, 

D.  C. 

Bom  September  30,  1877,  in  Deerlodge,  Mont.,  the  son  of 
Captain  Roswell  Henry  Mason,  a  Civil  War  veteran  and  one 
time  surveyor-general  of  Montana,  and  Mary  (Brown) 
Mason.  His  ancestors  were  English  and  French.  For  further 
facts  regarding  his  family  history  see  the  biography  of  his 
brother,  Roy  Mason,  1902. 

Prepared  at  the  University  School  in  Chicago,  and  abroad. 
He  took  Freshman  year  with  our  Class  and  also  spent  one 
year  with  the  Class  of  1903.  He  then  entered  Princeton 
University  where  he  received  the  degree  of  B.A.  in  1903,  and 
where  he  was  a  member  of  the  Ldt  and  Princeton  Tiger.  He 
attended  the  Yale  Forest  School  in  1909-10. 

He  is  unmarried. 

After  graduating  from  Princeton  he  was  engaged  in 
the  publishing  business,  first  with  Dodd,  Mead  &  Com- 
pany, and  later  with  Harper  &  Brothers.  He  then 
took  up  real  estate  brokerage  in  New  York  City.  He 
is  now  connected  with  the  Bureau  of  Entomology, 
United  States  Department  of  Agriculture,  having 
charge  of  the  South  Atlantic  and  Gulf  states. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Princeton  Club.  He  has  writ- 
ten numerous  magazine  articles  and  stories,  and  during 


Howard  Oi.cott  jVIathkh 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  651 

the  year  1911  made  forty-nine  speeches  on  the  subject 
of  the  Southern  pine  beetle  from  New  Orleans,  La., 
to  Raleigh,  N.  C. 

A  mighty  interesting  bit  from  Elmer  follows :  ''Have 
been  in  literary  work,  newspaper  work,  real  estate, 
lumbering  ,  forestry,  and  am  now  permanently  in  for- 
est entomology.  Made  a  success  of  lumbering  and 
forestry  and  am  quite  happy  with  bugs.  My  one  and 
only  real  achievement  was  a  campaign  against  the 
Southern  pine  beetle,  which  threatened  to  kill  all  the 
pine  in  the  South  last  year.  From  July  1  to  December 
15,  had  a  station  at  Spartanburg,  S.  C,  where  a  cam- 
paign was  carried  on  against  said  beetle.  It  appears 
to  be  under  control  this  year.  Emerge  from  the  woods 
now  and  then  to  make  an  address  on  forest  insects,  but 
spend  most  of  my  time  in  the  timber. 

"It's  a  fine  life,  extremely  healthy,  interesting  and 
unremunerative.  As  one  cannot  spend  any  money  in 
the  woods,  however,  the  college  man's  burden  (i.e., 
debts)  is  gradually  decreasing." 


*Howard  Olcott  Mather 
Died  1900 

Born  July  27,  1880,  in  Suffield,  Conn.,  the  son  of  William 
Henry  Mather,  Yale  1859  (died  May  22,  1888),  a  physician, 
and  Sarah  Elizabeth  (Beebe)  Mather.  His  ancestors  were 
English. 

Prepared  at  the  Connecticut  Literary  Institute,  Suffield, 
Conn.,  and  at  Yale  received  a  first  colloquy  appointment  in 
Junior  year. 

He  died  December  12, 1900,  at  the  Hartford  Hospital, 
after  a  brief  illness.     The  cause  of  his  death  was 


652  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

appendicitis,  for  which  he  underwent  an  operation  on 
December  4. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  Congregational  Church. 

John  Morgan,  M.D. 

Physician,  47  Meigs  Street,  corner  Park  Avenue,  Rochester, 

N.  Y. 

Born  May  20,  1880,  in  Rome,  N,  Y.,  the  son  of  Leverette  J. 
Morgan  and  Adelia  D.  (Babcock)  Morgan.  His  ancestors 
were  Welsh. 

Prepared  at  the  Rome  Free  Academy.  He  left  our  Class 
during  Freshman  year  and  the  following  year  was  a  member 
of  the  Class  of  1902  in  the  Scientific  School. 

He  married  on  December  2,  1907,  in  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  Carrie 
A.  Stone,  daughter  of  Stephen  Stone,  of  Rochester.  They 
have  no  children. 

After  leaving  Yale  he  studied  medicine  at  the  Hahne- 
mann Medical  College  in  Philadelphia  (where  he  was 
a  member  of  Phi  Alpha  Gamma),  receiving  the  degree 
of  M.D.  from  this  college  in  1904.  He  was  then  interne 
at  the  Rochester  Homeopathic  Hospital  for  two  years, 
since  which  time  he  has  been  engaged  in  the  practice 
of  his  profession  in  Rochester. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church. 
In  politics  he  is  a  Republican.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Western  New  York  Medical  Society  and  the  New  York 
State  Homeopathic  Society. 

[Ed.]  With  blushes  covering  my  pleasant,  manly 
face,  I  publish  the  following  from  John : ' '  I  wish  at  the 
outset  to  state  that  Jimmy  Wright  is  a  genius  at  'fol- 
low-up '  work.  The  letters  and  cards  all  came  and  were 
put  aside  until  this  morning,  'Each  tells  his  tale  to 
me,  the  Innkeeper,'  came,  and  who  ever  attended  Yale 


AUTOBIOGEAPHIES  653 

without  trying  at  some  time  to  tell  ye  Innkeeper  the 
story  of  his  life?  That  got  me,  so  here  goes  mine 
(expurgated  edition). 

''After  leaving  Yale  1902,  I  took  up  the  study  of 
medicine  at  Philadelphia  Hahnemann  Medical  Col- 
lege (I  pause  to  give  thanks  that  there  are  no  mathe- 
matics in  medicine,  for  geometry,  algebra  and  loga- 
rithms got  me  the  only  degree  I  never  earned,  'Yale 
err- '02')  in  the  fall  of  1900  and  received  my  sheepskin  in 
May,  1904.  Was  interne  at  Eochester  Homeopathic 
Hospital  from  October,  1904,  to  March,  1906,  and 
started  in  practice  on  April  1, 1906,  and  say !  Some  of 
you  fellows  who  get  chesty  when  you  say  you  started 
out  on  your  first  job  at  $12  per  week,  go  way,  way 
back.  There  is  nothing  quite  gets  your  nerve  like 
starting  in  the  pill  business,  as  we  all  have  to,  with  no 
patients,  no  income,  and  nothing  to  do  but  keep  up  the 
front,  and  keep  the  wolf  from  the  door.  The  wolf 
didn't  get  me  and  things  are  certainly  coming  my 
way  now.  One  doesn't  have  to  go  outside  of  the  prac- 
tice of  medicine  to  come  into  contact  with  every  side 
of  life  and  all  the  corners — there  is  no  monotony — 
you  go  from  one  home  where  an  old  man  is  making  a 
strong  bid  for  a  gold  harp  in  Heaven,  and  every  one 
is  sad,  to  another  where  the  stork  has  brought  one 
from  Heaven,  and  every  one  is  glad. 

"After  a  very  careful  study  of  the  case,  I  have 
decided  that  the  bacillus  Yalensius  is  one  of  the  most 
favorable  germs  a  man  can  take  into  his  system,  and, 
while  I  often  regret  the  fact  that  I  did  not  have  a  com- 
plete course,  the  Yale  spirit  is  still  in  my  blood. ' ' 


654  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

William  Thomas  Mullally 

Member  of  firm  of  Maclay  &  IMuUally  Brothers,  general  adver- 
tising agents,  60  Broadway,  New  York  City 

Residence,  339  Highbrooke  Avenue,  Pelham,  N,  Y. 

Born  March  3,  1877,  in  Pendleton,  S.  C,  the  son  of  Rev. 
Francis  Patrick  Mullally,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  Washington  and  Lee 
1822,  and  Elizabeth  Keith  (Adger)  Mullally.  He  says  that  his 
ancestors  were  * '  Irish,  thank  God. ' '  Two  brothers  have  grad- 
uated from  Yale:  Thornwell  Mullally,  1892,  and  Mandeville 
Mullally,  1898. 

Prepared  at  the  Dwight  School,  New  York  City,  where  he 
was  captain  and  manager  of  the  baseball  team,  president  of 
the  Dramatic  Society  and  a  delegate  to  the  Chicago  National 
Interscholastic  Athletic  Association.  At  Yale  he  was  treas- 
urer of  the  Wigwam  Debating  Club  and  a  member  of  He 
Boule.  He  did  not  return  to  college  after  the  Christmas 
vacation  in  Sophomore  year. 

He  is  unmarried. 

After  spending  a  short  time  in  the  dry  goods  busi- 
ness, Mullally  became  a  runner  for  the  Knickerbocker 
Trust  Company.  He  was  twice  promoted  in  this  com- 
pany and  then  became  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the 
Bankers  &  Merchants  Agency  Company  of  New  York. 
Later  he  formed  the  firm  of  which  he  is  at  present  a 
member. 

He  is  a  Presbyterian,  ** mildly  active,"  he  writes. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  New  York  Yale  Club  and  the 
Pelham  Country  Club.    In  politics  he  is  a  Democrat. 

Bill  writes:  ''Walking  out  from  the  classic  environ- 
ments of  Yale,  I  plunged  into  the  dry  goods  business 
with  the  jobbing  firm  of  Dunham,  Bulkley  &  Company, 
340  Broadway.  From  there  I  was  called  to  be  entry 
clerk  for  the  goods  received  for  the  Cuban  Orphans, 


El.WOOD    LlTHKH    OllWIG,    Jh. 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  655 

said  goods  being  disposed  of  at  a  fair  held  at  the 
Metropolitan  Opera  House.  Then  I  was  summoned 
to  Wall  Street  and  began  my  activities  by  serving  the 
Knickerbocker  Trust  Company  as  a  runner,  then  as 
receiving  teller,  then  as  assistant  loan  clerk.  From 
this  important  and  strategic  position  I  jumped  to  sec- 
retary and  treasurer  of  the  Bankers  &  Merchants 
Advertising  Agency  and  afterwards  became  president. 
Then,  seeking  more  worlds  to  conquer,  I  formed  our 
present  firm,  viz.,  Maclay  &  Mullally  Brothers,  and 
now,  fond  reader,  if  you  wish  to  know  further  details 
you  must  call  at  60  Broadway,  where  I  promise  you  a 
warm  and  hearty  welcome. ' ' 

*Elwood  Luther  Orwig,  Jr. 
Died  1901 

Born  November  13,  1881,  in  Pottsville,  Pa.,  the  son  of 
Elwood  Luther  Orwig,  a  business  manager  connected  with 
J.  C.  Bright  Company,  merchants  of  Lansford,  Pa.,  and  Lizzie 
Hesser  (Frailey)  Orwig.  His  ancestors  were  French  and 
German. 

Prepared  at  Phillips  Academy,  Andover,  Mass.,  and  held 
an  oration  stand  while  in  college. 

He  died  at  his  home  in  Lansford,  Pa.,  April  14, 1901, 
of  typhoid  fever. 

*Arthur  Almeron  Quinby 
Died  1900 

Born  June  15,  1879,  in  Orange,  N.  J.,  the  son  of  Aaron 
Almeron  Quinby,  a  cashier,  whose  address  (in  October,  1912) 
is  641  Park  Avenue,  East  Orange,  N.  J.,  and  Annie  (Gee) 
Quinby.    His  ancestors  were  English. 


656  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

Prepared  at  the  High  School  in  Orange  and  at  Newark 
Academy,  Newark,  N.  J.,  where  he  was  interested  in  football. 
At  Yale  he  played  on  a  Basketball  Team. 

He  died  at  Clinton  Springs,  N.  Y.,  September  26, 
1900,  of  typhoid  fever.  He  had  been  ill  for  nearly  a 
year. 

Joseph  Lawrence  Robbins 
In  the  retail  lumber  business  in  Rapid  City,  S.  Dak. 

Born  November  12,  1878,  in  Shenandoah,  Pa.,  the  son  of 
Joseph  Elmer  Robbins,  a  merchant,  and  Dora  (Hassler)  Rob- 
bins.    His  ancestors  were  Dutch. 

Prepared  for  college  in  Grinnell,  Iowa,  and  also  attended 
the  Sac  City  (Iowa)  Institute  before  coming  to  Yale.  He 
left  the  Class  during  Freshman  year. 

He  married  on  September  26,  1906,  in  Sac  City,  Iowa, 
Mabel  Alice  Hamilton,  Oberlin  College  1905,  daughter  of 
John  N.  Hamilton,  a  graduate  of  Small  College  of  New  York. 
They  have  had  one  daughter,  Alice,  born  March  20,  1909,  in 
Rapid  City,  died  May  6,  1909. 

After  leaving  college  he  was  in  the  flour  milling  busi- 
ness for  some  years,  being  manager  of  the  Sac  City 
Milling  Company  of  Sac  City,  Iowa.  He  is  now  head  of 
the  J.  L.  Robbins  Lumber  Company  of  Rapid  City, 
S.  Dak. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Congregational  Church.  He 
is  a  Mason,  a  Shriner  and  a  member  of  the  Elks.  In 
politics  he  is  a  Republican. 


ArTUIK  Al.MKIlOX    QriNHV 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  657 

Henry  Moore  Russell,  Jr. 

Partner  in  firm  of  Russell  &  Russell,  lawyers,  1421  Chapline 
Street,  Wheeling,  W.  Va. 

Residence,  Highland  Park,  "Wheeling,  W.  Va. 

Born  July  6,  1879,  in  Wheeling,  W.  Va.,  the  son  of  Henry 
Moore  Russell,  Georgetown  University  1869,  University  of 
Virginia  1870,  a  lawyer,  and  Matilda  (Heiskell)  Russell  (died 
in  1880).    His  ancestors  were  Irish,  English  and  Dutch. 

Prepared  at  Phillips  Academy,  Andover,  Mass.  At  Yale 
he  was  a  member  of  the  Cross  Country  Club  and  the  Univer- 
sity Club.    He  left  the  Class  during  Sophomore  year. 

He  was  married  April  25,  1905,  in  Wheeling,  W.  Va.,  to 
Eleanor  Brice,  daughter  of  S.  L.  Brice,  of  Wheeling.  They 
have  two  children,  both  born  in  Wheeling :  Jane  Taney,  bom 
May  8,  1906,  and  Ann  Heiskell,  born  October  17,  1908. 

He  received  the  degree  of  LL.B.  from  the  University 
of  Virginia  in  1903.  Since  his  admission  to  the  West 
Virginia  Bar  he  has  been  engaged  in  the  practice  of 
law  with  his  father. 

George  Washington  Stewart,  Jr. 

Special  Freight  Agent  with  the  New  York,  New  Haven  & 

Hartford  Railroad  Company,  536  South  Station, 

Boston,  Mass. 

Born  July  22,  1877,  in  Rutland,  Vt.,  the  son  of  George 
Washington  Stewart,  a  farmer,  and  Laura  Isabelle  (Simonds) 
Stewart  (died  April  7,  1906).  His  ancestors  were  Scotch  and 
English.  A  relative,  Lucius  H.  Stewart,  attended  the  Yale 
Medical  School  during  1893-98  and  1899-00. 

Prepared  at  the  Rutland  (Vt.)  High  School,  and  at 
Worcester  Academy.    He  was  with  our  Class  but  one  year. 

He  married  on  October  23,  1905,  in  Hingham,  Mass.,  Elsie 
Corthell,  daughter  of  G.  P.  Corthell  of  Hingham.    They  have 


658  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

one  son  and  one  daughter :  Harold  Irving,  born  May  10,  1907, 
in  Hingham,  Mass.,  and  Dorothy  Corthell,  born  May  23,  1911, 
in  Braintree,  Mass. 

With  the  exception  of  six  months  spent  in  newspaper 
work,  Stewart  has  been  in  the  railroad  business  ever 
since  leaving  Yale. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Congregational  Church.  He 
belongs  to  the  Odd  Fellows.  He  has  written  some 
music,  although  not  for  publication. 

Stew  writes :  ''To  the  Freshmen  of  the  Class  of  1902 : 

''The  path  of  duty  to  others  was  clearly  defined  and 
I  consequently  left  college  in  the  fall  of  1899,  expecting 
to  return  later.  Since  then  the  fortunes  of  war  have 
cast  me  into  the  business  world — there  being  no  recall 
— and  '02  was  then  beyond  my  grasp.  An  uninterest- 
ing life  of  devotion  to  study  and  work  in  the  mastery 
of  detail  brought  me  through  a  period  of  employment 
by  the  Rutland  Railroad,  New  York  Central  and  New 
Haven  roads,  until  about  five  years  ago  I  was  honored 
with  an  appointment  as  a  traveling  representative  of 
the  last  road  in  the  duties  as  above  outlined.  I  was 
with  the  New  York  Central  and  Rutland  people  from 
1900  until  February,  1902,  and  the  New  Haven  road 
since  then  to  date.  This  brought  my  residence  to  Rut- 
land, Vt.,  and  later  to  Boston  and  vicinity.  My  great- 
est ambition  as  a  student  at  Yale — to  obtain  my  degree 
and  a  scholastic  or  professional  career — was  never 
realized  beyond  Freshman  year.  My  present  ambi- 
tion is  to  maintain  my  beloved  ones  and  have  my  son 
honor  the  family  on  the  Old  Campus  and  the  daughter 
be  a  loving  duplicate  of  her  mother." 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  659 

Frederick  Harvey  Strong 

Treasurer  and  General  Manager  of  the  Ladd  Estate  Company, 
208  Spalding  Building,  Portland,  Ore. 

Residence,  250  King  Street,  Portland,  Ore. 

Born  February  25,  1879,  in  Portland,  Ore.,  the  son  of  Dr. 
Curtis  C.  Strong,  a  graduate  of  Bellevue  Medical  College 
(died  October  11,  1900),  and  Alice  H.  (Henderson)  Strong. 
His  ancestors  were  English.  His  grandfather  and  great- 
grandfather on  the  Strong  side  attended  Yale,  as  well  as 
numerous  other  relatives. 

Prepared  at  Portland  Academy,  Portland,  Ore.,  where  he 
was  manager  of  different  teams  from  time  to  time.  He  says 
that  his  activities  in  college  are  best  described  by  the  word 
'  *  brief. ' '  He  was  a  member  of  Zeta  Psi.  His  course  at  Yale 
was  terminated  in  the  fall  of  1900  by  the  death  of  his  father. 

He  was  married  October  10,  1905,  in  Freeport,  111.,  to 
Clara  Myers  Knowlton,  Smith  College  1901,  daughter  of 
Dexter  Asa  Knowlton,  Williams  College  1866  (died  1903). 
They  have  had  one  son  and  one  daughter,  both  born  in  Port- 
land, Ore. :  Dexter  Knowlton,  born  September  21,  1907,  and 
Melvin,  born  September  18,  1910,  died  October  25,  1912,  in 
Portland. 

Until  early  in  1908  he  was  in  the  real  estate  and 
rental  department  of  Ladd  &  Tilton,  bankers,  of  Port- 
land. On  the  organization  of  the  Ladd  Estate  Com- 
pany he  became  secretary  and  treasurer  of  this  con- 
cern, and  still  holds  that  position.  Since  1909  he  has 
been  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  Wauna  Invest- 
ment Company;  since  1910  secretary  and  treasurer  of 
the  Laurelhurst  Company,  president  of  the  Lo^vnsdale 
Orchard  Company,  and  a  director  of  the  Oregon  Iron 
&  Steel  Company  and  the  Salem  Flouring  Mills  Com- 
pany; and  since  1912  vice-president  of  the  Central 
Building,  Inc.     He  is  also  president  of  the  Carlton 


660  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

Lumber  Company  and  the  Yamhill  Timber  Company, 
vice-president  of  the  Park  Investment  Company,  and 
secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  Ladd  Investment  Com- 
pany. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  of 
Portland.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican,  with  a  slight 
turn  toward  Socialism.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Univer- 
sity, Arlington  and  Multnomah  clubs  of  Oregon. 

Fred  writes :  * '  I  have  never  written  a  book,  but  then, 
the  story  of  my  life  for  the  ten  years  since  1902  would 
hardly  fill  a  real  book;  it  would  better  be  called  a 
storiette. 

"In  the  first  place,  my  ten  years  have  been  twelve, 
for  while  home  on  my  summer  vacation  after  Sopho- 
more year  my  father  died  and  I,  being  the  oldest  boy 
in  the  family,  was  not  able  to  come  back,  but  kept  right 
on  with  the  job  that  I  had  taken  for  the  summer,  with 
Ladd  &  Tilton,  bankers.  I  have  never  been  out  of  a 
job  since  I  started  on  June  1, 1900,  and  during  all  that 
time  have  been  on  the  same  payroll;  that  is,  on  the 
payroll  of  the  same  interest.  That  sounds  like  smooth 
sailing  and  a  bed  of  roses  as  I  say  it  and  as  I  look 
back  on  it,  and  as  a  matter  of  fact,  it  was,  but  still  there 
were  some  waves  and  some  thorns  and  a  big  pile  of 
hard  work.  Until  about  four  years  ago  I  was  with  the 
bank,  gradually  working  from  the  renting  desk  to  the 
management  of  their  properties  and  things  not  in  the 
direct  line  of  their  commercial  banking  interest.  On 
the  organization  of  the  Ladd  Estate  Company,  I  be- 
came treasurer  and  general  manager.  My  duties  have 
been  largely  along  the  line  of  finance  and  development 
and  care  of  real  estate  belonging  to  the  Ladd  interest. 
The  interests  of  the  Ladd  Estate  Company,  which  is 
capitalized  for  $8,000,000,  are  so  diversified  that  it  is 


AUTOBIOGRAPHIES  661 

hard  to  detail  a  day's  work  or  a  year's  work.  Prob- 
ably the  largest  constructive  work  has  been  the  devel- 
opment and  preparing  for  the  market  a  large  tract 
of  land  by  converting  a  farm  within  the  city  boundaries 
into  town  lots. 

' '  My  travels  have  been  limited Not  an  excit- 
ing record  to  read,  perhaps.  It  is  probably  the  history 
of  the  average  man,  but  in  the  acting  of  it  I  cannot 
remember  any  dull  or  uninteresting  periods.  It  is 
exciting  enough  and  interesting  in  the  acting.  For 
six  years  I  have  owned  my  own  hearth  and  fireside. 
I  like  that.  I  strongly  urge  everybody  following  my 
example  in  that  respect.  I  am  not  overburdened  with 
the  desire  to  get  rich  at  the  expense  of  living.  My 
twelve  years  have  made  me  feel  that  there  is  some- 
tMng  better  for  a  man  to  do  than  to  submit  to  the  pres- 
sure of  the  modern  business  drive  just  for  the  sake  of 
dollars  and  cents. ' ' 

Just  one  comment  should  be  added.  Fred  is  one  of 
the  most  hospitable  men  on  the  Coast.  Stop  in  and 
see  him  the  next  time  you're  in  Portland,  and  you  will 
say  I'm  right.    [Ed.  comment.] 


*John  Wilson 
Died  1911 

Born  December  26,  1878,  in  Pittsburgh,  Pa.,  the  son  of 
William  W.  Wilson  and  Bertha  Bell  Wilson. 

Prepared  at  Germantown  Academy,  Germantown,  Pa.,  and 
left  Yale  in  1899. 

He  married  on  November  27,  1907,  in  Philadelphia,  Pa., 
Caroline  Irmgarde  Baker,  daughter  of  Henry  C.  Baker,  of 
Haddonfield,  N.  J. 


662  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

After  leaving  Yale,  Wilson  spent  three  years  in  the 
University  of  Pennsylvania  Law  School,  receiving  the 
degree  of  LL.B.  in  1902,  and  was  then  admitted  to  the 
bar,  practicing  his  profession  in  Philadelphia,  Pa.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  Church. 

He  died  suddenly  of  heart  failure  in  Philadelphia, 
Pa.,  June  2,  1911. 


ADDENDA 

Cole. — The  engagement  of  Richard  H.  Cole  has  been 
announced.    See  page  220,  last  paragraph. 

Day. — David  S.  Day  was  married  on  April  30,  1913, 
to  Miss  Natalie  Cornwall,  of  Bridgeport,  Conn. 

Gould. — Charles  Gould  is  now  in  New  York  and  can 
be  reached  at  the  Yale  Club  until  he  decides  on  a 
permanent  address. 

Jefferson. — Floyd  W.  Jefferson  has  transferred  the 
cotton  mill  accounts  which  he  controls  to  the  dry 
goods  commission  house  of  Tatum,  Pinkham  & 
Greey,  40  Leonard  Street,  New  York  City,  at  which 
address  he  will  have  his  office. 

Rogers. — The  engagement  of  H.  Pendleton  Rogers  has 
been  announced. 


A  PARTING  WORD 

We've  worked  a  little,  Jim,  my  boy. 

And  thumbed  our  primers  through. 
And  walked  a  bit,  and  talked  a  bit. 

And  smoked  a  pipe  or  two. 
I'll  not  deny  we've  made  mistakes, — 

And  noticed  some  too  late. 
(It's  better  to  be  honest,  Jim, 

In  adding  up  the  slate.) 

We  've  kicked  our  heels  against  the  fence, 

And  talked  about  the  teams. 
And  criticised  the  ways  of  Yale, 

About  like  most,  it  seems. 
We've  had  our  glass  with  Louis,  too, 

And  sung  our  little  song. 
And  ended  with  our  hearts — I  hope — 

About  where  they  belong. 

The  shoulder-rubbing  has  been  long, 

But,  if  we  've  stood  the  test, 
It's  taught  us  how  to  judge  our  friends 

By  what  sticks  out  as  best. 
And  if  we  haven 't  learned  to  win, 

We  've  learned  at  least  to  try. 
We've  lots  to  thank  the  place  for,  Jim, 

Before  we  say  good-bye. 

Lyttleton  Fox. 


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&  Surg.  Jrl,  CLVIII,  616,  May  7,  1908. 

The  out-patient  department.    Chapter  in  Aiken 's  ' '  Hospital 

Management. ' '    1911. 

(With  Dr.  F.  A.  Washburn.)     A  few  problems  of  hospital 

organization.    Paper  read  before  the  Hospital  section  of  the 

American  Medical  Association.    1912. 

Callender,  John  Alexander. 
Durmiston's  hearth  stone.    Story  in  Today's  Magazine. 
Articles  in  Today's  Magazine  and  Smart  Set. 

Chamberlain,  [Walter]  Lawrence. 
Articles  on  finance  in  Banker's  Magazine,  Moody's  Maga- 
zine,  Rollins   Magazine,   Investments,   Magazine    of    Wall 
Street,  Trust  Company  Magazine,  etc. 
The  principles  of  bond  investment.    N.  Y.,  Henry  Holt  & 
Co.,  1911.    551  pp.,  illustrations. 

The  work  of  the  bond  house.  N.  Y.,  Moody's  Magazine 
Book  Department,  1912.  This  was  a  series  of  articles  origin- 
ally published  in  Moody's  Magazine. 


BIBLIOGEAPHICAL  NOTES  669 

Chittenden,  Simeon  Baldwin. 

Articles  on  advertising  for  Printer's  Ink,  Printing  Art,  etc. 
Portrait.    Ind.,  65,  1329,  Dec,  1908. 

Cressler,  Alfred  ]\Iiller. 

The  historical  development  of  gas-holder  construction, 
a  paper  read  before  the  Wisconsin  Gas  Association,  1905. 

Gushing,  Gharles  Gyprlan  Strong. 

Nathan  Hale  of  '73;  a  drama  in  four  acts.     New  Haven, 
Gonn.,  Yale  Pub.  Assoc,  1908.    88  pp.,  illustrations. 
Prehistoric  Mabel;  an  hysterical,  evolutionary  play  in  five 
ages,  being  all  about  ding,  dong,  bell.     Hartford,  Gonn., 
Press  of  Meyer  &  Noll,  1909.    96  pp.,  illustrations. 

Davis,  Garl  Willis. 

Lecture  on  cost  accounting  in  printing.  Business  Adver- 
tising Gourse,  Harvard,  April,  1912. 

Davis,  George  Eugene. 

Addresses  in  several  cities  from  Portland,  Maine,  to  New 
York  Gity,  largely  for  gatherings  of  educational  conferences 
and  the  like. 

Davis,  William  Edward,  Jr. 

I  have  a  little  money:  what  shall  I  do  with  it?  Book  on 
investments,  1907. 

Building  up  a  clientele  among  investors.  Moody's  Maga- 
zine, Jan.,  1908. 

Deane,  Sidney  Norton. 

Article  on  classical  art  in  Boston  Museum  of  Fine  Arts 

Bulletin. 

Translation  of  St.  Anselm's  Monologium  and  Prologium, 

Ghicago,  1903. 

Supplement  to  catalogue  of  casts  of  Greek  and  Roman 

sculpture  in  the  Museum  of  Fine  Arts,  Boston,  1906. 

Boston  Museum  of  Fine  Arts  and  its  service  to  classical 

teachers  and  students.    Class.  Jrl.,  6,  79-83,  Nov.,  1910. 

Dev^y,  George  A, 

Commercial  prospectuses,  booklets,  etc.,  for  business. 


670  achievements  of  1902 

Embree,  William  Dean, 

A  guide  to  the  correct  spelling  of  Italian  names.    Booklet 
printed  about  1909. 

Flora,  Charles  Paxson. 

(With  Philip  Embury  Browning,  Yale  '89,  Ph.D.  Yale  '92.) 
On  eerie  chromate.    Cont.  Kent  Chem.  Lab.,  Yale  Univ.,  No. 
114.    Am.  Jrl.  Sc,  Ser.  4,  15,  177-178,  1903. 
The  use  of  the  rotating  cathode  for  the  estimation  of  cad- 
mium taken  as  the  sulphate.    Cont.  Kent  Chem.  Lab.,  Yale 
Univ.,  No.  139.    Am.  Jrl.  Sc,  Ser.  4,  20,  268-276,  1905. 
The  use  of  the  rotating  cathode  for  the  estimation  of  cad- 
mium taken  as  the  chloride.    Cont.  Kent  Chem.  Lab.,  Yale 
Univ.,  No.  140.    Am.  Jrl.  Sc,  Ser.  4,  20,  392-396,  1905. 
Additional  notes  upon  the  estimation  of  cadmium  by  means 
of  the  rotating  cathode,  and  summary.     Cont.  Kent  Chem. 
Lab.,  Yale  Univ.,  No.  141.    Am.  Jrl  8c,  Ser.  4,  20,  454-455, 
1905. 

Fox,  [Edward]  Lyttleton. 

Law  of  aerial  navigation.    No.  Am.  Rev.,  190,  101-6,  July, 
1909. 

Granbery,  Edwin  Carleton. 

Triennial  Record,  Class  of  1902,  Yale  University.     Tuttle, 
Morehouse  &  Taylor  Co.,  New  Haven,  1906. 

Hall,  Lewis  Burton. 

Financial  articles  for  Moody's  Magazine,  Banker's  Maga- 
zine, The  Ticker,  Town  and  Country,  New  York  Globe. 

Hastings,  Wells  Southworth. 
The   man  in   the  brown   derby.     Illustrated  by   Herman 
Pfeifer.    Ind.,  Bobbs-Merrill  Co.,  1911.    346  pp. 
(With  Brian  Hooker,  Yale  '02.)     The  professor's  mystery. 
Illustrated  by  Hanson  Booth.    Bobbs-Merrill  Co.,  1911.    341 

PP- 

New  little  boy.    Am.  Magazine,  72,  295-303,  July,  1911. 

Poems  of  childhood.  Am.  Magazine,  72,  576-577,  Sept.,  1911. 

That  day.    Am.  Magazine,  72,  534-543,  Sept.,  1911. 

New  little  boy's  Thanksgiving.    Am.  Magazine,  73,  113-120, 

Nov.,  1911. 


BIBLIOGRAPHICAL  NOTES  671 

Pick-up.    Everybody's  Magazine,  25,  766-774,  Dec,  1911. 

Incorrigible  James.    Hampton,  28,  298-302,  May,  1912. 

Other  stories  in  Adventure,  Popular  Magazine,  Bed  Book, 

Ainslee's,  etc. 
Herrick,  William  Worthington. 

Tricuspid  stenosis,  with  report  of  a  cure.    Arch.  Int.  Med., 

II,  291-294,  1908-09. 

(With  Theodore  C.  Janeway,  Yale  '93  S.)     Demonstration 

of  the  Trichinella  spiralis  in  the  circulating  blood  in  man. 

Arch.  Int.  Med.,  Ill,  263-266,  pi.,  1909. 

Observations  on  the  influence  of  the  general  dry  hot  air 

application  upon  the  blood  and  circulation.    Arch.  Physiol. 

Therapy,  II,  241-245,  1905. 

Clinical  observations  in  heart-block.     Am.  Jrl.  Med.  Sc, 

n.  s.,  CXXXIX,  246-256,  1910. 

A  study  of  pneumoperitoneum  with  a  means  for  its  diag- 
nosis.   Arch.  Int.  Med.,  V,  246-251,  1910. 

Peculiar  elongated  and  sickle-shape  red  blood  corpuscles  in 

a  case  of  severe  anemia.    Arch.  Int.  Med.,  VI,  517-521,  1910. 
Hewitt,  Theodore  Brow^n. 

Three  or  four  short  addresses  before  the  Williams  College 

Deutscher  Verein. 
Hill,  Alfred  Reed. 

Editor  of  Minnesota  Church  Becord. 
Holt,  Lucius  Hudson. 

The  Elene  of  Cynewulf.     Translated.    N.  Y.,  Henry  Holt 

&Co. 

Notes  on  Ben  Jonson's  Volpour.    Modern  Language  Notes, 

1905. 

Lac  of  Hedpastursse  (Chaucer).    A  critical  text.    Jrl.  of 

Eng.  &  Ger.  Philol.,  1905-06. 

(With  Frederick  W.  Kilbourne,  Yale   '94  S.,  Ph.D.  Yale 

'97.)    Self -cover 'd  in  Lear.    Nation,  87,  460,  Nov.,  1908. 
Hooker,  [William]  Brian. 

April  noon;  poem.    Scrib.  Magazine.,  41,  604,  May,  1907. 

Lilacs  in  the  city;  poem.    Forum,  39,  120-121,  July,  1907; 

also,  Cur.  Lit.,  43,  338-339,  Sept.,  1907. 


672  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

Mother  of  men ;  poem.    Ind.,  63,  1512,  Dec.  19,  1907 ;  also, 

Bookman,  26,  533,  Jan.,  1908 ;  Cur.  Lit.,  44,  221,  Feb.,  1908. 

The   right   man.     Illustrated  by  Alonzo   Kimball.     Ind., 

Bobbs-Merrill  Co.,  1908,  149  pp. 

Andante ;  poem.    Forum,  39,  406,  Jan.,  1908. 

Ars  Longa;  poem.    Forum,  39,  405,  Jan.,  1908. 

Congratulations;  poem.    Harper,  116,  220,  Jan.,  1908. 

Songs  and  song-writing.    Forum,  39,  417-429,  Jan.,  1908. 

Sketch  por.    Bookman,  26,  577-579,  Feb.,  1908. 

Old  song;  poem.    Harper,  116,  608,  March,  1908. 

Introspection  and  some  recent  poetry.    Forum,  39,  522-529, 

AprH,  1908. 

Song;  poem.    Forum,  39,  574,  April,  1908. 

Umbra;  poem.    Harper,  116,  734,  April,  1908. 

Nunc  et  latentis — ;  poem.    Harper,  117,  64,  June,  1908. 

From  life;  poem.     Scrib.  Magazine,  44,  120,  July,  1908; 

also.  Cur.  Lit.,  45,  222,  Aug.,  1908. 

In  passing ;  poem.    Forum,  40,  52,  July,  1908. 

Edric  and  Sylvaine.    Harper,  117,  383-398,  Aug.,  1908. 

Retrospection ;  poem.    Forum,  40,  120,  Aug.,  1908. 

Love  returning ;  poem.    Forum,  40,  204,  Sept.,  1908. 

Fairy  tales.    Forum,  40,  375,  84,  Oct.,  1908. 

Song;  poem.    Harper,  117,  661,  Oct.,  1908;  also,  Cur.  Lit., 

45,  575,  Nov.,  1908. 

Woman's  song;  poem.    Harper,  117,  908,  Nov.,  1908. 

Ballade  of  the  dreamland  rose ;  poem.     Harper,  118,  123, 

Dec,  1908 ;  also.  Cur.  Lit.,  46,  105,  Jan.,  1909. 

Understanding  of  John  Keats.     Forum,  40,  584-590,  Dec, 

1908. 

Oneiros ;  poem.    Forum,  41,  185-188,  Feb.,  1909. 

Womanhood;  poem.    Harper,  118,  403,  Feb.,  1909. 

Man's  song;  poem.    Harper,  118,  773,  April,  1909. 

Only  a  little  while ;  poem.    Forum,  41,  331,  April,  1909. 

Rhythmic  relation  of  prose  and  verse.    Forum,  41,  424-437, 

May,  1909. 

Forsitan;  poem.     Forum,  41,  527,  June,  1909;  also.  Cur. 

Lit.,  47,  219,  August,  1909. 


MoNA,  Act  II.     "Thk  Durin  Ti:mi>i.k  in-  thk  Forest" 


MoNA.   Act   III.     Thi:  Eimh;  or  thk   Fokkst,   Fkonti.nc.  thk   Ro.man  Town 


BIBLIOGRAPHICAL  NOTES  673 

Tracts  limine;  poem.    Forum,  42,  6-7,  July,  1909. 
Present  American  poetry.    Forum,  42,  148-156,  Aug.,  1909. 
Waste.    Forum,  42,  260-264,  Sept.,  1909. 
Offerings;  poem.    Forum,  42,  332,  Oct.,  1909 ;  also.  Cur.  Lit., 
47,  690,  Dec,  1909. 

Popular  element  in  literature.  Forum,  42,  400-412,  Nov., 
1909. 

Recent  volumes  of  verse.    Bookman,  30,  465-470,  Jan.,  1910. 
Swanhild.    Harper,  120,  197-206,  Jan.,  1910. 
Echoes;  poem.    Harper,  120,  519,  March,  1910. 
Amulets:  a  song;  poem.     Hampton,  24,  590,  April,  1910; 
also.  Cur.  Lit.,  48,  568,  May,  1910. 

Little  boy's  lullaby;  poem.  McClure,  35,  150,  June,  1910; 
also.  Cur.  Lit.,  49,  106,  July,  1910. 

New  poets  and  old  poetry.  Bookman,  31,  480-486,  July, 
1910. 

Ysobel  de  Corveaux.    Harper,  121,  326-329,  Aug.,  1910. 
Fragrances ;  poem.    Hampton,  25,  412,  Sept.,  1910. 
(With  Wells  South  worth  Hastings,  Yale  '02.)     The  profes- 
sor's mystery.    Illustrated  by  Hanson  Booth.    Ind.,  Bobbs- 
Merrill  Co.,  1911.    341  pp. 

University  and  American  humour.  Bookman,  32,  522-529, 
580-588,  Jan.-Feb.,  1911. 

Later  work  of  Kipling.  No.  Am.,  193,  721-732,  May,  1911. 
Narrative  and  the  fairy  tales.  Bookman,  32,  389-393,  501- 
505,  June-July,  1911. 

In  lighter  vein.    Por.    Bookman,  33,  454-456,  July,  1911. 
Character;  poem.    Scrih.  Magazine,  50,  415,  Oct.,  1911. 
Books  without  writing.    Bookman,  34,  611-613,  Feb.,  1912. 
Mona;  an  opera  in  three  acts.    Libretto.    Music  by  Horatio 
Parker.    N.  ¥.,  Dodd,  Mead  &  Co.,  1911.    190  pp. 
Professor  Parker's  prize  opera:  Mona.    Nation,  94,  295-296, 
March  21,  1912. 

Reputation  and  popularity.  No.  Am.,  195,  404-413,  March, 
1912. 

Mona:  a  drama.  Review.  Ya/e  Bev.,  n.  s.,  1,  519-522,  April, 
1912. 


674  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

Johnson's  Stover  at  Yale.     Bookman,  35,   309-312,   May, 

1912. 

Latest  effort  to  achieve  American  opera :  Mona.    Illustrated. 

Cur.  Lit.,  52,  574-576,  May,  1912. 

Poems.    Yale  Rev.,  n.  s.,  1,  527-532,  July,  1912. 

Howe,  Philip  IVIead. 

A  few  local  lectures  on  historical  subjects. 

Hunter,  Joseph  Read. 

Editor  of  the  Star  Monthly  until  1907. 

Hull,  George  Huntington,  Jr. 
Article  on  railroad  bill  of  lading  problem  for  Freight,  the 
Shippers'  Forum,  about  June,  1906. 

Jackson,  George  Brown. 

Addresses  before  patriotic  organizations  and  teachers'  insti- 
tutions on  ' '  Applied  Patriotism. ' ' 
Memorial  Day  addresses  in  Iowa. 
Public  address  in  Illinois. 

Jefferson,  Floyd  Welman. 

Short  poems  in  several  magazines. 

Jones,  Paul. 

(In  collaboration  with  Rev.  Donald  Kent  Johnston,  Yale 

'03.)     Publishes  a  monthly  magazine,  The  Portal,  begun  in 

1906. 

Article  for  Spirit  of  Missions. 

Local  public  addresses. 

Speeches  in  non-partisan  municipal  campaign  in  1911. 

The  Bible  and  the  Book  of  Mormon.    Pamphlet.    1911. 

Kinney,  Arthur  Hurlburt. 

Addresses  on  religious  topics  before  many  churches  and 
organizations,  and  at  conventions  of  the  Brotherhood  of 
St.  Andrew. 

Lee,  Burton  Howard. 

Sunday  School  Teachers'  Manual. 

Lehman,  Eugene  Heitler. 

Addresses  published  under  auspices  of  the  Free  Synagogue. 


MoxA,  Act  I.     Moxa  at  Home  in  Akth's  Hit,  Buiton 

From  left  to  ri^rlit:     Qiihitns,  Martin:  Mono.  Homer;  Entja,  Fornia;  yUiU  Reiss 


MoNA,    AtT    II.       Bl.KSSING    THE    SwOUD 

Gloom,  Hinsliaw;  Mono,  Homer;  Ccirddoc,  Murphy 


BIBLIOGRAPHICAL  NOTES  675 

Articles  in  New  Era  and  Home  Progress. 

Bloch  's  cards  for  coloring. 

Curriculum  for  Jewish  religious  schools. 

Jewish  religious  schools.    For  Encyc.  of  Sunday  Schools. 

(With  Prof.  Charles  Foster  Kent,  Yale  '89.)     The  junior 

Bible  for  Jewish  schools.     3  vol. 

Religious  education  among  the  Jews  in  the  days  of  the 

Mishnah. 

Lincoln,  George  Gould. 

House  of  Representatives.     Article  in  Munsey's. 
Senator  Hale.    Am.  Magazine,  70,  462-464,  Aug.,  1910. 
Articles  in  other  magazines. 

Journalism,  Has  been  connected  with  the  Times,  Post  and 
Star  of  Washington,  and  is  correspondent  for  Grand  Rapids 
News,  Birmingham  News,  etc. 

Low,  Benjamin  Robbins  Curtis. 

Hymn  for  the  vigil-at-arms ;  poem.     Scrib.  Magazine,  47, 

361-363,  March,  1910. 

The  sailor  who  has  sailed.    John  Lane  Co.,  1911. 

Fifty  years  after;  poem.    Scrib.  Magazine,  51,  345,  March, 

1912 ;  also,  Lit.  Dig.,  44,  836,  April  20,  1912. 

LuDiNGTON,  Arthur  Crosby. 

Illustrative  cases  to  accompany  Holland's  "Elements  of 
Jurisprudence."    Princeton,  1906. 

Papers  at  meetings  of  the  American  Political  Science  Asso- 
ciation in  1909  and  1911. 

Associate  editor  of  the  National  Municipal  Review,  1911. 
American  Ballot  Laws,  1888-1910.    N.  Y.  State  Lib.,  1911. 
Progress  of  the  short  ballot  movement.    Am.  Pol.  Sc.  Rev., 
5,  79-88,  Feb.,  1911. 

Ballot  legislation  of  1911.  Am.  Pol.  Sc.  Rev.,  6,  54-60,  Feb., 
1912. 

Relation  of  county  to  city  government  in  New  York.  Am. 
Pol.  Sc.  Rev.,  6,  sup.  73-88,  Feb.,  1912. 

McAvoY,  Thomas  Aloysius. 

Political  speeches  at  city  elections. 


676  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

Public  addresses  on  Irish  and  Catholic  topics;  also  on 
patriotic  and  citizen  subjects. 

Mason,  Roy  Murdoch. 

Colorful  Puerto  Rico.    Outing,  53,  458-462,  Jan.,  1909. 
When  I  am  rich.    N.  Y.,  G.  W.  Dillingham  &  Co.,  July  4, 
1909.    343  pp.,  front.,  3  pi. 

Articles  in  Smart  Set,  Aug.,  1901 ;  Metropolitan  Magazine, 
Oct.  and  Nov.,  1901 ;  Illus.  Sunday  Magazine,  May  20  and 
June  6,  1909;  Assoc.  Sunday  Magazine,  Dec.  5,  1909;  Peo- 
ple's Magazine,  March,  1910;  Van  Norden's  Magazine, 
March,  1910;  Illus.  Sunday  Magazine,  June  5,  1910;  also 
in  Appleton's,  Yale  Monthly  Magazine,  Hampton's,  Circle, 
etc. 

Norman,  Edwin  Gates. 

(With  Arthur  Stillman  Houghton.) 

Massachusetts  trial  evidence;  including  citations  from 
Massachusetts  reports,  V.  1-205.  0.  IX,  1123  pp.,  Baker, 
Voorhis,  1911. 

Phillips,  Isaac  Gray. 

Editor    of    The    Straight    Democrat,    Winchester,    Tenn., 

weekly.    1904-05. 

Editor  and  owner  of  Franklin  County  Truth,  Tenn.    1905- 

08. 

Political  speeches  all  over  county. 

PoTWiN,  Thomas  Danford. 

Publisher  of  the  Perkins  County  Signal,  Lemmon,  S.  D. 

Reed,  Kersey  Coates. 

A  few  speeches  (Democratic). 

Russ,  Henry  Camp, 

Various  addresses  on  pathological  subjects  before  the 
Cleveland  Academy  of  Medicine  and  local  medical  societies, 
and  articles  for  current  medical  literature. 
(With  Louis  W.  Ladd,  Yale  '95.)  Wright's  vaccine  ther- 
apy, with  report  of  cases.  Cleveland  Med.  Jrl.,  VIII,  135- 
142,  1909. 


BIBLIOGRAPHICAL  NOTES  677 

SiNCERBEAUX,   FrANK   HuESTIS. 

Addresses  on  "The  Manliness  of  Christ,"  Men  and  Religion 
Forward  Movement. 

Addresses  at  boys'  and  men's  Y.  M.  C.  A.  meetings  in  New 
York  City,  Lowell,  Mass.,  Hartford,  Conn.,  etc. 

Sladen,  Frank  Joseph. 

(With  F.  Hinman.)  Measurement  of  the  coagulation  time 
of  the  blood,  and  its  application.  Johns  Hopkins  Hosp. 
Bull,  XVIII,  207-220,  1  pi.,  1907. 

(With  L.  F.  Barker) .  On  acrocyanosis  chronica  ansesthetica 
with  gangrene;  its  relations  to  other  diseases,  especially  to 
erythromelalgia  and  Raynaud's  disease.  Jrl.  Nerv.  &  Ment. 
Dis.,  XXXIV,  745-756,  1907. 

(With  L.  F.  Barker.)  Some  forms  of  acrocyanosis  and  the 
relation  of  acrocyanosis  to  Raynaud's  disease,  erythromelal- 
gia. Osier's  disease  and  other  conditions.  Jrl.  Nerv.  <&  Ment. 
Dis.,  XXXIV,  653-656,  1907. 

(With  James  H.  M.  Knox,  Jr.,  Yale  '92.)  Hydrocephalus 
of  meningococcus  origin,  with  a  summary  of  recent  cases 
of  meningitis  treated  by  antimeningococcus  serum.  Arch. 
Pediat.,  XXV,  761-780,  1908.  Also,  Tr.  Am.  Pediat.  Soc, 
XX,  31-42,  1908. 

(With  James  H.  M.  Knox,  Yale  '92.)  Hydrocephalus  of 
meningococcus  origin,  with  remarks  on  the  serum  treatment. 
Am.  Jrl.  Ohst.,  LVIII,  362-364,  1908. 

(With  H.  Cushing.)  Obstructive  hydrocephalus  following 
cerebrospinal  meningitis,  with  intra-ventricular  infection  of 
antimeningitis  serum.  (Flexner.)  Jrl.  Exper.  Med.  X, 
548-556,  1  pi.,  1908. 

Results  of  the  use  of  Flexner 's  antimeningitis  serum  in  the 
treatment  of  epidemic  cerebrospinal  meningitis.  Tr.  Ore- 
gon Med.  Soc,  XXXIV,  198-203,  1908. 
The  results  of  the  use  of  antimeningitis  serum  (Flexner) 
at  the  Johns  Hopkins  Hospital.  Old  Dominion  Jrl.  Med. 
&  Surg.,  Richmond,  VII,  241-246,  1908. 
The  serum  treatment  of  meningitis.  Jrl.  Am.  Med.  Ass*n, 
hi,  1318-1321,  1908. 


678  ACHIEVEMENTS  OP  1902 

(With  L.  F.  Barker.)     A  small  epidemic  of  jaundice  with 

symptoms    of    gastro-intestinal    catarrh.      Johns    Hopkins 

Hosp.  Bull,  XX,  310-314,  1909.    Tr.  Ass'n  Am.  Physicians, 

XXIV,  301-312,  1909. 

Case  of  acrocyanosis  following  cerebro-spinal  meningitis. 

Johns  Hopkins  Hosp.  Bull,  XX,  22,  1909. 

Epidemic  cerebrospinal  meningitis  and  serum  therapy  at  the 

Johns  Hopkins  Hospital.    Johns  Hopkins  Hosp.  Rep.,  XV, 

397-540,  1910. 

Spitzer,  Lyman  Strong. 

Industrial  bonds.    Yale  Rev.,  Feb.,  1903. 

Industrial  bonds  as  an  investment.    Ann.  Am.  Acad.  Pol. 

and  Soc.  Sc,  30,  374-383,  Sept.,  1907. 

Article  in  Life,  1904. 

Steele,  Porter. 

Has  composed  the  following  music : 
For  piano: 

Reminiscence.  In  an  old  fashioned  garden.  Cincinnati, 
John  Church  Co. 

L'Etoile  de  la  mer.  Petite  serenade.  Barcarolle.  Septem- 
ber morning.  La  capricieuse.  Un  soir  de  Juin.  Un  poeme 
lyrique.    N.  Y,,  G.  Schirmer. 

Sevilla,  valse  Espagnole ;  piano  and  orchestra.  N.  Y.,  Carl 
Fischer. 

Les  sylvians.    Porter  Steele. 

At  Longwood ;  suite  for  piano :  a.  Morning ;  b.  Noonday  rest ; 
c.  Fireflies;  d.  Moonlight,    Phila.,  Theo.  Presser. 
Six  children's  pieces  for  piano:  1.  A  nursery  tale;  2.  Little 
waltz;  3.  In  ye  olden  style;  4.  Slumber  song;  5.  Country 
dance ;  6.  Little  minuet.    Op.  39,  unpublished. 
At  a  lawn  party.    Op.  36.    N.  Y.,  Brooks  &  Denton. 
Turtle's  brigade;  humoresque.    N.  Y.,  Brooks  &  Denton. 
Lobsters'  promenade.    N.  Y.,  Brooks  &  Denton. 
Vocal : 

Treasures.  My  brunette.  I  know  a  little  girl.  Phila.,  Theo. 
Presser. 


BIBLIOGRAPHICAL  NOTES  679 

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Conducted  "Marriage  of  Attainment,"  by  Rebecca  Lane 
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Postal  savings  bank — a  suggestion.  No.  Am.  191,  456-464, 
April,  1910, 

SWEINHART,  HeISTRY  LeE. 

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bibliographical  notes  681 

Non-Graduates 

Elmes,  Frank  Atwater. 

Article  on  health  and  school  inspection. 

EscHER,  [Alfred]  Franklin. 

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Series  of  financial  articles  in  Boston  Transcript,  1908. 

Financial  editor  of  Harper's  Weekly  since  1909. 

Series  of  financial  articles  in  Harper's  Weekly  since  1909. 

Numerous  articles  in  Dun's  Review  and  the  New  York 

Times. 


FINANCIAL   REPORTS 


Financial  Reports 


SEXENNIAL  REUNION,  YALE  1902 


Dr. 


Costumes,    162f $  994.49 

Band,   fare   and   services,    including   25    men    with 

leader  and  books  of  songs       .          .          .          .  316.60 

Lodging        .          .          .          .          .          .          .          .  47.50 

Dining,    drinks,    cigars   and   cigarettes    (see   credit 

account)          599.46 

Fireworks 250.00 

Baseball  game,  180  tickets  at  75  cents   .          .          .  135.00 

Cup,  trophies,  badges    .          .          .          .          .          .  76.65 

Printing,  postage,  stationery           .          .          ,          .  129.25 

Services 19.00 

Miscellaneous  expenses           .....  107.10 

Return  of  subscriptions           .          .          .          .          .  76.00 


$2751.05 


1758.50 


Cr. 

From  Triennial  Reunion,  $86.38;  $63.72,  adjustment 

with  Dean  Wright  for  broken  wagon         .  .   $     22 .  66 

Subscription  money,  $1659.50  (127  men)  ;  room 
rent,  $99.00 

From  Class  Secretary's  account,  $122.49;  from 
James  Wright,  $734.52 

Fence  around  Campus,  collection  other  classes 

Interest  on  account,  19  Ward  .... 

Perfectos  returned         ...... 

From  extra  sale  of  baseball  tickets 


857.01 

50.00 

1.88 

55.00 

6.00 

$2751.05 

t  This  number  were  expected  but  did  not  materialize. 


686 


ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 


DECENNIAL  REUNION,  YALE  1902 


De. 


Costumes,    175,    Eaves    Costume    Co.,    $794.47;    cr 

$1.70  adj.  with  Eaves     .... 
Band,  7th  Regiment,  26  and  leader,  $461.00;  trans 

portation,  $82.54    ..... 
Anderson  Gymnasium,  not  used 
Bridgeport  party,  tips,  transfer  of  baggage,  dinner 

'bus,  etc,       ...... 

Yale  Dining  Club,  lunch  and  dinner  for  Class  and 

band      ....... 

Tabard  Inn,  shore  dinner       .... 

Charles  &  Co.,  wines,  liquors,  cigars  and  cigarettes 

Camels,  5,  price  $125,  transportation,  etc. 

Rooms,  Kent  Hall  and  vicinity 

Printing,  stationery,  typewriting,  telephone,  etc. 

H.  I.  Cain  &  Son,  In  Memoriam  programs    . 

Dieges  &  Clust,  trophies  and  buttons 

Insurance,  J.  E.  Leaycraft  &  Co.  . 

James  Wright,  expenses         .... 

T.  M.  Clark,  services,  $100;  miscellaneous  bills  paid 
Trips  to  New  Haven     ..... 

C.  A.  Moeller,  beer,  $52;   Strecky,  Christmas  beer 

sandwiches,  $27.50  .... 

Headquarters  clerks,  Lowell  and  assistant 
Yale  Athletic  Association,  192  tickets   . 
Yale  University  for  Class  tree 
N.  Y.,  N.  H.  &  H.  R.  R.,  special  car   . 
P.  Thompson,  3  photos  of  Class  day    . 
Class  Secretaries  Bureau,  damage  to  chairs   . 
Getting  men  back,  cash  paidt 


$  792.77 

543.54 

50.00 

142.55 

567.35 
153.00 
299.91 
233.00 
408.00 
313.70 

8.50 
70.50 

9.20 

198.87 

386.26 

12.30 

79.50 

50.00 

144.00 

21.20 

52.00 

3.00 

2.75 

135.00 


$4676.90 


t  In  addition,  subscriptions  were  waived  in  whole  or  part  for  12  men, 
making  a  total  used  for  this  purpose  of  $202. 


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FINANCIAL  REPORTS 


687 


Subscription,    room    rent    and    Tabard    Inn,    174 

present $4312.19 

Champagne  collections  .  .  .  .  .122.00 

Dean  Wright  FundJ 93.15 

Class  Secretary  Fund,  $125;  Yale  1902,  $16.75       .       141.75 
Interest,  Guaranty  Trust  Co.  .  .  .  .  7.81 


$4676.90 


Granbery's   report  of   December   30,   1906,   showed  $1329.56 
Spent  for  Class  expenses,  books,  etc.       .  .  .       693.36 


Turned  over  to  James  Wright 


$  636.20 

James  Wright, 

Chairman. 


CLASS  SECRETARY'S  ACCOUNT  FROM  JANUARY  16,  1911,  TO 
OCTOBER  3,  1912 


De. 


Class    Dinner,    February,    1911,    received,    $385.30 

payments,  $327.10 
Informal  Reunion,  June,  1911 
To  Warner  Bailey  for  Sexennial  costumes 
Decennial  Reunion 


Association  of  Class  Seeretar 

Interest  on  notes 

Printing 

Postage 

Portfolio,  leather 

Typewriting,  telephone,  etc, 


es,  dues 


58.20 

107.33 

122.49 

145.75 

2.00 

24.50 

79.33 

45.90 

10.25 

42.31 


$  638.06 


%  Some  funds  were  collected  toward  a  fund  for  a  Dean  Wright  entry. 
They  were  so  small  that  the  donors  were  asked  if  they  wished  them  sent 
back  or  kept.  The  $93.15  was  the  balance  left  to  be  utilized  toward 
Decennial. 


688  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 


Cr. 

Eeceived   from    Granbery        .          .  .  $  600.00 

Received    from    Granbery        .          .  .  31.10 

From  sale  of  envelopes  .          .          .  .  5 .  10 


$  636.20 
Interest 1.86 


$  638.06 


CLASS  FUND,  YALE  1902,  FROM  AUGUST  7,  1912,  TO  JANUARY 

15,  1913 

Cb. 

Total  received  from  72  men $  571 .  00 

From  Decennial  Reunion       .  .  .  .  .         10.64 


$  581.64 

Db. 
To  James  Wright  on  account  $700  Sexennial  debt  $  280.00 
To    typewriting,   telephone,   postage,    etc.,    at   New 

York  office 36.26 

To  stationery,  typewriting,  exchange,  etc.      .  .         19.17     $  335.43 

Balance $  246.21 


STATISTICS 


Statistics 


THE  ALMIGHTY  DOLLAR 

AND 

ITS  DISTRIBUTION  AMONG  US 

To  unduly  emphasize  the  value  of  riches  is  not  the 
purpose  of  this  article,  nor  to  persuade  anyone,  were 
it  possible,  that  they  are  not  a  good  thing.  College 
graduates  claim  no  monopoly,  however  much  they  may 
covet  it;  still,  in  a  materialistic  age,  desiring  this  vol- 
ume to  be  complete,  I  have  become  an  interested 
observer  of  the  All  American  Race  for  the  Almighty 
Dollar.  Won't  you  join  me  I  We  would  scarcely  be 
human  if  we  were  uninterested  in  the  degrees  of  suc- 
cess of  our  classmates.  Accordingly,  here  are  three 
tables,  based  on  returns  from  50  per  cent  of  the  Class, 
a  goodly  number,  who  anonymously  gave  their  incomes 
earned,  exclusive  of  inherited  fortunes.  As  a  body, 
we  have  prospered  better  than  many  of  us,  ten  years 
back,  could  have  asked  or  thought  probable;  as  indi- 
viduals there  are  several  surprising  figures,  but  I 
think  it  was  Bill  Bailey  who  told  us  in  making  statis- 
tics to  exclude  the  extremes,  and  this  has  been  done. 
Whether  figures  lie  or  not  is  a  question  that  can  be 
answered  both  ways.  So  let  them  speak  for  them- 
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TABLE  B 

1st    productive  year  365  men  report  annual  incomes  av'ging  $  858 

5  year  average  145  men  report  annual  incomes  av'ging  1365 

6th  year  out  of  college  151  men  report  annual  incomes  av'ging  1961 

7th  year  out  of  college  156  men  report  annual  incomes  av'ging  2134 

8th  year  out  of  college  157  men  report  annual  incomes  av'ging  2572 

9th  year  out  of  college  157  men  report  annual  iocomes  av'ging  3082 

10th  year  out  of  college  148  men  report  annual  incomes  av'ging  3838 


On  examination  of  Table  A,  we  find  the  bankers  and 
brokers  lead  the  procession,  while  the  ministers,  true 
to  their  calling,  have  laid  up  their  treasure  in  heaven. 
Taking  the  tenth  year  average  for  all  occupations  of 
$3,838,  we  find  five  occupations  above  this  amount, 
including  in  order  of  figures,  bankers  and  brokers, 
$5,854 ;  real  estate  and  insurance  agents,  $5,625 ;  adver- 
tisers, $5,050;  merchants,  $4,671;  farmers  and  ranch- 
men, $4,500 ;  and  eight  below,  physicians  and  surgeons, 
$3,845;  manufacturers,  $3,782;  lawyers,  $3,329;  engi- 
neers, $3,216 ;  authors  and  journalists,  $2,745 ;  publish- 
ers (taking  the  ninth  year  figures),  $2,133;  teachers 
and  officials  in  schools  and  colleges,  $2,024;  ministers, 
$1,414.  Literature  and  literary  men,  as  ever,  in  a 
financial  decline.  As  individuals,  the  highest  income 
is  $30,000,  made  by  a  lawyer,  followed  by  a  merchant  at 
$25,000,  and  a  manufacturer  at  $20,000 ;  while  a  school 
officer  closes  the  books  with  $600. 


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69 

67 

69 

69 

70 

69 

62 

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and  Real  Estate  and  In- 

$736 

$1,422 

$2,137 

$2,635 

$3,230 

$3,805 

$4,164 

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Professional  men,  includ- 

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95 

77 

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86 

85 

87 

84 

Ministers,    Physicians 
and  Sui'geons,  Teachers 
and  Oflficials  in  Schools 

$946 

$1,167 

$1,612 

$1,738 

$1,933 

$2,355 

$2,761 

and  Colleges. 

In  Table  C  we  have  brains  (as  such)  arrayed  against 
cash,  professions  against  commerce,  shomng  a  very- 
definite  contrast:  $2,761  for  professions,  $4,164  for 
commerce.  Of  course,  we  must  consider  that  the  pro- 
fessional man  gets  a  rather  late  start,  must  build  up  his 
practice  gradually  and  cannot,  advertising  his  o^vn 
talents,  go  forth  into  the  marketplace  and  buy  and  sell 
and  get  gain. 

How  much  happiness  all  this  money  has  been  re- 
sponsible for  who  can  tell?  for  "wealth  is  not  his  that 
has  it,  but  his  that  enjoys  it."  Other  facts  eyes 
brighter  than  mine  will  no  doubt  ferret  out,  and  any 
who  find  their  incomes  measurably  below  the  average 
may  remember  that  Euripides  said:  ** Silver  and  gold 
are  not  the  only  coin.  Virtue,  too,  passes  current  all 
over  the  world." 


STATISTICS 


695 


MARRIAGES  AND  CHILDREN 

Graduates  Only 

[In  this  table  are  given  the  names  of  the  graduate  members  of  the 
Class  who,  on  March  1,  1913,  were  reported  to  be  married,  together  with 
the  date  of  marriage  and  the  number  of  sons  and  daughters  reported 
born  to  each  up  to  that  date.  When  the  sex  of  a  child  is  not  known  the 
number  has  been  enclosed  in  parentheses  in  the  first  column;  the  asterisk 
indicates  the  decease  of  a  child.] 


Name 


F.  Abbott 

G.  Abbott 
Ackley 

C.  H.  Adams 

E.  Adams 

Albin 

Anderson 

Armstrong 

Arnold 

Babcock 

Barnes 

Barnett 

Baxter 

Baylor 

Beckwith 

Beers 

Bissell 

Boardman 

Bourn 

Brougham 

I.  V.  Brown 

J.  Brown 

Burnham 

Bushnell 

Carpenter 

Chamberlain 

Chamberlin 

Chapin 

Chittenden 

A.  B.  Clark 

P.  D.  Clark 


Children 

Date  of  Marriage 

Boys 

Girls 

June  1,  1907 

1 

October  16,  1912 

April  3,  1907 

1 

August  15,  1905 

2 

December  4,  1905 

2 

August  26,  1903 

3 

1 

1  991 

1 
2 

October  9,  1907 

September  20,  1911 

February  7,  1906 

2 

April  10,  1907 

2 

1 

June  5,  1909 

1 

1 

September  25,  1906 

1 

November  24,  1905 

2 

1 

October  9,  1907 

1 

December  31,  1907 

2 

October  17,  1906 

2 

May  19,  1908 

2 

August  22,  1906 

2 

1 

April  24,  1905 

1 

September  4,  1904 

1 

1 

October  21,  1911 

January  4,  1911 

October  18,  1909 

June  8,  1908 

January  3,  1902 

1 

June  2,  1909 

January  1,  1907 

1 

October  16,  1906 

2 

June  30,  1903 

1 

1 

December  2,  1903 

1 

696 


ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 


Children 

NaM£ 

Date  of  Marriage 

Boys 

Girls 

Clegg 

June  11,  1910 

C.  H.  Cochran 

October  2,  1907 

1 

Collins 

November  7,  1908 

Cory 

March  28,  1911 

C,  W,  Davis 

June  14,  1911 

•J 

W.  E.  Day 

December  14,  1912 

Deering 

March  19,  1908 

Delafield 

October  1,  1904 

2 

Dewey 

June  30,  1902 

1 

Dix 

June  29,  1904 

Donat 

August  27,  1906 

Dudley 

February  12,  1908 

Duell 

September  29,  1904 

3 

2 

M.   H.  Duncan 

November  26,  1902 

♦1  1 

W.  W.  Duncan 

October  5,  1904 

1 

Easton 

June  8,  1904 

2 

4 

Ely 

June  11,  1904 

*1 

Embree 

March  9,  1912 

Evans 

October  21,  1903 

1 

Evarts 

October  19,  1909 

2 

Fanton 

August  21,  1912 

Ferguson 

October  29,  1902 

1 

1 

Flora 

November  5,  1906 

1 

Foote 

April  30,  1907 

1 

1 

Foster 

October  8,  1906 

3 

Fox 

September  19,  1905 

1 

3 

N.  K.  Francis 

June  30,  1904 

Galpin 

October  16,  1909 

1 

Garnsey 

June  1,  1905 

2 

1 

Garrett 

June  26,  1907 

Gast 

May  16,  1908 

1 

Goddard 

July  15,  1908 

1 

Godfrey 

February  7,  1906 

1 

Gott 

April  10,  1907 

1 

1 

Gould 

January  31,  1906 

Granbery 

October  2,  1907 

1 

1 

Griffing 

October  23,  1907 

1 

Haines 

June  1,  1909 

1 

A.   B.   Hall 

October  18,  1910 

1 

J.  E.  Hall 

June  8,  1909 

1 

L.  B.  Hall,  Jr. 

January  17.  1905 

1 

Ilammond 

November  28,  1905 

2 

1 

4 


l> 


I 


STATISTICS 


697 


Children 

Name 

Date  of  Maeibiage 

Boys    Giels 

Hart 

April  17,  1906 

*1 

Hastings 

June  28,  1902 

1             3 

Heaton 

October  17,  1911 

Herrick 

June  15,  1910 

1 

W.  A.  Higgins 

November  26,  1907 

1 

HUl 

June  13,  1905 

Hitner 

June  28,  1906 

1 

Holt 

June  18,  1903 

2 

B.  Hooker 

August  18,  1911 

1 

P.  M.  Howe 

June  16,  1903 

1 

S.  H.  Howe 

February  6,  1904 

1 

J.  W.  HubbeU 

January  17,  1907 

2 

Hughes 

June  25,  1906 

1 

HuU 

June  15,  1910 

Humiston 

June  8,  1911 

Hunter 

September  21,  1909 

1 

Hyde 

(1)  December  6,  1905 

2 

(2)   April  4,  1911 

1 

F.  F.  W.  Jackson 

May  10,  1905 

1 

G.  B.  Jackson 

December  26,  1905 

James 

April  11,  1908 

1 

Jefferson 

June  14,  1904 

1            1 

E.  A.  Jones 

June  18,  1911 

Kimball 

June  30,  1906 

Kinney 

November  29,  1906 

Krementz 

April  25,  1906 

3 

Lancaster 

August  30,  1908 

Laws 

April  29,  1905 

1 

Lee 

June  27,  1902 

2 

Lehman 

Spring  of  1912 

Lewis 

(1)  September  1,  1899 

(2)  May  17,  1911 

G.  G.  Lincoln 

May  20,   1909 

L.  A.  Lincoln 

September  6,  1905 

Lindenberg 

March  7,  1905 

2             1 

E.  I.  Low 

June  9,  1904 

2 

Lyon 

February  1,  1911 

H.  G.  McDowell 

October  22,  1906 

Mandeville 

April  5,  1912 

Manierre 

March  20,  1907 

F.  T.  Mason 

August  29,  1906 

1             1 

Mead 

October  11,  1910 

698 


ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 


Name 


Mellen 
Merrill 

C.  Meyer,  Jr. 
M.  P.  MUler 
Moore 
Moorhead 
Morison 
Morris 
Nevins 
Nisbet 
Norman 
Packer 
Peters 
Phelps 
Pickands 
Pond 
Potter 
Potwin 
Rand 

Reed 

D.  Reynolds 
H.  S.  Reynolds 
Rhoda 
Richardson 
Robbins 

C.  A.  Roberts 

W.  F.  Roberts 

Rumsey 

H.  C.  Rubs 

Ryan 

Samson 

Sanford 

Satterlee 

Schwab 

Sherman 

Sidenberg 

Simonds 

Sincerbeaux 

Skinner 

C.  W.  Smith 

H.  W.  Smith 

K.  Smith 


Date  of  Makruge 

April  24,  1907 
June  1,  1910 
August  12,  1908 
May  22,  1907 
June  25,  1906 
November  26,  1907 
October  11,  1909 
May  15,  1912 
July  19,  1911 
October  8,  1910 
June  30,  1910 
August  16,  1911 
January  1,  1908 
September  1,  1909 
January  7,  1903 
September  3,  1912 
July  1,  1905 
January  23,  1907 
July  2,  1907 
November  25,  1911 
June  30,  1903 
May  22,  1909 
October  12,  1912 
December  28,  1909 
January  6,  1912 
May  15,  1909 
April  28,  1904 
February  26,  1910 
September  8,  1908 
September  2,  1909 
April  13,  1909 
•November  2,  1912 
February  1,  1909 
September  30,  1911 
November  21,  1906 
March  20,  1906 
September  20,  1906 
June  30,  1903 
September  2,  1907 
September  28,  1905 
September  4,  1906 
December  1,  1905 


Children 
Boys    Gibls 


STATISTICS 


699 


Name 


S,  L,  Smith 

Spalding 

Spitzer 

Stebbins 

Stern 

Stone 

Sturges 

Swan 

Sweinhart 

C.  D.  Talcott 

L.  H.  Talcott 

M.  G.  Talcott 

H.  F.  Taylor 

Teel 

Teller 

Tenney 

Thacher 

Thomas 

Thompson 

Thome 

Tillinghast 

Tompkins 

Trowbridge 

Tucker 

Valentine 

Vanderbilt 

Ward 

Waters 

B.  A,  Welch 

Wells 

Wessel 

Wheeler 

Whittlesey 

Willing 

Woodhouse 

Wright 

Yaggy 


Children 

Date  of  Marriage 

Boys 

Girls 

March  23,  1910 

1 

December  29,  1906 

September  19,  1906 

2 

November  3,  1903 

1 

1 

February  12,  1907 

1 

June  16,  1904 

2 

January  1,  1908 

1 

1 

December  20,  1911 

June  30,  1905 

June  14,  1906 

2 

October  24,  1911 

December  26,  1906 

•1  1 

August  19,  1905 

1 

1 

September  12,  1911 

January  1,  1906 

1 

2 

October  5,  1910 

1 

October  21,  1911 

September  2,  1909 

1 

June  24,  1909 

1 

February  4,  1905 

•(1) 

1 

December  2,  1908 

1 

1 

November  8,  1909 

June  26,  1909 

1 

1 

June  10,  1905 

January  19,  1910 

*(1)   tl 

April  14,  1903 

1 

December  6,  1906 

1 

1 

June  28,  1905 

1 

1 

June  8,  1909 

1 

December  26,  1907 

2 

October  24,  1911 

April  30,  1906 

September  11,  1902 

1 

October  2,  1905 

1 

October  12,  1912 

February  8,  1905 

August  2,  1905 

3 

t  Adopted. 


Total  number  married,  192 
Total  number  children,  235 


(2)  *5  114  *3  111 


700  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

OCCUPATIONS 

Graduates  Only 

[In  this  list  the  men  are  classed  according  to  their  present  occupations 
or,  in  the  case  of  deceased  members,  according  to  the  occupations  in  which 
they  were  last  engaged.  The  classification  has  followed  the  general  plan 
of  listing  a  man  under  the  occupation  of  the  company  with  which  he  is 
connected,  with  the  exception  of  engineers  and  lawyers,  who  are  listed 
under  their  respective  professions,  regardless  of  a  firm 's  business.  Names 
of  men  who  are  engaged  in  two  occupations  are  included  in  parentheses 
under  the  occupation  which  seems  less  important  and  these  names  in 
parentheses  are  not  included  in  the  totals  given  for  the  various  occupa- 
tions.] 

Art,  Architecture  and  Music  :  F.  Abbott,  Hewett,  Luquiens,  Man- 

ierre,  C.  C.  Meyer,  (Steele),  Thomas 6 

Education:  Anderson,  Bancroft,  E.  J.  Brown,  J.  Brown,  Gushing, 
G.  E.  Davis,  Deane,  Dix,  Donat,  M.  H.  Duncan,  Evans,  FitzGer- 
ald,  Foster,  N.  R.  Francis,  Garrett,  Hance,  Hewitt,  Hitner,  Holt, 
P.  M.  Howe,  H.  M.  Hubbell,  G.  B.  Jackson,  Lehman,  *J.  C.  Mc- 
Dowell, Peters,  Phelps,  Eoman,  H.  F.  Taylor,  Thompson,  Thome, 
Welsh,  *C.  D.  White,  *P.  G.  White 33 

Engineering:  Albin,  Arnold,  Bissell,  Bourn,  Bushnell,  Evarts,  Fan- 
ton,  Gould,  Heaton,  J.  W.  Hubbell,  Hudson,  Pierce,  Sherman, 
M.  G.  Talcott 14 

Farming  and  Ranching:  I.  V.  Brown,  Carpenter,  Gardner,  Hunter, 
F.  F.  W.  Jackson,  Murphy,  Rumsey,  Skinner,  K.  Smith,  (Spald- 
ing), Troxell,  Walker,  Wheeler,  Woodhouse     .  .  .  .13 

Finance:  E.  Adams,  Barnes,  Beckwith,  *Boder,  Brush,  Campbell, 
Chamberlain,  (A.  B.  Clark),  Clegg,  Cole,  Collins,  W.  E.  Davis, 
Jr.,  W.  E.  Day,  Delafield,  Ely,  Ferguson,  Frisbie,  Galpin,  Gran- 
bery,  Haines,  A.  B.  Hall,  J.  R.  Hall,  L.  B.  Hall,  Jr.,  Hammond, 
W.  A.  Iliggins,  Hull,  (F.  F.  W.  Jackson),  Mandeville,  Merrill, 
Morison,  Morris,  Nisbet,  Potter,  Rand,  Rhoda,  H.  A.  Rogers, 
H.  P,  Rogers,  Jr.,  Samson,  A.  A.  Smith,  Swan,  Vanderbilt, 
Valentine,  Waters,  (B.  E.  White),  Wright       .  .  .  .42 

Government  (permanent  civil  or  military  service):  Chase,  (Luding- 

ton) 1 

Journalism    and    Letters:     Brougham,    Callender,    Hastings,    B. 

Hooker,  G.  G.  Lincoln,  Potwin,  Sweinhart       ....       7 


STATISTICS  701 

Law  and  Judiciary:  G.  Abbott,  Andel,  Baylor,  Burnham,  Chapin, 
*P.  B.  Cochran,  Colton,  Creevey,  D.  S.  Day,  Deering,  Dewey, 
Dresser,  Duell,  Easton,  Embree,  Fleming,  Fox,  C.  B.  Francis, 
C.  D.  Francis,  Gast,  Gott,  Griffing,  Guernsey,  Hamlin,  J.  C. 
Higgins,  H.  S.  Hooker,  Hughes,  Humiston,  Hyde,  Johnson,  E.  A. 
Jones,  Keator,  L.  A.  Lincoln,  B.  E.  C.  Low,  E.  I.  Low,  Luding- 
ton,  Luther,  McAvoy,  McKelvy,  C.  D.  Miller,  Norman,  Owen, 
Peirce,  Phillips,  Piatt,  Pritchard,  Eeed,  D.  Eeynolds,  (H.  S. 
Eeynolds),  C.  A.  Eoberts,  C.  C.  Euss,  Satterlee,  Scanlan,  Sellers, 
Sincerbeaux,  H.  W.  Smith,  Steele,  Stoddard,  Stone,  Sturges, 
Taber,  Tillinghast,  Trowbridge,  Viele,  Ward,  P.  H.  Welch,  B.  E. 
White,  Willing 67 

Manufacturing:  Ackley,  Babcock,  Beebe,  Beers,  Boardman,  Brain- 
ard,  Burrall,  Chamberlin,  Chittenden,  P.  D.  Clark,  Clifford,  C.  H. 
Cochran,  Cox,  Cressler,  C.  W.  Davis,  W.  W.  Duncan,  Farrel, 
(Ferguson),  Flora,  Garnsey,  Garvan,  Goddard,  Goodwin,  Hart, 
Johnston,  Kimball,  Krementz,  (Laws),  Lear,  Lindenberg,  Mc- 
Dowell, F.  T.  Mason,  E.  M.  Mason,  Mead,  Moorhead,  Newell, 
Norton,  Noyes,  Pickands,  H.  S.  Eeynolds,  Eichardson,  Eobbins, 
Sanford,  Sidenberg,  Simonds,  C.  W.  Smith,  Spalding,  C.  D.  Tal- 
cott,  L.  H.  Talcott,  Teel,  Tompkins,  Wessel,  Yung  .  .  .51 

Medicine:  Burlingham,  Herrick,  Lewis,  Packer,  Pond,  Eisley,  H.  C. 

Euss,  Eyan,  Sladen,  S.  L.  Smith,  Thacher       .  .  .  .11 

Mercantile  Business  :  C.  H.  Adams,  Armstrong,  *Baer,  A.  B.  Clark, 
Cory,  Dudley,  Foote,  Godfrey,  S.  H.  Howe,  Jr.,  James,  Jefferson, 
Kinney,  Laws,  N.  H.  Mason,  Mellen,  Moore,  (Eobbins),  W.  F. 
Eoberts,  Schwab,  Spear,  Spitzer,  Stebbins,  Stern,  Teller,  Tenney, 
Tucker,  Wear,  B.  A.  Welch,  Wylie 28 

Ministry:  Bamett,  Hill,  P.  Jones,  (Kinney),  Lee,  Eoraback,  A.  M. 

Taylor,  Whittlesey,  Yaggy 8 

No  Occupation:  Alsop,  Baxter,  Lancaster,  Lyon,  C.  Meyer,  Jr.,  M.  P. 

Miller,  Nevins,  Wells 8 

Occupation  Unreported:  Blumenthal,  Walton       ....       2 

291 


702 


ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 


LOCALITY  INDEX 

Including  Graduates  and  Non-Gbaduates 


ALABAMA 

Gro\'e  Beach: 

Demopolis  : 

Wheeler 

Walker 

Hartford  : 

ARIZONA 

Brainard 

Floeence : 

Chapin 

Cole 

Abbey 

Frisbie 

CALIFORNIA 

Garvan 

Berkeley : 

Goodwin 
Hart 

Thomas 

Hyde 

San  Francisco: 

C.  C.  Euss 

Godfrey 

H.  C.  Russ 
Tompkins 

SiMi: 

Ward 

I.  V.  Brown 

Lime  Eock: 

COLORADO 

Richardson 

Alamosa  : 

Meriden  : 

Piatt 

Griswold 

Denver : 

Milford  : 

C.  H.  Adams 

A.  B.  Clark 

M.  P.  Miller 

New  Haven: 

Pueblo  : 

Anderson 

Gast 

Campbell 

Newman 

W.  F.  Collins 

Foster 

CONNECTICUT 

N.  E.  Francis 

Ansonia: 

Galpin 

Farrel 

H.  M.  Hubbell 

Avon  : 

Kinney 
Lanagan 

AIsop 

Lehman 

Bethany  : 

Luquiens 

Murphy 

Noroton : 

Bridgeport  : 

Delafield 

Day 

Eockville  : 

Stoddard 

P.  M.  Howe 

Danbury : 

L.  H.  Talcott 

Brooks 

SiMSBURY  : 

Derby : 

Cashing 

Bacon 

Talcottville  : 

Elmes 

C.  D.  Talcott 

FitzGerald 

M.  G.  Talcott 

Farmington : 

Waterbury  : 

B.  Hooker 

Burrall 

Wethersfield  : 
Woodhouse 

DIST.   OF  COLUMBIA 

Washington  : 
Colton 
G.  G.  Lincoln 

E.  B.  Mason 
Sweinhart 
Thompson 

GEORGIA 

Atlanta : 
Chamberlin 

F.  T.  Mason 

Sandersville  : 

Garrett 
Savannah  : 

Hammond 

IDAHO 

Boise  : 

Teller 
Emmett: 

Hunter 

ILLINOIS 
Chicago  : 
Beebe 
Burnham 
A.  B.  Hall 
Manierre 
Spalding 
Willing 

Highland  Park  : 

Chittenden 
Winnetka: 

Johnson 

INDIANA 
Fort  Wayne: 

Cressler 
Indianapolis  : 

J.  Brown 

W.  E.  Day 

H.  F.  Taylor 


STATISTICS 

7C 

IOWA 

Brockton : 

MISSISSIPPI 

Cedar  Rapids: 

Pritchard 

Vaiden  : 

Ely 

Brookline  : 

MeConnico 

Clinton  : 

Londoner 

MISSOURI 

Armstrong 

Chelsea  : 

Curtis 

G.  E.  Davis 

Kansas  City: 

Red  Oak  : 

Easthampton  : 

Beers 
James 

P.  D.  Clark 

Pond 

Reed 

KANSAS 

Lawrence  : 

St.  Louis: 

Ottawa  : 

Peirce 

C.  B.  Francis 

Skinner 

Milton  : 

Wear 

TOPEKA : 

Luther 

MONTANA 

Dudley 

Northampton  : 

Billings : 

Whiting  : 

Deane 

Garnsey 

Whittlesey 

Princeton  : 

NEBRASKA 

KENTUCKY 

Lewis 

Omaha: 

Lexington  : 

Springfield: 

Evarts 

Lancaster 

Waters 

St.  Edward: 

Louisville  : 

Watertown  : 

A.  A.  Smith 

Babeock 

W.  W.  Duncan 

Hewett 

Flora 

NEW  HAMPSHIRE 

C.  C.  Meyer 

West  Somerville: 

Concord : 

MAINE 

Weeks 

Welsh 

Bangor : 

Williamstown  : 

NEW  JERSEY 

Hopkins 

Hewitt 

East  Orange: 

FoET  Fairfield: 

Worcester  : 

Fanton 

McGouldrick 

McAvoy 

Krementz 

MARYLAND 

Norman 

Englewood: 

Baltimore  : 

MICHIGAN 

Cory 

Detroit  : 

Escher 

Sladen 

A.  M.  Potter 

Maplewood  : 

MASSACHUSETTS 

MINNESOTA 

Gardner 

Andover  : 

Breckenridge  : 

MONTCLAIR : 

Bancroft 

Valentine 

J.  W.  Hubbell 

Arlington  : 

Duluth: 

MORSEMERE  : 

Simonds 

Donat 

Teel 

Boston : 

P.  A.  Welch 

Newark  : 

Arnold 
Burliugham 

Minneapolis  : 
Hill 

Baylor 

Morris 

Orange : 

Risley 
Spear 

St.  Paul: 
Clifford 

Tillinghast 

Stewart 

F.  H.  Evans 

North  Plainfield: 

A.  M.  Taylor 

H.  M.  Robbins 

Phelps 

704 


ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  ]902 


Tbenton : 

Brougham 

Sidenberg 

Dix 

E.  J.  Brown 

Sincerbeaux 

Brush 

Steele 

NEW   YORK 

Callender 

Stern 

Albany  : 

Chamberlain 

Swan 

Chase 

Cox 

Tenney 

Easton 
Auburn: 

Taber 
Brighton  Station: 

Creevey 
W.  E.  Davis 
Deering 
Dewey 
Ehrich 

Thacher 

Trowbridge 

Tucker 

Vanderbilt 

Walton 

Wells 

Wright 

C.  Meyer,  Jr. 

Embree 
Ferguson 

Brooklyn  : 

Foote 

Wylie 

Hudson 

Fox 

Owego: 

Mellen 
Packer 

C.  D.  Francis 
Gould 

Andrews 

Eoraback 

Granbery 

Pelham  Manor 

Scanlan 

Gruner 
J.  E.  Hall 

C.  H.  Collins 

Buffalo : 

L.  B.  Hall,  Jr. 

Penfield  : 

Bissell 

T.  R.  Hall 

Baker 

C.  H.  Cochran 

Hance 

Haines 

Hastings 

POUGHKEEPSIE : 

L.  A.  Lincoln 

Herrick 

Guernsey 

Mandeville 

J.  C.  Higgins 

S.  L.  Smith 

B.  Potter 

H.  S.  Hooker 

Viele 

S.  H.  Howe,  Jr. 

RrVERHEAD : 

Canandaigua  : 

Hull 
Humiston 

GriiBng 

Hamlin 

Jefferson 

Rochester  : 

COHOES : 

Keator 

Morgan 

H.  G.  McDowell 

Knox 
Lee 

Satterlee 
C.  W.  Smith 

Fairport  : 

B.  R.  C.  Low 

Spencer 

Batson 

E.  I.  Low 

Stebbins 

Goshen: 

Ludington 
McAlamey 

Rome: 

Nisbet 

Gott 

N.  H.  Mason 

Larchmont  Manor: 
H.  W.  Smith 

R.  M.  Mason 

Merrill 

C.  D.  Miller 

SCARSDALE : 

Ryan 

Middletown  : 

Morison 

Syracuse : 

Heaton 

Mullally 
Nevins 

Stone 

New  Rochelle: 

Nicoll 

Utica  : 

Holden 

Owen 

W.  F.  Roberts 

New  York  City: 
Ackley 

Rand 

H.  S.  Reynolds 

C.  A.  Roberts 

West  Point: 
Holt 

E.  Adams 

H,  A.  Rogers 

White  Plains: 

Andel 

H.  P.  Rogers,  Jr. 

Bourn 

Barnes 
Baxter 

Samson 
Sanfnrd 

Hughes 

Blumenthal 

Schwab 

YONKERS: 

Boardman 

Sellers 

Duell 

STATISTICS 

705 

NORTH  CAROLINA 

Germantown  : 

TENNESSEE 

Greensboro : 

Lear 

Chattanooga : 

W.  A.  Higgins 

Moore 

Phillips 

OHIO 

Harrisburg  : 

Knoxville  : 

Cincinnati  : 

C.  W,  Davis 

Kimball 

Laws 

Lancaster: 

N.  Chattanooga: 

Noyes 

J.  F.  Baer 

W,  A.  Evans 

Wessel 

Philadelphia: 

Cleveland  : 

A.  Brown 

TEXAS 

G.  Abbott 

Lyon 

Houston : 

Clegg 

Newell 

Leavell 

Norton 

B.  A.  Welch 

Peters 

Pickands 

Sherman 

Lancaster  : 

Pittsburgh  : 

F.  Abbott 
Johnston 

B.  E.  White 
UTAH 

Columbus  : 

McKelvy 

LiNWOOD : 

Lindenberg 

Moorhead 
Pierce 

K.  Smith 

Dayton : 

Logan : 

Mead 

P0TTST0V7N  : 

Hitner 

P.  Jones 

Toledo : 

WASHINGTON 

Beckwith 

Scran TON : 

North  Yakima: 

Spitzer 

E,  A.  Jones 

F.  F.  W.  Jackson 

OKLAHOMA 

Pauls  Valley: 

West  Pittston: 
Troxell 

Seattle : 
Albin 

M.  H.  Duncan 

Wilkes-Barre  : 

Bushnell 

OREGON 

D.  Reynolds 

Elvin 

Medford  : 

RHODE  ISLAND 

Tacoma: 

Carpenter 

Providence  : 

G.  B.  Jackson 

Portland : 

Dresser 

WEST  VIRGINIA 

Strong 

Goddard 
Sturges 

Fairmont  : 

Thome 

Fleming 

PENNSYLVANIA 

SOUTH  DAKOTA 

Wheeling  : 

Brackenridqe  : 

Lemmon  : 

Russell 

Burdick 

Potwin 

WYOMING 

Bradford : 

Mitchell  : 

Cody: 

Yaggy 

Barnett 

Rumsey 

CORAOPOLIS : 

Rapid  City: 

FOREIGN 

Bhoda 

J.  L,  Robbins 

COUNTRIES 

Erie: 

Vermilion  : 

China  : 

Farrar 

Roman 

Yung 

706  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 


RECAPITULATION 


Connecticut 45      New  Hampshire       ....       1 

Maine 2      Rhode  Island 3 

Massachusetts 24 

Total  in  New  England  States,  75 

District  of  Columbia     ...       5      New  York 119 

Maryland 1      Pennsylvania 21 

New  Jersey 11 

Total  in  Central  Eastern  States,       157 

Alabama 1  North  Carolina 1 

Greorgia 4  Tennessee 3 

Kentucky 4  West  Virginia 2 

Mississippi 1 

Total  in  States  of  the  South,  16 


Arizona 1      Texas 2 

Oklahoma 1 

Total  in  States  of  the  Southwest,        4 

Illinois 8      Minnesota 7 

Indiana 4      Missouri 5 

Iowa 4      Montana 1 

Kansas 3      Nebraska 2 

Michigan 1      Ohio 13 

Total  in  States  of  Middle  West,        48 

California 3  South  Dakota 4 

Colorado 5  Utah 2 

Idaho 2  Washington 5 

Oregon 3  Wyoming 1 

Total  in  States  of  Far  West,  25 

China 1 

Total  in  foreign  countries,  1 

Total  men  reported  in  this  index,    325 


STATISTICS  707 

ROLL  OF  THE  CLASS 
Graduates 

Franklin  Abbott,  Darlington  Road,  Schenley  Park,  Pittsburgh,  Pa. 

Gardner  Abbott,  1310  Schofield  Building,  Cleveland,  Ohio. 

Oliver  Sidney  Ackley,  111  Broadway,  New  York  City. 

Clarence  Henry  Adams,  1547  Market  Street,  Denver,  Colo. 

Ellis  Adams,  481  Fifth  Avenue,  New  York  City.  » 

George  Waugh  Albin,  1610  Hoge  Building,  Seattle,  Wash. 

John  deKoven  Alsop,  Avon,  Conn. 

Coleman  Emanuel  Andel,  Yale  Club,  30  West  Forty-fourth  Street,  New 

York  City. 
William  Gilbert  Anderson,  M.  D.,  Yale  University,  New  Haven,  Conn. 
Roscoe  Whalen  Armstrong,  235  Fifth  Avenue,  Clinton,  Iowa. 
Anthony  Brown  Arnold,  92  State  Street,  Boston,  Mass. 
George  Wheeler  Babcock,  1564  Story  Avenue,  Louisville,  Ky. 
*Charle8  Seiser  Baer.  Died  1906. 

PhiUips  Bancroft,  Box  282,  Andover,  Mass. 
Courtlandt  Dixon  Barnes,  67  Park  Avenue,  New  York  City. 
Rev.    Francis   Blackman   Barnett,    212    Third    Avenue,    West,    Mitchell, 

S.  Dak. 
Charles  Houghton  Baxter,  37  Liberty  Street,  New  York  City. 
Raymond  Vreeland  Baylor,  156  Belleville  Avenue,  Newark,  N.  J. 
Laurence  Baldwin  Beckwith,  2336  Scottwood  Avenue,  Toledo,  Ohio. 
Krebs  Beebe,  500  Dearborn  Avenue,  Chicago,  111. 
Frederick  Beers,  Twenty-first  and  Central  Streets,  Kansas  City,  Mo. 
Raymond  Bissell,  49  Saybrook  Place,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 
[Ferdinand]  William  Blumenthal,  193  William  Street,  New  York  City. 
Dixon  Boardman,  50  Church  Street,  New  York  City. 
*Louis  Frederick  Boder.  Died  1912. 

William  Gates  Bourn,  19  Chestnut  Hill  Avenue,  White  Plains,  N.  Y. 
Newton  Case  Brarnard,  141  Pearl  Street,  Hartford,  Conn. 
Herbert  Bruce  Brougham,  New  York  Times,  Times  Square,  New  York 

City. 
Eugene  Jacob  Brown,  2441  Seventh  Avenue,  New  York  City. 
Irving  VanDuyne  Brovni,  R.  F.  D.,  Simi,  Ventura  County,  Calif. 
Prof.  James  Brown,  Ph.D.,  5372  East  Washington  Street,  Indianapolis, 

Ind. 
Graham  Brush,  University  Club,  1  West  Fifty-fourth  Street,  New  York 

City. 
Louis  Herbert  Burlingham,  M.D.,  Peter  Bent  Brigham  Hospital,  Boston, 

Mass. 
Frederic  Burnham,  1426  East  Fifty-first  Street,  Chicago,  HI. 
John  Booth  Burrall,  16  Church  Street,  Waterbury,  Conn. 


708  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

Leonard  Theaker  Bushnell,  208  Columbia  Street,  Seattle,  Wash. 

John  Alexander  Callender,  Yale  Club,  30  West  Forty-fourth  Street,  New 

York  City. 
Frederic  Wells  Campbell,  100  Whalley  Avenue,  New  Haven,  Conn. 
George  Boone  Carpenter,  The  Foothills,  Medford,  Ore. 
[Walter]  Lawrence  Chamberlain,  141  Broadway,  New  York  City. 
Harry   Baldwin    Chamberlin,   Woodward   Lumber   Company,    Box    1115, 

Atlanta,  Ga. 
Terry  Joseph  Chapin,  50  State  Street,  Hartford,  Conn. 
WiUiam  Lyman  Chase,  State  Civil  Service  Commission,  Albany,  N.  Y. 
Simeon  Baldwin  Chittenden,  Jr.,  239  Central  Avenue,  Highland  Park,  111. 
Arthur  Bryan  Clark,  Milford,  Conn. 
Philo  Douglas  Clark,  Eed  Oak,  Iowa. 

William  Edward  Clegg,  Guardian  Building,  Cleveland,  Ohio. 
Oliver  Morton  Clifford,  1103  Pioneer  Press  Building,  St.  Paul,  Minn. 
Clement  Hale  Cochran,  Washburn-Crosby  Company,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 
*Percy  Bayard  Cochran.  Died  1908. 

Richard  Huntington  Cole,  106  Woodland  Street,  Hartford,  Conn. 
Charles  Harold  Collins,  Pelham  Manor,  N.  Y. 
Henry  Elliott  Colton,  Department  of  Justice,  Washington,  D.  C. 
Robert  Haskell  Cory,  Englewood,  N.  J. 
Harry  Burrows  Cox,  41  Union  Square,  West,  New  York  City. 
William  Stickney  Creevey,  100  William  Street,  New  York  City. 
Alfred  Miller  Cressler,  501  West  Berry  Street,  Fort  Wayne,  Ind. 
Charles  Cyprian  Strong  Gushing,  Simsbury,  Conn. 
Carl  Wniis  Davis,  Box  655,  Harrisburg,  Pa. 
George  Eugene  Davis,  9  Garland  Street,  Chelsea,  Mass. 
William  Edward  Davis,  Jr.,  20  Broad  Street,  New  York  City. 
David  Sheldon  Day,  164  State  Street,  Bridgeport,  Conn. 
William  Edwards  Day,  1628  North  Meridian  Street,  Indianapolis,  Ind. 
Prof.  Sidney  Norton  Deane,  Smith  College,  Northampton,  Mass. 
James  Rogers  Deering,  45  West  Fifty-fourth  Street,  New  York  City. 
Edward  Henry  Delafield,  Noroton,  Conn. 
George  Allen  Dewey,  1937  Broadway,  New  York  City. 
William  LeRoy  Dix,  High  School,  Trenton,  N.  J. 
Walter  Scott  Donat,  152  West  Faribault  Street,  Duluth,  Minn, 
Robert  Bartlett  Dresser,  Edwards  &  Angell,  1102  Union  Trust  Building, 

Providence,  R.  I. 
Guilford  Dudley,  901  Tyler  Street,  Topeka,  Kans. 

Holland  Sackett  Duell,  "Ardenwold,"  North  Broadway,  Yonkers,  N.  Y. 
Marcus  Homer  Duncan,  Pauls  Valley,  Okla. 
William  Wheeler  Duncan,  15  Upland  Road,  Watertown,  Mass. 
Edward  Easton,  Jr.,  148  State  Street,  Albany,  N.  Y. 
Henry  Sturges  Ely,  2063  KnoUwood  Drive,  Cedar  Rapids,  Iowa. 


STATISTICS  709 

William  Dean  Embree,  Criminal  Court  Building,  New  York  City. 

William  Abraham  Evans,  Sumner  Street,  North  Chattanooga,  Tenn. 

Harold  Chester  Evarts,  Nebraska  Telephone  Company,  Omaha,  Neb. 

Willard  Horace  Fanton,  237  South  Burnett  Street,  East  Orange,  N,  J. 

Alton  Farrel,  Ansonia,  Conn. 

Alfred  Ludlow  Ferguson,  15  William  Street,  New  York  City. 

Edward  FitzGerald,  7  East  Ninth  Street,  Derby,  Conn. 

Allison  Sweeney  Fleming,  Fairmont,  W.  Va. 

Charles  Paxton  Flora,  65  Marshall  Street,  Watertown,  Mass. 

Sterling  Thompson  Foote,  567  Park  Avenue,  New  York  City. 

Charles  Ring  Foster,  Yale  Station,  New  Haven,  Conn. 

[Edward]    Lyttleton   Fox,   136   East  Seventy-second   Street,   New   York 

City. 
Charles  Broaddus  Francis,  Pierce  Building,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 
Charles  Driver  Francis,  55  Wall  Street,  New  York  City. 
Nathan  Roscoe  Francis,  873  Yale  Station,  New  Haven,  Conn. 
Edward  Wiley  Frisbie,  136  Collins  Street,  Hartford,  Conn. 
Henry  Lamed  Galpin,  200  Livingston  Street,  New  Haven,  Conn. 
Samuel  Warren  Gardner,  Maplewood,  N.  J. 
William    Smith    Garnsey,   Jr.,    304    South    Thirty-fifth   Street,    Billings, 

Mont. 
WiUiam  Thomas  Garrett,  Sandersville,  Ga. 
John  Stephen  Garvan,  236  Farmington  Avenue,  Hartford,  Conn. 
Eobert  Shaeffer  Gast,  Pueblo,  Colo. 

Eobert  Hale  Ives  Goddard,  Jr.,  50  South  Main  Street,  Providence,  R.  I. 
William  Benjamin  Godfrey,  268  Market  Street,  San  Francisco,  Calif. 
James  Lester  Goodwin,  880  Asylum  Avenue,  Hartford,  Conn. 
Percy  Van  Duzer  Gott,  Goshen,  N.  Y. 

Charles  Gould,  30  West  Forty-fourth  Street,  New  York  City. 
Edwin  Carleton  Granbery,  Pine  and  William  Streets,  New  York  City. 
Robert  Perkins  Griffing,  Riverhead,  N.  Y. 

Raymond  Gano  Guernsey,  75  South  Hamilton  Street,  Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y. 
William  Potter  Haines,  812  Auburn  Avenue,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 
Arthur  Benedict  HaU,  1675  Old  Colony  Building,  Chicago,  HI. 
John  Raymond  HaU,  5  Nassau  Street,  New  York  City. 
Lewis  Burton  Hall,  Jr.,  36  Wall  Street,  New  York  City. 
Henry  William  Hamlin,  Canandaigua,  N.  Y. 

John  LeRoy  Hammond,  John  L.  Hammond  &  Company,  Savannah,  Ga. 
William  Hance,  High  School  of  Commerce,  New  York  City. 
John  Babinger  Hart,  Room  426,  Connecticut  Mutual  Building,  Hartford, 

Conn. 
Wells  Southworth  Hastings,  The  Players,  New  York  City. 
Laurent  Heaton,  90  Linden  Avenue,  Middletown,  N.  Y. 


710  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

"William  Worthington  Herrick,  M.D.,  31  West  Forty-seventh  Street,  New 

York  City. 
[George]  Ainslie  Hewett,  958  Third  Avenue,  Louisville,  Ky. 
Theodore  Brown  Hewitt,  Williams  College,  Williamstown,  Mass. 
James  Crane  Higgins,  27  Washington  Square,  New  York  City. 
William  Alvin  Higgins,  Greensboro,  N.  C. 

Eev.  Alfred  Reed  Hill,  1928  Portland  Avenue,  Minneapolis,  Minn. 
George  Washington  Hitner,  The  Hill  School,  Pottstown,  Pa. 
Lieut.  Col.  Lucius  Hudson  Holt,  Ph.D.,  United  States  Military  Academy, 

West  Point,  N.  Y. 
Henry  Stewart  Hooker,  52  Wall  Street,  New  York  City. 
[William]  Brian  Hooker,  Farmington,  Conn. 
Philip  Mead  Howe,  93  Union  Street,  Eockville,  Conn. 
Samuel  Henry  Howe,  Jr.,  630  West  139th  Street,  New  York  City. 
Harry  Mortimer  Hubbell,  31  Livingston  Street,  New  Haven,  Conn. 
James  Wakeman  Hubbell,  5  Warren  Place,  Montclair,  N.  J. 
Brewster  Terry  Hudson,  860  Ocean  Avenue,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
John  Joseph  Hughes,  45  Greenridge  Avenue,  White  Plains,  N.  Y, 
George  Huntington  Hull,  Jr.,  25  Pine  Street,  New  York  City. 
Howard  Donald  Humiston,  165  Broadway,  New  York  City. 
Joseph  Read  Hunter,  Frozen  Dog  Ranch,  Emmett,  Idaho. 
Alvan  Waldo  Hyde,  37  Charter  Oak  Place,  Hartford,  Conn. 
Frederick  Francis  Whitney  Jackson,  North  Yakima,  Wash. 
George  Brown  Jackson,  4210  North  Stevens  Street,  Tacoma,  Wash. 
D.  L.  James,  1114  Grand  Avenue,  Kansas  City,  Mo. 
Floyd  Welman  Jefferson,  56  Worth  Street,  New  York  City. 
[John  Alden]  Stewart  Johnson,  Winnetka,  111. 
Leslie  Morgan  Johnston,  235  Water  Street,  Pittsburgh,  Pa. 
Edgar  Allen  Jones,  136  South  Main  Avenue,  Scranton,  Pa. 
Rev.  Paul  Jones,  St.  John's  House,  Logan,  Utah. 
Frederic  Rose  Keator,  583  Riverside  Drive,  New  York  City. 
James  Cuyler  Kimball,  511  Jacksboro  Street,  Knoxville,  Tenn. 
Arthur  Hurlburt  Kinney,  188  Dwight  Street,  New  Haven,  Conn. 
Walter  Martin  Krementz,  182  Harrison  Street,  East  Orange,  N.  J. 
Merritt  Proctor  Lancaster,  646  East  High  Street,  Lexington,  Ky. 
Harry  Langdon  Laws,  1405  First  National  Bank  Building,  Cincinnati, 

Ohio. 
George  Lear,  2d,  School  Lane  Apartments,  Germantown,  Pa. 
Rev.  Burton  Howard  Lee,  338  Alexander  Avenue,  New  York  City. 
Eugene  Heitler  Lehman,  615  Yale  Station,  New  Haven,  Conn. 
Elisha  Sears  Lewis,  M.D.,  Princeton,  Mass. 
George  Gould  Lincoln,  The  Evening  Star,  Washington,  D.  C. 
Leroy  Alton  Lincoln,  523  Ellicott  Square,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 
George  Walter  Lindenberg,  42  Auburn  Street,  Columbus,  Ohio. 


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STATISTICS  711 

Benjamin  Bobbins  Curtis  Low,  30  Broad  Street,  New  York  City. 

Ethelbert  Ide  Low,  38  East  Sixty-fourth  Street,  New  York  City. 

Arthur  Crosby  Ludington,  56  West  Tenth  Street,  New  York  City. 

Huc-Mazelet  Luquiens,  201  Bishop  Street,  New  Haven,  Conn. 

Willard  Blackington  Luther,  64  Canton  Avenue,  Milton,  Mass. 

Walter  Lester  Lyon,  110  South  Twenty-first  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Thomas  Aloysius  McAvoy,  311  Main  Street,  Worcester,  Mass. 

Howard  George  McDowell,  Cascade  Mills,  Cohoes,  N.  Y. 

*John  Clute  McDowell.  Died  1903. 

John  Sample  McKelvy,  Jr.,  1100  Wood  Street,  Station  D,  Pittsburgh,  Pa. 

James  Nelson  Mandeville,  725  EUicott  Square  Building,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

Alfred  Edgerton  Manierre,  100  Bellevue  Place,  Chicago,  111. 

Frank  Tucker  Mason,  1012  Atlanta  National  Bank  Building,  Atlanta,  Gra. 

Norman  Howell  Mason,  381  Fourth  Avenue,  New  York  City. 

Eoy  Murdock  Mason,  53  Washington  Square,  South,  New  York  City. 

Henry  Sargent  Mead,  23  North  Wilkinson  Avenue,  Dayton,  Ohio. 

Graham  Kingsbury  Mellen,  216  St.  Johns  Place,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Payson  McLane  Merrill,  481  Fifth  Avenue,  New  York  City. 

Charles  Conrad  Meyer,  823  Paul  Jones  Building,  Louisville,  Ky. 

Christian  Meyer,  Jr.,  Brighton  Station,  N.  Y. 

Charles  Duncan  Miller,  30  Broad  Street,  New  York  City. 

Martin  Peck  Miller,  646  Marion  Street,  Denver,  Colo. 

Malcolm  Moore,  3009  Queen  Lane,  Germantown,  Pa. 

Rodman  Wister  Moorhead,  5311  Westminster  Place,  Pittsburgh,  Pa. 

Binnie  Morison,  60  Broadway,  New  York  City, 

Herbert  Edwin  Morris,  137  Milk  Street,  Boston,  Mass. 

George  Guy  Murphy,  Bethany,  Conn. 

Frank  Wells  Nevins,  605  West  151st  Street,  New  York  City. 

Downer  Hazen  Newell,  506  The  Bourse,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Robert  Bruce  Nisbet,  Jr.,  506  North  James  Street,  Rome,  N.  Y. 

Edwin  Gates  Norman,  311  Main  Street,  Worcester,  Mass. 

Robert  Castle  Norton,  West  Eightieth  Street,  Cleveland,  Ohio. 

George  Woodward  Noyes,  Ninth  Street  and  Freeman  Avenue,  Cincinnati, 

Ohio. 
Clifford  Herrick  Owen,  15  William  Street,  New  York  City. 
Andrew  Dickson  Packer,  M.D.,  262  Hicks  Street,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
Albion  Gile  Peirce,  Bay  State  Building,  Lawrence,  Mass. 
Harry  Alfred  Peters,  University  School,  Cleveland,  Ohio. 
Benjamin  Judah  Phelps,  27  Craig  Place,  North  Plainfield,  N.  J. 
Isaac  Gray  Phillips,  615  Hamilton  National  Bank  Building,  Chattanooga, 

Tenn, 
Jay  Morse  Pickands,  Western  Reserve  Building,  Cleveland,  Ohio. 
Howard  Weidner  Pierce,  758  Hazelwood  Avenue,  Pittsburgh,  Pa. 
William  Wallis  Piatt,  Austin  Block,  Alamosa,  Colo. 


712  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

Lucius  Beverly  Pond,  M.D.,  113  Main  Street,  Easthampton,  Mass. 

Roderick  Potter,  656  EUicott  Square,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

Thomas  Danford  Potwin,  Lemmon,  S.  Dak. 

Robert  Arthur  Pritchard,  10  Tremont  Street,  Brockton,  Mass. 

Laurance  Blanchard  Rand,  481  Fifth  Avenue,  New  York  City. 

Kersey  Coates  Reed,  1010  New  York  Life  Building,  Kansas  City,  Mo. 

Dorrance  Reynolds,  92  South  River  Street,  Wilkes-Barre,  Pa. 

Henry  Suydam  Reynolds,  950  Madison  Avenue,  New  York  City. 

George  Irving  Rhoda,  Box  66,  Coraopolis,  Pa. 

Milo  Barnum  Richardson,  Jr.,  Lime  Rock,  Conn. 

Edward  Hammond  Risley,  M.D.,  527  Beacon  Street,  Boston,  Mass. 

Harry  Miller  Robbins,  243  Summit  Avenue,  St.  Paul,  Minn. 

Charles  Asaph  Roberts,  52  William  Street,  New  York  City. 

Walter  Farley  Roberts,  420  Genesee  Street,  Utica,  N.  Y. 

Henry  Alexander  Rogers,  6  and  8  East  Forty-sixth  Street,  New  York  City. 

Henry  Pendleton  Rogers,  Jr.,  35  West  Forty-ninth  Street,  New  York  City. 

Prof.  Frederick  William  Roman,  Vermilion,  S.  Dak. 

Rev,  Albert  Edward  Roraback,  114  Fenimore  Street,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Bronson  Case  Rumsey,  Cody,  Wyo. 

Charles  Cooke  Russ,  117  Woodland  Street,  Hartford,  Conn. 

Henry  Camp  Russ,  M.D.,  114  Woodland  Street,  Hartford,  Conn. 

Ralph  R.  Ryan,  M.D.,  Scarsdale,  N.  Y. 

Charles  Felix  Samson,  20  Broad  Street,  New  York  City. 

Curtiss  Aldrich  Sanford,  Eleventh  Avenue  and  Twenty-sixth  Street,  New 

York  City. 
Hugh  Satterlee,  German  Insurance  Building,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 
John  Joseph  Scanlan,  133  St.  Johns  Place,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
Gustav  Schwab,  5  Broadway,  New  York  City. 
George  Howard  Sellers,  346  Broadway,  New  York  City. 
Henry  Stoddard  Sherman,  3111  Carnegie  Avenue,  Cleveland,  Ohio. 
William  Richard  Sidenberg,  116  Fifth  Avenue,  New  York  City. 
Ralph  Merriam  Simonds,  27  Marathon  Street,  Arlington,  Mass. 
Frank  Huestis  Sincerbeaux,  31  Nassau  Street,  New  York  City. 
Edward  Levi  Skinner,  Walnut  Hill  Farm,  Ottawa,  Kans. 
Frank  Joseph  Sladen,  M.  D.,  Johns  Hopkins  Hospital,  Baltimore,  Md. 
Aubrey  Adam  Smith,  St.  Edward,  Neb. 

Charles  Winslow  Smith,  203  South  Goodman  Street,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 
Herbert  William  Smith,  Larchmont  Manor,  N.  Y. 
Keith  Smith,  Linwood,  Utah. 

Scott  Lord  Smith,  M.D.,  33  Cannon  Street,  Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y. 
Keith  Spalding,  2626  Prairie  Avenue,  Chicago,  111. 

Franklin  Maynard  Spear,  William  Filene's  Sons  Company,  Boston,  Mass. 
Lyman  [Strong]  Spitzer,  Spitzer  Building,  Toledo,  Ohio. 
Edwin  Allen  Stebbins,  401  Cutler  Building,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 


STATISTICS  713 

Porter  Steele,  32  Liberty  Street,  New  York  City. 
Melville  Alphonse  Stern,  36  West  Twenty-third  Street,  New  York  City. 
Henry  Budington  Stoddard,  164  State  Street,  Bridgeport,  Conn. 
[Samuel]   Harold  Stone,  921  Onondaga  County  Savings  Bank  Building, 

Syracuse,  N.  Y. 
Rush  Sturges,  49  Westminster  Street,  Providence,  R.  I. 
Joseph  Rockwell  Swan,  30  Pine  Street,  New  York  City. 
Henry  Lee  Sweinhart,  1706  S  Street,  N.  W.,  Washington,  D.  C. 
John  Taber,  78  South  Street,  Auburn,  N.  Y. 
Charles  Denison  Talcott,  Talcottville,  Conn. 
Louis  Hart  Talcott,  17  Davis  Avenue,  Rockville,  Conn. 
Morris  Gardner  Talcott,  Talcottville,  Conn. 

Rev.  Alan  McLean  Taylor,  22  Whitney  Park,  Mattapan,  Boston,  Mass. 
Howard  Frank  Taylor,  5455  Lowell  Avenue,  Indianapolis,  Ind. 
Bernard  George  Teel,  7  Harriet  Avenue,  Morsemere,  N.  J. 
William  Romer  Teller,  900  Main  Street,  Boise,  Idaho. 
John  Ferguson  Tenney,  8  Washington  Place,  New  York  City. 
Henry  Clarke  Thacher,  M.D.,  20  West  Fiftieth  Street,  New  York  City. 
John  Hudson  Thomas,  First  National  Bank  Building,  Berkeley,  Calif. 
Charles   Seymour   Thompson,   1416  Chapin   Street,   N.   W.,  Washington, 

D.  C. 
Norman  Campbell  Thorne,  Portland  Academy,  Portland,  Ore. 
Richard  Barber  Tillinghast,  17  New  England  Terrace,  Orange,  N.  J. 
Harry  Warren  Tompkins,  712  Farmington  Avenue,  Hartford,  Conn. 
Mason  Trowbridge,  50  Pine  Street,  New  York  City. 
Thomas  Nugent  Troxell,  232  Wyoming  Avenue,  West  Pittston,  Pa. 
Willis  Gaylord  Tucker,  Jr.,  124  East  Twenty-fifth  Street,  New  York  City. 
James  Alden  Valentine,  Breckenridge,  Minn. 

Reginald  Claypoole  Vanderbilt,  546  Fifth  Avenue,  New  York  City. 
Dorr  Viele,  1022  Fidelity  Building,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 
Joseph  Hill  Walker,  Demopolis,  Ala. 

Louis  Frederick  Walton,  333  West  End  Avenue,  New  York  City. 
George  Burwell  Ward,  Sage-Allen  Building,  Hartford,  Conn. 
Henry  Goodman  Waters,  104  Mulberry  Street,  Springfield,  Mass. 
Arthur  Yancey  Wear,  Eighth  and  Locust  Streets,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 
Bradley  Agard  Welch,  603  North  American  Building,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Paul  Hamilton  Welch,  Wolvin  Building,  Duluth,  Minn. 
Henry  Frank  Wells,  1  West  Eighty-fifth  Street,  New  York  City. 
John  Jared  Welsh,  St.  Paul's  School,  Concord,  N.  H. 
Homer  Augustus  Wessel,  Jr.,  13  East  Second  Street,  Cincinnati,  Ohio. 
Arthur  Stanley  Wheeler,  Grove  Beach,  Conn. 
Byrd  Earle  White,  Lancaster,  Texas. 

*Charles  Dean  White.  Died  1902. 

•Percy  Gardiner  White.  Died  1906. 


714  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

Eev.  Frederic  Averill  Whittlesey,  Whiting,  Kans. 

Mark  Skinner  Willing,  1114  Monadnock  Block,  Chicago,  111. 

Samuel  Dudley  Woodhouse,  Wethersfield,  Conn. 

James  Wright,  331  Madison  Avenue   (corner  Forty-third  Street),  New 

York  City.    Telephone,  Murray  Hill  182. 
John  Niel  McLeod  Wylie,  60  Broadway,  New  York  City. 
Rev.  Jacob  Henry  Yaggy,  Bradford,  Pa. 
Bartlett  Golden  Yung,  care  of  Colt's  Patent  Fire  Arms  Manufacturing 

Campany,  Hartford,  Conn.     [Salesman  in  China.] 

Total  graduates,  291 
Living,  285 

Deceased,  6 


Non-Graduates 

Stephen  Henry  Abbey,  Florence,  Ariz. 

Thomas  Earl  Andrews,  104  McMaster  Street,  Owego,  N.  Y. 

Ross  [Hamilton]  Stillman  Bacon,  46  Atwater  Avenue,  Derby,  Conn. 

John  Frederick  Baer,  John  Baer's  Sons,  Lancaster,  Pa. 

Frank  Maurice  Baker,  Penfield,  N.  Y. 

Frank  Henry  Batson,  Fairport,  N.  Y. 

Samuel  Leon  Brooks,  43  Elm  Street,  Danbury,  Conn. 

Armitt  Brown,  317  South  Twenty-second  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Julian  [Winsor]  Burdick,  Brackenridge,  Pa. 

William  Francis  Collins,  M.  D.,  172  St.  John  Street,  New  Haven,  Conn. 

George  Lewis  Curtis,  Curtis  Brothers  &  Company,  Clinton,  Iowa. 

Helmer  Duncan. 

*Frank  Manson  Eastman.  Died  1912. 

Harold  Louis  Ehrich,  463-465  Fifth  Avenue,  New  York  City. 

Frank  Atwater  Elmes,  M.D.,  6  Elizabeth  Avenue,  Derby,  Conn. 

Rev.  James  Elvin,  Plymouth  Congregational  Church,  Seattle,  Wash. 

[Alfred]  Franklin  Escher,  Englewood,  N.  J. 

Floyd  Howard  Evans,  533  Summit  Avenue,  St.  Paul,  Minn. 

Harry  Blackstone  Farrar,  703  State  Street,  Erie  Pa. 

Frederic  Prescott  Griswold,  481  Broad  Street,  Meriden,  Conn. 

Otto  Harry  Gruner,  20  Broad  Street,  New  York  City. 

Tom  Roland  Hall,  250  Fifth  Avenue,  New  York  City. 

*Orrin  Thrall  Higgins.  Died  1912. 

Laurence  Chaffee  Holden,  Slocum  Street,  Rochelle  Heights,  New  Rochelle, 

N.  Y. 
Charles. Sterns  Hopkins,  27  Broadway,  Bangor,  Maine. 
Herman  Warren  Knox,  96  John  Street,  New  York  City. 
William  Paul  Lanagan,  128^^  Howe  Street,  New  Haven,  Conn. 


STATISTICS  715 

Eugene  Selden  Leavell,  404  Scanlan  Building,  Houston,  Texas. 
Herman  Wolfe  Londoner,  208  Winthrop  Road,  Brookline,  Mass. 
John  Hart  McAlarney,  30  West  Forty-fourth  Street,  New  York  City. 
Samuel  Edward  McConnico,  Jr.,  Vaiden,  Miss. 
Frank  Eugene  McGouldrick,  Fort  Fairfield,  Maine. 
Elmer  Brown  Mason,  Bureau  of  Entomology,  Washington,  D,  C. 
•Howard  Olcott  Mather.  Died  1900. 

John  Morgan,  M.D.,  47  Meigs  Street,  corner  Park  Avenue,  Rochester, 

N.  Y. 
William  Thomas  Mullally,  60  Broadway,  New  York  City. 
Alexander  NicoU,  M.D.,  222  West  Seventy-second  Street,  New  York  City. 
Samuel  Newman,  Fourth  and  Custer  Streets,  Pueblo,  Colo. 
*Elwood  Luther  Orwig,  Jr.  Died  1901. 

Arthur  Morse  Potter,  Lozier  Motor  Company,  Detroit,  Mich. 
•Arthur  Almeron  Quinby.  Died  1900. 

Joseph  Lawrence  Robbins,  Rapid  City,  S.  Dak. 
Henry  Moore  Russell,  Jr.,  1421  Chapline  Street,  Wheeling,  W.  Va. 
George  Kennedy  Smith, 

Roger  Allen  Spencer,  1361  Drury  Avenue,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 
George  Washington  Stewart,  Jr.,  536  South  Station,  Boston,  Mass. 
Frederick  Harvey  Strong,  250  King  Street,  Portland,  Ore. 
William  Robinson  Weeks,  19  Faii'mount  Avenue,  West  Somerville,  Mass. 
•John  Wilson.  Died  1911. 

Total  non- graduates,  49 
Living,  43 

Deceased,  6 


716  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  1902 

EX-MEMBERS  WHO  ARE  NOW  AFFILIATED  WITH  OTHER 

CLASSES 

Charles  Roberts  Aldrich,  who  was  with  the  Class  during  Freshman  year, 

graduated  with  1903. 
Martin  Henry  Bergen,  who  was  with  the  Class  during  Freshman  and 

Sophomore  years,  graduated  with  1903. 
*Sidney   Sewall  Boardman,  who  was  with  the  Class  during  Freshman 

year,  was  affiliated  with  1901.    He  died  March  23,  1908. 
Frederick  William  Brooks,  Jr.,  who  was  with  the  Class  during  Freshman 

year,  is  affiliated  with  1901. 
Henry  Edwards  Burgess,  who  was  with  the  Class  during  Freshman  and 

Sophomore  years,  graduated  with  1904  S. 
Henry  Lyman   Foote,   who   was  with  the   Class   during   Freshman   and 

Sophomore  years,  graduated  with  1904. 
Thomas  Jefferson  Gaines,  Jr.,  who  was  with  the  Class  during  Freshman 

year,  graduated  with  1903. 
Francis  Spencer  Goodwin,  who  was  with  the  Class  during  Freshman  year, 

graduated  with  1903. 
Francis  Joseph  Handel,  who  was  with  the  Class  during  Freshman  year, 

graduated  with  1903. 
Henry  Osborne   Havemeyer,  who  was  with  the  Class  during  Freshman 

year,  is  affiliated  with  1900. 
Roswell  Bishop  Hyatt,  who  was  with  the  Class  during  Freshman  year, 

graduated  with  1903. 
Charles  Herbert  Jones,  who  was  with  the  Class  during  Freshman  year, 

is  affiliated  with  1901. 
Allan  Wilkes  Judd,  who  was  with  the  Class  during  Freshman  year,  is 

affiliated  with  1901. 
Edward  Spring  Knapp,  who  was  with  the  Class  during  Sophomore  year, 

is  affiliated  with  1901. 
Norman  Wicklow  LeVally,  who  was  with  the  Class  during  Sophomore 

year,  is  affiliated  with  1901. 
Dudley  PajTie  Lewis,  who   was  with  the  Class  during  Freshman  year, 

graduated  with  1903. 
Charles  Arthur  Moore,  Jr.,  who  was  with  the  Class  during  Freshman  and 

Sophomore  years,  graduated  with  1903. 
John  Frank  O'Callaghan,  who  was  with  the  Class  during  Freshman  year, 

graduated  with  1904,  having  changed  his  name  to  Frank  Callahan. 
Norman  Day  Otis,  who  was  registered  with  the  Class  in  Senior  year,  was 

granted  his  degree  and  enrolled  with  1898. 
George  Emanuel  Stansfield,  who  was  with  the  Class  during  Freshman 

year,  graduated  with  1904. 


STATISTICS  717 

Lyndon  Blaine   Tewksbury,  who  was  with  the  Class  during  Freshman 

year,  is  affiliated  with  1900. 
WiUiam  Butler  Tyler,  who  was  with  the  Class  during  Freshman  year, 

graduated  with  1903. 
Samuel  Dwight  Ward,  who  was  with  the  Class  during  Freshman  year, 

graduated  with  1903. 
William  Alfred  Warner,  who  was  with  the  Class  during  Freshman  year, 

graduated  with   1904,  having  changed  his  name  to  William  Hyde 

Warner. 
Theodore  Harry  Wickwire,  Jr.,  who  was  with  the  Class  during  Freshman 

year,  graduated  with  1903. 
*Thomas  Edward  Wilde,  who  was  with  the  Class  during  Freshman  year, 

was  affiliated  with  1903.    He  died  February  23,  1901. 
George  Edward  Woodbine,  who   was  with  the  Class   during  Freshman 

year,  graduated  with  1903. 
•Arthur  Peter  Wright,  who  was  with  the  Class  during  Freshman  year, 

was  affiliated  with  1901.    He  died  September  1,  1906. 


A  BREAKFAST  CHAT 

''Well,  Bun,  the  Class  book  has  gone  to  press!" 

''Thank  God  for  that,"  says  my  wife,  "now  we'll 
have  time  to  go  out  every  night  instead  of  five  nights 
a  week,  and  maybe  you  will  give  more  time  to  business. 
You  know  I  wanted  to  go  to  Europe  and  I  believe  you 
had  some  plans  yourself ! ' ' 

"To  tell  you  the  truth,  I  had,"  said  I,  relapsing  into 
a  Bernard  Shaw  harangue,  "but  I  have  momentarily 
forgotten  them  and  you.  It  has  been  a  jolly  job,  my 
book  making,  and  I  don't  regret  any  of  the  many  hours 
I  have  spent,  for  it  has  taught  me  how  necessary  you 
women  are.  Whenever  I  wrote  to  a  wife  to  stir  up  her 
husband  into  answering  my  appeals  she  made  life  so 
miserable  for  him  he  was  forced  to  reply.  You  are 
positively  indispensable.  Why,  you  officiate  at  our 
very  beginnings  as  mother  and  nurse.  You  dance 
into  our  lives  as  our  first  sweetheart;  you  cause  our 
first  gloom  when  the  particular  one  eludes  us;  you're 
always  starting  something ;  you  fix  our  politics  as  well 
as  our  homes ;  real  or  fancied  we  dream  about  you  and, 
finally,  we  find  the  only  indescribable  she,  and  life  is 
complete.  I  would  be  less  gallant,  my  dear,  than  I 
naturally  am,  if  I  didn't  invite  you  to  dinner  at  once, 
this  evening."  I  did.  And  after  half  of  the  cocktail 
I  accomplished  this  toast: 

"To  the  last  and  most  perfect  work  of  God,  without 
whom  life  itself  would  be  impossible — the  capricious, 
charming  companion — woman.  Here's  to  My  Wife  and 
my  1902  Wives." 

James  Wright, 

Class  Secretary. 


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